Early Update
11:48 a.m. ET I really dislike being a news source especially relating to politics and geopolitics. The headlines are conflicting...
A.M Update
Index futures were +0.6% higher after after Secretary of State Blinken agreed to meet with Russia’s foreign minister next week...
Daily Wrap
It was a tough day for risk assets across the board with increasingly chaotic geopolitical headlines from the US-Ukraine-Russia, the...
Afternoon Update
All of the averages blew through the morning low test to make new session lows amid the latest report from...
Intraday Market Update
2:05 p.m. ET I’ll leave all of the latest developments in news out in this post and just touch on...
Early Update – Invasion Headlines Drive Risk-Off
11:18 a.m. ET *It’s a bit challenging to get fast moving information, stats and charts out in a timely fashion...
A.M. Update
S&P futures have been volatile most of the overnight session with the latest leg down from about -0.1% to -0.8%...
Daily Wrap
My view coming into this week was that we’d be likely to see a volatile, whipsawed and choppy trade in...
Afternoon Update
I don’t have too much more to add to the last post, the gist is that I do like the...
Minutes Update
2:56 p.m. ET Without getting in to the details, which we’ll do tonight, the market’s take on the FOMC minutes...
Market Update
1:59 p.m. ET The FOMC minutes are coming up shortly. The S&P 500 is down 0.75% (Dow -0.85%, NASDAQ-100 -1.3%,...
Early Update – Defensive Environment
11:19 a.m. ET Retail sales for January topped expectations while import/export prices continued to depict elevated inflation pressures, but the...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are down 0.4% after having tread water overnight. The cause of the pull back were comments from U.S....
Daily Wrap
In last night’s post I surmised, ” I think there’s some time for the market to put in a relief...
Afternoon Update
President Biden is speaking on Russia/Ukraine. It seems the uncertainty of his address this may be the reason the market...
Market Update
1:49 p.m. ET So far it’s pretty smooth sailing for the market’s relief rally amid de-escalation on the geopolitical front...
Relief Rally Underway
11:28 a.m. ET I’m no geopolitical expert and one never knows how these things turn, but it certainly seems like...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are up +1.2% in a relief rally on news that Russia has pulled back some troops from its...
Daily Wrap
The market remains preoccupied by hawkish Fed-speak and Russia/Ukraine tensions. The S&P 500 was trading flat midday until media reports...
Afternoon Update – Geo-Political News Driving Price
With contradicting and unsourced geo-political headlines flying around, media outlets continuing to pick apart every little bit of news from...