This is one of the four busiest weeks of the year when five of the Magnificent 7 that dominate the markets report 3Q25 earnings. It started Wednesday afternoon with Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG/GOOGL) and Facebook (META) and continues Thursday afternoon…
On Friday October 24 the S&P broke above the massive candle that had contained it for two weeks from Friday October 10. That’s a breakout and it puts the bulls back in charge. However, the market remains very thin and…
The S&P continues to trade within the 200 point candle from Friday October 10th defined by 6750 on the topside and 6550 on the bottom. From a technical standpoint, until we breakout of that candle one way or the other…
There is nothing so disturbing to one’s well being and judgement as seeing a friend get rich – Charles Kindleberger On Friday, the S&P briefly hit 6,666 before closing the week at 6,664. That is up 10x or 1000% from…
I am becoming increasingly concerned about the manic nature of this market. The latest is example is the reaction to Oracle (ORCL) earnings Tuesday afternoon. Revenue and Net Income were +12% and +8%, respectively. But there were a few wild…
In my opinion the greatest book ever written on trading is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) by Edwin Lefevre. Reminiscences tells the story of Jesse Livermore – by most accounts the greatest trader of all time – under the…
Even a downgrade of the US credit rating by Moody’s couldn’t derail the current momentum in the stock market Monday as the S&P clawed back all of the 60 points it lost at the open plus 5. The technicals have…
I have been going back and forth over the last week or two: Bear Market Rally or Correction In An Ongoing Bull Market? In the wake of the strong bullish reaction to Google’s (GOOG/GOOGL) 1Q25 earnings report on Thursday April…
Wednesday night I suggested that 5,650 might be the limit for the S&P if the recent bounce is in fact a bear market rally. And that’s exactly how things played out in Thursday’s session with the S&P reaching a high…
It’s been quite a rally the last few weeks as Trump has walked back the outrageous tariffs he announced on Liberation Day and 4 of The Magnificent 7 have reported solid earnings over the last week. 5,500 represents a significant…