U.S. Equity Strategy: Buybacks to Remain Strong Amidst Uncertainty Buybacks have been a key theme through this cycle with S&P 500 companies returning ~$5 trillion to shareholders since 2009 and contributing ~2% to annual EPS growth (S&P 500 divisor has fallen to 1999 levels, see Figure 30). Despite the recent market volatility, buyback activity has…...
The major averages were higher going into the Fed/FOMC rate decision announcement… and then they doubled their respective gains after the rate hike decision. The move in the market put an end to the Jerome Powell regime market trend of declines post the FOMC rate hike decision. What brought an end to this streak of…
In the evening’s technical market recap with Wayne Nelson, we discuss the Q1 2019 Apple earnings release and subsequent market reaction. In addition to looking at the market reaction to AAPL, Wayne discusses the outlook for the market, eyeing some key technical levels. Please click link to review video
Ahead of today’s Daily Market Dispatch, we want to remind our readers and subscribers that our weekly State of the Market video will be available on-site, firstly, to Premium Subscribers Thursday evening. Now let’s get into the market overview and what to expect from today’s Fed press conference! Although the Nasdaq (NDX) continued to suffer…
Please click the link to access our daily, Technical Market Recap with Wayne Nelson. Within the recap Wayne discusses the declines in both Nvida and Catepillar shares that proceeded there quarterly warning and releases. Wayne also discusses the overall market and earnings results that are and will continue to create market moves. The video is…
In the following video, Wayne Nelson discusses the Technology Select Spider ETF (XLK). He offers some technical analysis that may be bombarded with some near-term fundamental earnings headlines from the tech sector. Some of those earnings will come from Apple Inc. (AAPL) after the closing bell on 1/29/19 and Microsoft (MSFT) in the days to…...
For the second straight opening-trading day of the week, the major averages fell sharply. And why did equities fall, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) falling more than 400 points at its low point of the day? Earnings, earnings and revenues! But here’s something interesting that also happened on Monday and akin to the…
Our weekly technical market recap for week ending January 27, 2019, inclusive of the major indices and specific tech names slated to report earnings this week. Please click link to review. Video is 41 minutes in duration.
By MAXA. CHERNEY TECH REPORTER: MarketWatch At the end of a 2018 filled with scandals and negative headlines, Facebook Inc. is expected to report its most profitable quarter in history. When Facebook releases results Wednesday after the closing bell, the empire of websites and apps controlled by the company is expected to report nearly $6.4…
The trading week commenced with a degree of frenzied selling pressure on Tuesday and within the context of slowing global growth and geopolitical uncertainty. Highlighting fears of a slowing global economy was the IMF downgrading its global growth outlook. With a failed Brexit vote and a U.S. government shutdown inside its 4th week, investors took…...
