Bad News = Good News?
My calls for caution, as it relates to US equity prices, appeared to have received a degree of confirmation at the conclusion of last week’s trading. All three major equity […]
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Last week’s equity market trading was dominated by trade/tariffs, economic data, and the Fed. The trade/tariffs narrative was arguably the most significant of the three in that it bled so […]
Active earnings release schedule highlighted by the FOMC
US equities traded incrementally higher into record territory last week despite some weakness from recent leaders. Of particular importance for investors is last week’s positive price action, underscored by healthy […]
Earnings highlighted by FOMC
US equities traded incrementally higher into record territory last week despite some weakness from recent leaders. Of particular importance for investors is last week’s positive price action, underscored by healthy […]
US stocks trend higher, Fed Chair Powell and financials on tap this week
Fed Chair Jerome Powell scheduled to talk this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Q1 Earnings season picks up steam this week with select financials reporting Q1 results Friday. US equity markets […]
US equity markets in a Catch-22
The final FOMC meeting of 2018 takes place this week with investors looking for visibility into what monetary policy will look like in coming quarters. Perversely, equity markets are in […]
US equity markets post largest weekly gain of 2018, poised to move higher
My stubborn insistence, outlined in this note over the past month, that U.S. equity markets would ultimately stabilize and snap back from the most recent downtrend in the near term […]
The Bears have Thanksgiving, while the Bulls have Christmas
Last week’s Thanksgiving Holiday shortened trading week was nothing short of a disaster for bulls across several asset classes including equities, and energy markets. US equity markets have continued to […]
Fear Gauge Slips
As indicated by the charts below, all three major US equity indices managed to trade higher in the early going last week – following the previous week’s panic-induced sell-off. However, […]