Afternoon Update
Not much change from the last update. I think we’re headed in the right direction. The two key averages (due...
Market Update: Slow-Going Grind
Treasury yields and oil prices continue to retreat. Quite honestly, the day is a bit more slow-going than I anticipated....
Market Update: “Operation Economic Outcast”
The major averages are little changed following Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s press conference outlining the administration’s new “Operation Economic Outcast”...
Market Update
Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada broke down on Friday. The US implemented a new 50% tax on imports...
Debt/Financial Crisis Pricing In?
The SPX is trading very much like there’s a max-pain price pin near $7700. Yields are trading higher as if...
Afternoon Update – Time To Call It
The averages are going into the close under pressure. I think it’s well past reasonable time (after today’s trade) to...
Market Update
Stocks are under pressure as oil jumps, Bessent’s QE-lite (or whatever you want to call it) gets tested hard 24...
Market Update – The Long End Ambushed and Brutally Short Squeezed
Stocks were given a boost just before the open after the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced it will at...
Pronounced Weakness in Semis. Failed Breakouts Taking Shape?
It’s a pretty ugly day for the averages considering just 4 of 11 sectors are down. Among them are the...
Market Update – Breakouts Stall as Oil Breaks Higher, Contrasted With Limited AI Enthusiasm. Failed-Move Risk Rises
The S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, and Small Caps broke out of their week-long bullish consolidations last Thursday, yet none has produced...
Market Update – Yesterday’s Breakout Stalls as Follow-Through Fails to Appear
Two observations: Neither the S&P 500 nor the Nasdaq-100 are seeing any meaningful follow-through from yesterday’s breakouts. Small Caps and...
Market Update -Yesterday’s Wrap Forecast Scenario Playing Out Eerily Accurately?
Most of the averages are making an attempt to breakout of the week-long bullishly-biased consolidation. SPX (10M) Price action doesn’t...
Afternoon Update
I’m not going to say there’s anything that stands out as, “Jumping off the chart,” in terms of market signals,...
Tech & Semis Lead on In-Line CPI; Averages Remain in Consolidation As Crude Sits at a Key Level
It’s the influential Technology sector’s turn to lead today, but more specifically, the Semiconductors. The major averages, however, remain in...
Afternoon Update – Holding Pattern
Tomorrow’s CPI appears to be supporting Treasuries and helping keep yields relatively stable (ranging from unchanged to down about 2...
Market Update
It has been a pretty dull, muted session thus far… consolidative, as it has been for a week now. Some...
Market Update – Stocks Pause Amid Oil’s Surge, Amid Chip Weakness
The averages are mostly little changed following through to start the new week with consolidative tone, though trading modestly lower...
Afternoon Update
About an hour before the close, U.S. officials leak some positive news: US Official: Progress Between Oman And Iran On...
Market Update
The July jobs report was classic “bad news is good news.” Investors are looking at the numbers and seeing basically...
Afternoon Update
The price consolidations I mentioned earlier are all still intact. Oil has moved higher, up almost +4% A few minutes...
