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State of the Market: From Bear Market Volatility to Q4 Earnings Season And More

Weekly ArticlesBy Seth Golden January 11, 2019

Please click on the link below to view the video! https://zoom.us/recording/play/-EODMMenR0S7ddbkdemXIw-5t8oHYem7duLoTJxDWR13rDmK01G3EB9TpccysLt4?continueMode=true Video Outline: Introduction to State of Market (opening minutes) December market collapse, liquidity drain, sentiment readings, falling into bear market (3-6 minutes in) Snapback rally from oversold conditions and pension fund rebalancing, not in recession, 1,000 point Dow rally typical of bear market conditions…

S&P 500 Finds Resistance: Test lower or Breaks-Out and Why?

Weekly ArticlesBy Seth Golden January 10, 2019

Heading into Thursday’s market open on Wall Street we’ve got some good news and some bad news. Firstly, the bad news: U.S. equity futures are down across the board by roughly .5% in the 5:00 a.m. EST hour. Crude oil popped above $52 a barrel on Wednesday, but supply/output was higher than expected and the…

How Long Will the S&P 500 Rally Last & What Levels To Monitor

Weekly ArticlesBy Seth Golden January 8, 2019

Is optimism creeping back into the market? Are investors signaling that it is “all clear”? Look, I get it, the market has rallied significantly off of the S&P (500) daily closing low of 2,351 and now looks to be stabilizing. Gaining stability, however, is a process that usually consisted of a low-level retest. Take a…

What Impacts S&P 500 Trend in Early 2019

Weekly ArticlesBy Seth Golden January 7, 2019

2018 could easily be characterized as the year that volatility came back into the market place due to Quantitative Tightening and geopolitical/macro concerns. Asset prices reached record levels in 2017 and through much of 2018, but as the Fed ratcheted higher its rate hikes (4 rate hikes in FY18) the market became increasingly fearful that…

Apple’s Q1 2019 Warning Raises Alarms

Weekly ArticlesBy Seth Golden January 3, 2019

U.S. equity markets demonstrated another remarkable turnaround on Wednesday as investors returned from the New Year holiday. At its lows the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was negative by nearly 400 points, but rallied to finished in positive territory. Volatility, as gauged by the VIX, declined significantly as buyers stepped in to buy what was…

China’s Manufacturing Weakens, Global Equities Start 2019 in Retreat

Weekly ArticlesBy Seth Golden January 2, 2019

After the worst December since 1931 and the worst year since the financial crisis, stocks enter 2019 hobbled. The S&P 500 (SPX) will begin trading at 2,505 in 2019 after finishing down 6.2% in 2018, and down 9.6% in December alone. Some strategists and analysts are of the opinion that the disconnect between the economy and…

Final Trading Day of 2018: Bull or Bear Market in 2019

Weekly ArticlesBy Seth Golden December 31, 2018

Good weekend to everyone and with the final trading day of calendar year 2018, we can’t help but desire the calendar year to end with some semblance of positivity. Last week kicked-off a holiday shortened trading with much anxiety being created for investors on Christmas Eve and as the market meltdown continued. The S&P 500…

Fear Gives Rise to Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of a “Bear Market”?

Weekly ArticlesBy Seth Golden December 28, 2018

I can recall watching the S&P 500 (SPX) on Thursday as it retraced much of what it had gained from the previous snap back rally. As the market worsened throughout the day, it became increasingly clear that sellers were having a difficult time maintaining pressure on the market. A quick look at the intraday SPX…

Weekly ArticlesBy Seth Golden December 27, 2018

There’s nothing I dislike more than a 1,000+ (DOW)-point rally, coming after a nearly 5,000-point decline. Don’t get me wrong, it’s better than the continuation of the decline, but it only serves to validate the characterization of a bear market. In other words, that type of market move is indicative of a bear market. As…

Kass: 10-Surprises Which Could Spike The Market 5% In One Day

Weekly ArticlesBy Seth Golden December 26, 2018

Written by Doug Kass “Look up and not down; look out and not in; look forward and not back, and lend a hand.” – Edward Everett Hale Make no mistake about it, the stock market panic and Bear Market of November-December 2018 is serious and profoundly threatens the economic and profit pictures. As mentioned on Friday, a…

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