While the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) took a breather on Tuesday, falling .3%, the Nasdaq (NDX) rose by .25% and apparently nobody showed up for the S&P 500 (SPX) or its closely correlated Select Sector Spiders ETF (SPY) With the S&P 500 finishing almost exactly flat on the day, SPY had its lowest trading…
Are equities about to fall from grace after a seemingly prolonged rally? If you ask two prominent analysts, they seem to believe “the end is near”. The S&P 500 has extended its New Year rally into the current week and after breaking through and closing above a key resistance level last Friday. The feat of…
Past the midway point in the trading week and the major averages have bounced back from consistent selling in the previous week and what many thought may prove a period of continued market consolidation and/or retrenching. Even with Boeing (BA), the most heavily price-weighted stock on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW), proving a major…
After 5 consecutive days of declining markets, the major averages fought back with the strongest breadth since January 4th. The Nasdaq (NDX) led the indices with a 2% rally and the S&P 500 (SPX) followed with a rally of nearly 1.5 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) lagged its peers with a .79% rally,…
For 3 straight trading sessions, the major averages have sold lower into the closing bell. This is in contrast to the 9-week rally prior to the final week of February. One thing to keep in mind with respect to the 9-week rally and even the December 2018 market swoon is the concept of market liquidity,…
In other headlines, J.P. Morgan Chase believes we’ve entered a new risk-on environment for equities. The bank’s global strategists continue to favor equities relative to bonds, saying in a monthly report that markets are still some way off from fully pricing in less tightening from the Fed. With valuations more supportive, they scrapped hedges that…
On the heels of the State of the Union address Tuesday night, equity futures are pointing to modest decline at the open of trading on Wednesday. In assessing the SOTU address, we’re of the opinion it was rather innocuous with points of articulation that spanned from global trade to domestic political strife and found with…
Welcome to our latest State of the Market (SOTM). Please click the link to view the video. (58 minutes in duration) Outline: Introduction (0-3 minutes FOMC/Fed meeting, revert to data dependency, no rate hike, what was removed in statement, usual behavior of the Fed, market reaction to Fed, no catalyst for inflation via PCE Index…
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…
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…
