Record Inflation Numbers – Markets to Start Worrying, Yet? As we have been writing here for the last two weeks, “Valuations, inflation concerns, and delta-plus worries” might come back onto investors’ radars sooner or later, even though they seem to have faded into the background in the momentum-frenzy that is being driven by earnings and (more…)
Earnings and Government Spending Valuations, inflation concerns, and delta-plus worries seem to have faded into the background in the momentum-frenzy that is driven by earnings and govenment spending bills…at least for the moment. As a trader, your job is to exploit the momentum – not necessarily explain it! Never mind trying to rationalize the exuberance (more…)
Higher-than-expected NFP Print Confirms the Inflation as Transitory?! If you thought markets were really worried about the Fed being wrong about the transitory nature of the inflation, then this morning’s pre-market bullish run on the markets following the NFP data should definitely baffle you! And, you may not be alone. Nevertheless, valuations, inflation concerns, and (more…)
Fed Feeding Fodder to the Markets’ Irrational Exuberance! As we published in our morning trading plans yesterday: “IF it (the FOMC decision) does not sound ominous, markets appear ready for embarking on another leg up. Bears need to be cautious against jumping into potential bear-traps”. This played out as expected yesterday after the FOMC event, (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…)
Results of Published Model Trades for MON 09/23 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)
Geopolitical Headlines or Economic Releases to Dominate this Week? Expect a lot of headlines involving the United Nations, the unfolding Trump-Ukraine scandal, and key economic releases this week (Consumer Confidence, Advance Trade Balance, GDP number, Durable Goods, and PCE Core). Which one of these could drive the markets which way is anybody’s guess, but our (more…)
Results of Published Model Trades for FRI 09/20 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)
No Bad News is Good News, For Now With the Fed in the rear view mirror(?), the trade dispute rhetoric appearing to be cooling off (could change with one tweet, though), and the geopolitical headlines not portending the sky falling off…markets are sporting a buoyant bias this morning. In the absence of major macro drivers (more…)
