Afternoon Update- Watch WTI Crude’s $72 Level
There hasn’t been any meaningful movement since the last update, which itself pointed to the fact that there hasn’t been...
Early Update
12:45 p.m. ET This early update isn’t as early as I hoped, but I’ve had to write and rewrite it...
Afternoon Update
3:31 p.m. ET The stock market has exhibited lackluster action thus far. The price action should be viewed as having...
Early Update – More Stagflation Evidence Confirmed By PMIs
12:00 p.m. ET After European PMIs came in ugly and boosting rate cut expectations from the ECB, U.S. PMI’s came...
Early Update
12:20 p.m. ET Today feels like a typical options expiration price pin. There are a few items of interest including...
Afternoon Update
For the most part there aren’t any big changes on 3C since the last update. There’s no improvement either....
Market Update – The Day After
2:38 p.m. ET Index futures soared overnight, which is easier to do than in the cash market due to much...
Reflation in Q4
You know me and my often repeated mantra, “A day is not a trend”, but thus far this morning the...
Afternoon Update
There’s so much to talk about in today’s FOMC, but the I’m still struck by the irony of the first...
Fed Cuts by 50 bp in 11/1 Vote; Bowman Dissents
2:20 p.m. ET Here’s the full redline statement… The knee-jerks are in effect, but one of note that’s coming from...
Early Update – Negative Bias, But Little Changed
12:07 p.m. ET This morning is very quiet and little changed. Market-based probabilities still favor a 50 bp rate cut,...
Afternoon Update: What Started as a Decent Bounce, Is Now Essentially Flat
Mega Caps and Semis were leading the charge in pre-market (both underperformed yesterday), and helped out in early trade in...
Early Gains Fade
12:49 p.m. ET Stronger than expected Retail Sales didn’t change the market pricing in the highest probability of a 50...
Afternoon Update
Nothing surprising since the last update. The major averages are moving sideways on the day into the close. The S&P...
Intraday Update
2:57 p.m. ET It looks like a little weaker close may be on tap for the SPX and NDX as...
Early Update – Nasdaq-100 Lags
12:35 p.m. ET Economic growth concerns are lingering after some more weak economic data out of China to start the...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are down -0.1% ahead of he first Fed rate cut since March 2020 this Wednesday. The fed funds...
Afternoon Update – Nasdaq & SPX Test
As I mentioned this morning, the Nasdaq-100 was finding technical resistance at its 50-day, but there was a level of...
TLT Update and Long Position
Several people in the Technical Take Discord room have been eying TLT for a while. I’ve suggested patience and let...
Early Update – NDX @ Technical Resistance; Gold Makes New Record High
12:13 p.m. ET Conviction today is waning from yesterday as the Nasdaq-100 hits technical resistance at its 50-day SMA and...