Facebook Q4 2018 Earnings Preview

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…

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

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…

What Impacts S&P 500 Trend in Early 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…

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…

State of the Market With Wayne & Seth

https://zoom.us/recording/play/uLKp7zYwIfSYc33D1VLDzLwakfwsdbn73SZTEz-qBjqGtSeUR4UGzADv5ZYFgDpp?continueMode=true Outline Market Headwinds: (23 minutes) Apple (AAPL) share price Crude oil price/demand/supply Trade Truce i.e. U.S./China: Corporate uncertainty and investor uncertainty (14 minutes in) FOMC rate hike path, turned dovish, data dependency brought back (16 minutes in) New Home sales, housing commentary (21 minutes in) FedWatch Tool: rate hike probability 2. Government shutdown? (24…