Early Update
11:25 a.m. ET I expect the week will have a modest bullish bias, but dull as a holiday shortened week....
Early Update
11:30 a.m. ET As suspected in the A.M. Update, “S&P futures are up +0.2%, but a little bump in rates...
Intraday Update – Where Things Stand
3:01 p.m. ET I’m not a fan of dull days that aren’t actually doing something insightful. A consolidation day can...
Early Update
11:28 a.m. ET What we’re seeing, despite favorable yields for stocks, is a market that struggles for direction without short...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are unchanged. Negative reactions to earnings news from Walmart (WMT), Cisco (CSCO), and Palo Alto Networks (PANW) have...
Afternoon Update
Heading into the close, it looks like we’ll get that Small Cap, IWM daily shooting star which is also at...
Intraday Market Update
2:25 p.m. ET Yields are trending slightly higher since the last update, still in the low double digits, but 1-2...
Early Update – Short Squeeze Powers Dash For Trash, But higher Yields Weigh On Everything Else
12:1 p.m. ET Yesterday was ugly for rates and perhaps even trend changing, but as I often warn, “One day...
3C Chart Update
2:57 p.m. ET Before I post these charts, first, there’s nothing so wrong with them that they are actionable downside...
Early Update – CPI Sparks Rally and Massive Short Covering
12:09 p.m. ET The prior two months of CPI came in hotter than expected, and this month’s (October CPI) was...
Afternoon Update – No Conviction, No Direction
3:30 p.m. ET Today is one of those days that the market doesn’t have much to move it, and it’s...
Early Update
11:54 a.m. ET Yields and the dollar have softened up since pre-market and that’s helping tone in stocks improve in...
Early Update – Mega-Caps Grab the Lead
12:17 p.m. ET Again, this morning is a fluid market, going from S&P sectors almost evenly split to 10 of...
Powell – Moderately Hawkish, The Market Reacts Bearishly
2:52 p.m. ET So far we’ve just hear Powell’s prepared remarks, there’s a Q&A session later. The initial take is...
Powell Live Link
Here’s the link to the live event, Powell speaking on Monetary Policy Challenges in a Global Economy. It’s just starting...
Early Update – Still Not Making Lemonade From Lemons
12:21 p.m. ET Once again, the averages are missing the opportunity to take the dead flat price percent changes and...
Afternoon Update: Consolidation Mode, But No Consolidations
3:28 p.m. ET Most of the averages are unchanged except Small Caps. This is what 3C has been telling us...
Early Update – Broad Update
12:23 p.m. ET There’s a lot to cover this morning and the market has been fluid as I’ve bene writing...
Intraday Update – Back to, “The Only Game in Town”
2:46 p.m. ET While we have seen a pattern of clear distribution in the mega-caps since mid-June, and if you...
Early Update – Lower Bond Yields, Higher Mega-Caps
11:59 a.m. ET The theme this morning is one that we’ve seen most of the year, except the majority of...