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...
Market Update – Lots of Consolidations
Averages SP-500 -0.15%, Dow -0.75% (Transports -0.3%), NASDAQ-100 -0.3%, Small Caps -0.3% The averages continue the price consolidations noted...
Afternoon Update
Parts of Technology are posting weaker 3C charts near the close. I first notice Nasdaq/QQQ QQQ (2M) 3C is moving...
Market Update: 3C Updates, Quiet, Consolidative Calm
There’s a lot happening on the geopolitical front with the Hormuz deal, but not a lot happening in the equity...
Quick Head’s Up
The price action since the open is not pretty. S&P futures (1M) I’m still digging through the market, but Semis...
Afternoon Update
I wrote about CTA’s going neutral to slightly long this week after selling last week. Today certainly has the look...
Market Update – Semis Rotate In and Take the Wheel
Monday’s session belonged to the Magnificent Seven; today the ball is firmly in the Semiconductor stocks’ court. Both are extremely...
Afternoon Update
I wanted to check in on the charts closer to the close and my view from the last post is...
Market Update
We ended last week with Friday’s market update and afternoon update’s takeaway: “In short, I think the bounce that started...
Quick Note: 3C Signals Turning Less Supportive as Bounce Targets Are Hit
As I finish up the full broad market update, I wanted to get this note out quickly. The bounce called...
Amazon Leads, But Rising Yields Impede, Still… The Bounce Is Alive
Amazon (AMZN +15.45%) is trading impressively, lifting the Consumer Discretionary to the top performing sector. Meanwhile, Apple (AAPL -9.25%), which...
Afternoon Update
I’ve been thumbing through the 3C chart and the bounce looks to be in stable condition. VVIX still displays short-term...
Microsoft & Semis Lead; And Then There’s Everything Else…
3C apparently was picking up the early stages of buying, but very specifically in Semiconductors, Mega Caps and Tech. The...
Afternoon Update
Kevin Wash’s press conference was an absolute disaster, especially at the end. He left the market with more questions than...
FOMC
No hike, but a mixed vote (9-3) with 3 dissents (Hammack, Kashkari and Logan dissent in favor of rate hike)....
Market Update
Market action is not the usual quiet pre-FOMC drift, it’s a clear double hit. Semiconductors (SOX -3.6%) remain under pressure...
Market Update
The rotation out of semiconductors intensified again at the open, though not to surprising given yesterday’s news and the KOPSI’s...
