Early Update – Low Conviction Trade
10:56 a.m. ET Futures lost some steam heading into the cash open and thus far it’s a mixed, dull session...
Afternoon Update
The averages have traded largely sideways since the last update, although presently their making a run for new intraday highs....
Intraday Update – Mega Caps Providing Key Support
1:13 p.m. ET The mega-cap index is still outperforming, up +2.75% vs. the equal weight S&P +1%. S&P may be...
Early Update – Mega-Caps Lead
11:09 a.m. ET The main indices have come off their early highs after this morning’s economic data dump after the...
Afternoon Update
Most of the averages are very little changed, except Dow and Dow Transports are laggards, and Small Caps are leaders....
Market Update – Hawkish Fed Comments
2:12 p.m. ET The market celebrated Pelosi’s landing in Taiwan given there was no overt Chinese reaction, something the market...
Pelosi’s Plane Lands, Averages Hit Session Highs, VIX Fades
11:15 a.m. ET SP-500 -0.2%, Dow -0.6% (Transports -2.5%), NASDAQ-100 -0.1%, Small Caps +0.1% Treasuries have extended their losses, which...
Early Update – Waiting For a Plane To Land
10:29 a.m. ET By the time this post hits, Pelosi should have landed in Taiwan (expected around 10:20 a.m. ET)....
Afternoon Update
The averages themselves are very little changed with S&P-500 worst at -0.3%, while Dow Transports (+0.15%) and Small Caps (0%)...
Intraday Update – Back to the Morning’s Dynamics
1:41 p.m. ET In the Early Update I saw just 2 S&P sectors of 11 higher, but then mega-caps drove...
Early Update
10:57 a.m. ET My apologies the A.M. Update wasn’t out. I was in the middle of it when my 78...
Market Update – All About Earnings
1:16 p.m. ET It’s taken a while to dig through what’s driving the different sectors and today is more about...
Afternoon Update
A modest dip in all of the averages this morning, except Transports, and a little bigger dip in NASDAQ-100, has...
Market Update – All of The Averages Are Higher
1:24 p.m. ET At the end of the Early Update I wrote, “Heck, judging from index futures’ 3C charts, I...
Early Update
10:40 a.m. ET The Averages trade lower after Advance Q2 GDP confirms a recession with a contraction of 0.9%, the...
Afternoon Update
In a nutshell, Powell basically said now that the Fed front-loaded rate hikes and got to neutral, they’;re going to...
Powell – Likely Appropriate To Slow Increases At Some Point – DOVISH!!!
2:51 p.m. ET Here we go, Powell is surprising to the dovish side. The U.S. Dollar Index is now down...
FOMC 75 bp Hike As Expected
2:21 p.m. ET The Fed hiked by 75 bp and said that ongoing increases will be appropriate. The decision was...
Intraday Update -Pre FOMC
1:18 p.m. ET With less than an hour to go before the FOMC, most of the averages are holding up...
Early Update – Big Tech Stick Saves The Market
11:20 a.m. ET SP-500 +1.35%, Dow +0.4% (Transports -0.1%), NASDAQ-100 +2.65%, Small Caps +0.95% The major averages are back above...