When Bad News is Good News…Be Afraid This morning’s bad news in November NFP print is being treated as good news (“Yey! Now the Fed has to slow down tightening!”), it goes to show how the markets are now driven by the monetary policy tightening or not tightening. This speculation – back and forth – (more…)
Fire Sale or Falling Knife? This morning’s action suggests that some investors are seeing the sell-off as a fire sale and are going shopping, while the nature of the sell off suggests some are seeing this as a falling knife. Chances are, both will be proven correct, in different time frames. It’s not about whether (more…)
Strong Jobs Numbers or Trade War Tariffs? In a normal world, the strong jobs numbers would actually make any rate cut expectations ludicrous; but, as we all know, there is nothing normal about our world as far as “political leadership” is concerned. Hence, there can be another factor – aka “the (self inflicted) Trade War (more…)
Results of Published Model Trades for WED 07/31 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…)
Despite Market Rattling Headlines (China, Trump) Investors In a Waiting Mode With the apparently market rattling headlines coming out involving China and Trump’s trigger happy tweets, investors seem to be in a waiting mode. Our models continue the same trading plans from yesterday for today as well. Read below for our models’ trading plans for (more…)
China, Fed, Earnings – the Old (real) Issues are Back in Focus this Week! With the reality of the trade war with China unfolding clearly even in the words of the administration, investors are bracing to embrace uncertainty (“we are 90% close to a trade deal” no longer works). The challenge for Fed to be (more…)
Results of Published Model Trades for TUE 07/23 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) THE GIST: Medium-Frequency Models: (more…)
Rates, Trump, Earnings: Earnings the Starting Theme for Today Markets are getting a positive push from the earnings this morning. Our models indicate sustained bullish moves and/or bullish consolidation until/unless some strong and unexpected negative developments show up in the earnings arena or on the interest rates front (or, on the geopolitical sphere). Read below (more…)
Rates Trump Earnings or Rates, Trump, and Earnings? As the earnings season is kicking into gear, the talk of impending economic slowdown and the calls for rate cuts (as deep as 50 basis points) are morphing from a background noise to a clamor. History shows that the interest rates trump the earnings weakness or any (more…)
More Koolaid or Not – That Seems to be The Question of the Day! As has become evident (again) with yesterday’s market action, investors (or, market “players”?) seem to be hanging on to the “hope” (and, “demand”/”expectation”) that the Fed is going to cut the rates deeply (read, by 50 basis points) this month. But, (more…)
