Afternoon Update
The major averages continue to drift sideways near their unchanged levels into the close, with the exception of Dow Transports...
Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged; Two Dissents
No change to the Fed Funds rate. There were two dissenters preferring to hike by 25 bp at this meeting....
FOMC Drift
A blowout earnings report from South Korea’s SK hynix Inc. (SKHY +12.5%) sent index futures higher in pre-market, but most...
Afternoon Update – SOX Fills the Gap, 3C Moves
I was waiting to see how this would play out. SOX Index (5M) filling last Thursday’s gap down. And...
Market Update – Tech Leads with Semis’ Support. Broadcom Guarantees Most of Anthropic’s $63B Chip Deal!
So far it has been a fairly quiet Tuesday with the market looking a lot like Monday and working on...
Market Update – More of October’s Same
The averages are advancing or bouncing, led by technology with strength in semiconductors. The bounce is either off, or into...
Special Update – Energy Charts
I’m going to keep checking on the market today, and doing my normal usual rounds, but there is something has...
Weak 3C Signals in QQQ Yesterday & AI Crashing Out Today
*Some charts/price-percent change may be slightly off as the environment is fast moving. It’s an ugly day for AI-related names....
Rotation and a Phantom 3C Signal
The AI trade is back in rotation today following strong results from SpaceX (SPCX +7.25%) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI...
Market Update- More Defensive, Data Center CDS Explode higher Ahead of META Earnings
The broader market has been supported by lower Treasury yields and a pullback in crude oil prices after reports that...
Market Update – Technical/Price Support
Rising energy prices and higher rates have been weighing on a lot of cyclical stocks since early August. Over the...
What a Mess.
This is the trap that has been building. I’ve been trying to flesh out the risk in the last 2...
Strike on Saudi East-West Pipeline (Yanbu): Oil Higher, Yields Higher, Tech Hedges Burnt
This is a good example of what I was talking about yesterday. How do you hedge AI risk (CoreWeave down...
Quick Intraday Update
I think they’re going to get a handle on this early tech weakness and turn things around shortly. I was...
AI, SEMIS, TECH & YIELDS
Here we go again. AI names, Mega Caps/Hyperscaler and Semis are weighing on the broader market with a soft start....
Afternoon Update
Technical support is clustered across the major averages and sectors: the S&P 500 at its 50-day, the Nasdaq-100 testing the...
Market Update
Technology stocks faced another round of heavy selling at the open amid persistent concerns about the financing of the massive...
Afternoon Update – Looks Like the 50 Holds
SPX (DAILY @50-D) SPY (1m) I could go either way on this chart. I don’t find it all that convincing...
Market Update – Does the 50-day Hold?
It has been a rough day as Oct. rate hike odds nearly doubled from 22% yesterday to 41% today as...
Market Update
There’s a lot of herky-jerky movement related to earnings reports. Today’s bank earnings lasered in on a sequential moderation in...
