S&P 500 OUTLOOK for MON 07/15

Earnings Headlines to Drive the Markets In the absence of major, unexpected geopolitical headlines (China’s slowing growth has been expected, old news), markets seem to be set to focus on the earnings headlines for today. And, those headlines look to be on the side of the bulls as of this morning. As we wrote on (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for FRI 07/12

Results of Published Model Trades for FRI 07/12      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) THE GIST: Medium-Frequency Models: (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for FRI 07/12

How Long Can this Ride Last? That’s Not the Right Question! As we wrote yesterday morning’s outlook, trying to justify what our “gut” “feeling” says what “should or should not be” happening in the markets is NOT what one should do to invest or trade in the markets. Yet, most individual investors/traders are known to (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for THU 07/11

Does Something Not Seem Right with this Bull? When markets are making new highs on old news, and when the Fed is dovish when the financial markets are at historic highs and the unemployment at historic lows – if you “feel” something does not add up, you are not being irrational but you may not (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for WED 07/10

It’s All About the Monetary Policy Today! The S&P 500 futures are up with the release of Powell’s prepared testimony, and seem to be celebrating a potential confirmation that the fed would be cutting the rates in its July meeting – which was being already factored in with a 100% probability in the derivatives markets!  (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for TUE 07/09

Despite Powell, No Major Theme Moving the Markets The absence of the constant barrage of hype and market propping antics by various parties with vested interests – both at the geopolitical level and on the domestic monetary policy level – seems to prevail into today’s session, despite Powell’s scheduled testimony today. Call it hype-fatigue? Market (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for MON 07/08

When Hype Gets Exhausting, Markets Turn to Basics…Likely this Week  In the apparent absence of the constant barrage of hype and market propping antics by various parties with vested interests – both at the geopolitical level and on the domestic monetary policy level – markets seem to be pondering about the economic basics of the (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for FRI 07/05

Results of Published Model Trades for FRI 07/05      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) THE GIST: Medium-Frequency Models: (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for FRI 07/05

Jobs Numbers, Options Expiration, Thin Liquidity  Today’s Jobs number is not supportive of imminent interest rate cuts. It being Friday, options expiration levels would also pull the market in various ways. And, most professionals may be taking a long weekend, leading to thin liquidity. Together, these factors could be making for a choppy market today.   (more…)

RESULTS of MODEL TRADES for WED 07/03

Results of Published Model Trades for Wed 07/03      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) THE GIST: Medium-Frequency Models: (more…)