Buckle Up
On Friday of last week, the principal driver of early morning price weakness and volatility was the death of Iranian General Soleimani at the hands of a US military drone […]
VIX
Now Things Get Interesting – The Last Trading Week of Q1
Last week, US equity markets finally began to price in several variables that we have touched on in recent notes. The risk-off trade led to the worst one-week performance for […]
Inflection Point
Friday’s melt down by US equity markets capped off the worst weekly performance by all three major equity market indices in over a year. On Friday alone the S&P 500 […]
Can the budget showdown impact the markets?
Last week’s economic calendar continued to provide foundational support to the thesis that our economy’s growth is accelerating. Industrial Production for December came in at a stunning 0.9% versus Bloomberg […]
Is there a threat to the market rally?
If there is a theme that could bring this equity market rally to a halt, it is not currently evident. As I have pointed out in recent notes, earnings estimates […]
Stall and Dysfunction
If like many investors you don’t currently have significant single stock exposure to the large cap tech vertical, you have probably been scratching your head in recent weeks. We continue […]
awash in geopolitical risk – global equity markets continue rotation lower
While US investors try in vain to focus their collective attention on Q1 earnings season and US economic data, headlines from around the globe fuel apprehension and fear. There seems […]
What’ll trigger volatility on Wall Street
The wild card that could trigger volatility is the French election and much more commentary on Europe, Brexit and the EU from the Reuters Studio. Reuters Business with Fred […]
In the Media Update Election Night: Reuters
MARKET NEWS | Tue Nov 8, 2016 | 10:05pm EST US STOCKS-Futures down sharply as greater chance of Trump victory seen by Rodrigo Campos @rodrigocampos Stock index futures tumbled in choppy […]
In the Media Update: Yahoo Finance
“Exhaustion selloff or relief rally” By Peter Kenny, Chief Market Strategist for Global Markets Advisory Group and Independent Market Strategist, Kenny & Co. LLC In mid-August, in Kenny’s Commentary and […]