Santa Comes Early
Stocks had a furious rally the last three days of the holiday shortened week. On Thursday, the S&P was +0.62% to 4,726 (a new all time high), the NASDAQ was +0.85% and the Russell +0.89%. I don’t want to be…
Stocks Fall Again On Omicron And Manchin
Stocks fell again Monday on concerns about Omicron and Senator Manchin blocking the Build Back Better stimulus bill. The S&P was -1.14%, the NASDAQ -1.24% and the Russell -1.57%. NYSE + NASDAQ Advancers to Decliners were 1,933 to 6,121 on…
Bear Market To Begin In 2022, Defense Wins Championships
Stocks were mostly under pressure again Friday with the S&P -1.03%, NASDAQ -0.07% and Russell +1.00%. QQQ lost its 50 DMA but I expect $380 to hold through year end. NYSE + NASDAQ Advancers to Decliners were 3,902 to 4,108…
First They Shoot The Soldiers, Then They Shoot The Generals
The S&P was -0.87%, the NASDAQ -2.47% and the Russell -1.95% Thursday. All of the NASDAQ’s Wednesday post-Fed gains and more were erased. Apple (AAPL) – the market’s leading stock – was -3.93%. QQQ got hit hard but once again…
Stocks Reverse Higher On Fed
The expectation heading into Wednesday’s Fed Decision is that the Fed will double the pace of its taper to $30 billion/month. That much has probably been priced into markets after Tuesday’s session. Further, my guess is that Chairman Powell will…
Two Scoops Of Hawkishness With A Dovish Cherry On Top
The expectation heading into Wednesday’s Fed Decision is that the Fed will double the pace of its taper to $30 billion/month. That much has probably been priced into markets after Tuesday’s session. Further, my guess is that Chairman Powell will…
Positioning Ahead Of The Fed, AAPL $3 Trillion
My best guess is that nothing much will change with QQQ, IWM and ARKK through year end. I can’t rule out QQQ breaking out to the upside but IWM likely won’t resolve its range until next year and ARKK will…
Next Year Everybody Will Be Saying The ‘I’ Word
Friday morning’s much anticipated November CPI Report came in essentially inline with expectations with headline inflation up 6.8% year over year and 0.8% month over month. This likely means the Fed will go ahead with its accelerated tapering plan next…
The State Of The Market Heading Into The CPI
After a strong three day bounce, the market softened Thursday with the S&P -0.72%, the NASDAQ -1.71% and the Russell -2.27%. NYSE + NASDAQ Advancers to Decliners were 1,997 to 6,030 on relatively mild volume of 8.3 billion shares compared…
Stocks Drift Higher And Interest Rates Rise Surreptitiously With November CPI Looming
Stocks drifted higher on low volume Wednesday. The S&P was +0.31%, the NASDAQ +0.64% and the Russell +0.80%. NYSE + NASDAQ Advancers to Decliners were 5,141 to 2,883 and volume of 8.8 billion was light relative to what we’ve seen…