TODAY IN THE MARKET – FRI 07/26

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan” will be posted around 9:00am EDT, every trading day. For the Outlook, Forecast, and Trading Plans published this morning, please click here For the Results of the morning’s Trading Plans, please click here. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Strong corporate earnings pushed the S&P 500 index 0.74% (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – TUE 07/16

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan” will be posted around 9:00am EDT, every trading day. For the Outlook, Forecast, and Trading Plans published this morning, please click here For the Results of the morning’s Trading Plans, please click here. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Extending the narrow choppy trading, the S&P 500 index (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – TUE 06/11

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Wednesday, 06/12” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Wednesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Taking a breather from an intense 5-day rally, the S&P 500 index reversed its early session’s attempt to extend gains as investors’ focus shifted back to U.S. – China trade tensions ahead (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – FRI 01/18

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Tuesday, 01/22” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Tuesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Building on previous session’s U.S. – China trade optimism, the S&P 500 index rallied higher to log a fourth straight weekly gain. Shrugging aside a weaker-than-expected University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – WED 01/16

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Thursday, 01/17” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Thursday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Driven higher by strong quarterly earnings reported by Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, the S&P 500 index extended gains for the second straight session. Disappointing earnings reported by several companies (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – TUE 01/15

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Wednesday, 01/16” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Wednesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) A fresh round of stimulus announced by China to abate an economic slowdown boosted investor confidence at the open. With easing of fears of an imminent global recession, the S&P 500 (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – MON 01/14

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Tuesday, 01/15” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Tuesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Fears of a slowing global economy were revived following a surprise drop in China’s exports and imports for the month of December. China’s trade surplus with the U.S. hit a multi-year (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – WED 01/09

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Thursday, 01/10” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Thursday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Primarily driven by optimism around a potential trade deal between the U.S. and China and FOMC minutes indicating that the central bank might take a cautious approach before hiking rates further, (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – TUE 01/08

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Wednesday, 01/09” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Wednesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Closing the session higher for the third straight session, the S&P 500 extended gains as investors remain cautiously optimistic about a potential trade deal between the U.S. and China. Opening higher, (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKET – MON 01/07

Note: Our daily “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Tuesday, 01/08” will be posted around 8:30am EDT, Tuesday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Building on previous session’s Fed-induced rally, the S&P 500 index extended gains on hopes that the resumption of the U.S. – China trade negotiations could result into a resolution to their (more…)