Uncharted Territory… As we wrote last week, the bullish narrative instantly shifted from the Fed to the Trade war, and the “optimism”/”hype” surrounding it. This fueled the S&P 500 Index to record highs, and the overnight futures seem to be stop-hunting the shorts. With the index now sporting a P/E ratio in the neighborhoods of (more…)
NFP and ISM to Jolt the Markets Out of the “Stuck” Range? Non-Farm Payrolls and the ISM Manufacturing data releases this morning could potentially blast the markets out of the range (3010-3050) they have been stuck in for a while now. The weekly options expiration could throw a wrench into that, though, with artificial spikes (more…)
The Trade War is Back in the Headlines, Again (Our headline yesterday read: “Economic Release Overload to Give Way to Renewed Trade War Focus Ahead?”)! “…with a slew of other economic releases slated for the day – expect a “power wash” of current speculators to occur in the afternoon. And, then, of course markets likely (more…)
Economic Release Overload to Give Way to Renewed Trade War Focus Ahead? With the GDP and FOMC Rate Decisions looming ahead in the day, and with BOJ and CAD rate decisions coming out as well – with a slew of other economic releases slated for the day – expect a “power wash” of current speculators (more…)
Sweet or Sour? We wrote yesterday morning, “the markets seem poised to explode higher IF they can clear the historic high this week”, and we didn’t have to wait for the week to unfold – S&P 500 registered a new record high within hours of our post (preemptive disclaimer: no, we do NOT think we (more…)
Markets Poised to Explode Higher or Meltdown Lower this Week! With most of the key earnings pointing to no imminent recession risk, and with no major geopolitical headlines to rattle the nerve, the markets seem poised to explode higher IF they can clear the historic high this week. If a failure occurs at this level, (more…)
Directionless Markets Not Getting Any Help from Earnings With the earnings not providing much clear direction and with everything else taking back seat (trade war and geopolitical headlines, anyone?), the markets are trading in a listless fashion. The S&P 500 seems stuck between the 2990 and 3015 broad range for a while. Expect the main (more…)
…but Not a Cent to Beat? With the rather humdrum and lackluster earnings releases so far, investors seem to be wondering: “Earnings earnings everywhere, but not a cent to beat (the estimates)?!”. With Boeing, Caterpillar, and Tesla earnings in the offing, might we be in for some fireworks? With yesterday’s afternoon price action, the S&P (more…)
Earnings Earnings Everywhere… Aided by the earnings momentum, the S&P 500 Index has cleared our often mentioned 2995-3005 range to the upside yesterday. Expect the main tone of the market action to be set and changed by the continuing releases of earnings by major names. Read below for our models’ trading plans for the day. (more…)
Earnings Release Momentum to Drive the Markets this Week With the earnings releases picking up momentum, the markets are going to be driven by the tone of these releases: whether they are going to highlight stellar results or give lame excuses would determine the direction of the momentum in the markets. This, of course, barring (more…)
