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…
There’s so much to discuss as it pertains to the current S&P 500 (SPX) rally and the Alphabet. No, not just Alphabet’s (GOOGL) earnings, but 3 letters of the Alphabet that serve as signal posts for the S&P 500: E-F-G baby!! E-arnings F-ederal Open Market Committee G-lobal Trade EFG will be the acronym of 2019…
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…
In our most recent research report (subscription required), we disseminated the weekly expected move for the S&P 500 starting the week of 11/12/18. As shown in the screenshot below, the weekly expected move is $50… and we got every bit of that weekly move in the very first trading day of the week. The major…
Wall Street held a post-midterm election rally on Wednesday with the Dow (DJIA) and S&P 500 (SPX) rallying just over 2.10% each. The strength in the two indexes was only dwarfed by the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NDX), which rallied over 2.6% on the trading day. As we suggested previously at Finom Group, should the market’s rally…
Let’s get right to the heart of the matter and as we look forward to the coming week, which should be an eventful one as it includes midterm elections. First up to bat we’re going to take a look, rather quickly, at the latest auto sales. “But you guys haven’t said much in reporting weeks…...
Despite what has now been a near 10% S&P 500 (SPX) correction from it’s all-time high set in September, the fear gauge isn’t representing market inefficiency or investor panic. Maybe the word “yet” should be placed at the end of the previous sentence given the expected weekly move for the week ahead, maybe? We’ll get…...
The market statistics have become more grotesque as October rolls on and with most of the major indices faltering. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 608.01 points at 24,583.42 and erased all of its gains for 2018. The Dow has dropped 7.1% in October. The S&P 500 dropped 3.1% to 2,656.10 and also turned negative for the year.…
Tuesday, once again, found U.S. equities under pressure with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) falling over 500 points in the first hour of trading. But through the remainder of the trading day, the Dow, S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (NDX) all rallied. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 both went positive at one point, but…
While the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished in positive territory Wednesday, if only slightly, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell as tech leaders made the rounds in Washington. The Nasdaq dropped 1.2%, its worst day since Aug. 15th as Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet all dropped. Shares of Microsoft and Twitter also fell to drag…
