The Market Fireworks – Enjoy While It Lasts Barring any major, unexpected economic or geopolitical headlines, the markets are likely going to be in a holding pattern until (or, at most?) this celebratory, abbreviated week concludes. As we wrote last Thursday, “With the interest rate cut hopes drying up, a trade war resolution is the (more…)
When Sojourning Leads to Celebrating As If Reached the Destination…STOP and THINK! Almost every major financial news media predicted the outcome of a thin-on-details “truce” on further tariffs than any substantive progress towards an agreement or a resolution to the trade war. And, yet, the overnight futures action is exuberant and indicating significant gap up (more…)
Results of Published Model Trades for Thu 06/27 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…)
Powell’s Diffidence-turned-Dissidence to Torpedo Markets Buoyed by Rate-cut Hope/Hype? Chairman Powell’s remarks cautionary words about not succumbing to “short term political pressures” should – and did – sound alarm bells for the markets buoyed mainly by hope/hype about imminent interest rate cuts starting in as early as July. Can the markets sustain Powell’s dashing (more…)
Markets to Look at Consumer Confidence and Powell’s Diffidence for Direction Last week’s record highs in the markets were driven by the Fed’s stand on standing pat on the interest rates. Today’s consumer confidence numbers could throw some light onto their rationale. And, Chairman Powell’s remarks later today (at 1pm ET) could be what the (more…)
Results of Published Model Trades for Mon 06/24 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…)
Thursday’s Raging Bull Essentially Stood its Ground on Friday! Can it Continue to Hold its Territory? Last Thursday’s all time high in the S&P 500 Index was accompanied by the month’s second highest volume, shooting down concerns of weak volumes. And, it was followed by an essentially sustained highs with Friday’s significantly high volume (more…)