Some lackluster days in the equity markets, roiled to some degree by concerns over the bond yield curve inverting (3-month/10-year), found investor appetite once again. Equity markets surged on Tuesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 leading its peer indices higher and with a gain of .72% on the trading day. It was an uneven day-trade…
Try as it may, the S&P 500 is finding it difficult to stay above that critical 2,800 level. In Tuesday’s trading session, the benchmark index made another run above 2,800 intraday, but much like Tuesday it sold off into the closing bell. Chairman Jerome Powell will continue with his testimony before Congress today and after…
It was a huge day of VIX trading on Monday with VIX options and futures volume soaring. The bottom line is that hedging programs were deployed on scale given the relative low level/inexpensive hedges that could be afforded and with the S&P 500 achieving the 2,800 level intraday. Most of the hedging activity and upside…
Welcome to this weekly edition of State of the Market. The major averages succumb to modest selling pressure today, even with headlines and media coverage surrounding U.S./China that support a deal forthcoming. Please click the following link to review the SOTM video, which is roughly 1 hour in duration. Additionally, Wayne Nelson delivers our daily,…
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…
Another roller coaster week in the markets has passed and with it dragging the major averages lower for the week. For the week, the Dow (DJIA) fell 2.2%, the S&P 500 (SPX) dropped 1.6%, while the Nasdaq (NDX) declined 2.2 percent. As depicted in the chart above, the S&P 500, along with its peer indices,…...
Although equity futures rose sharply on Wednesday morning and CPI data proved innocuous, those gains were quickly erased once Wall Street opened to greater volumes. We’ll get to the CPI data in a moment, but knowing those gains were quickly going to be erased didn’t demand a crystal ball, and we’ll show you why! The…
Entering the trading week we were forced to understand there would be an additional selling force in the market. We disseminated information over the weekend through our weekly research report that identified the culprit that would plague the market this week. “Finom Group urges investors to remain cautious as the current trading week may find…
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…
U.S. equities finished higher Thursday, as the S&P 500 extended its winning streak to a fourth straight session and with technology stocks showing improved performance. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 147.07 points, or 0.6%, to end at 26,145.99, its first close above 26,000 this month. The S&P 500 rose 15.26 points, or 0.5%, to…
