The market’s reaction to the release of the December 2018 monthly retail sales was just a reasonable excuse to pullback modestly on Thursday. December retail sales proved disappointing and missed average analysts’ estimates for a modest rise in the MoM data. For the month of December, the Census Bureau reported a MoM decline of 1.2%,…
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…
Good morning to all. Please review our Technical Market Recap offered by Finom Group’s Wayne Nelson. Simply click the link to play the video with duration of 30 minutes.
Welcome to the State of the Market video presentation with Wayne and Seth. Please click on the link to review the video. The video discussion on the markets and market volatility is 65 minutes. Outline: Market volatility, VIX Futures expiration, shorting volatility, backwardation (opening dialogue) 5% contango rule (5 minutes in) Realized market volatility vs.…
Wayne Nelson offers his daily-market recap. Insights on the daily market technical moves inclusive of analytical reference points. Additionally, Wayne offers some of the fundamental and geopolitical variables weighing on investor sentiment. What is the next leg the market will take remains dependent on geo politics, earnings and sentiment consideration. Bank earnings have been mixed…
The two biggest stories from Tuesday’s market trading came from the late afternoon Brexit vote, which failed to pass, and Netflix (NFLIX) choosing to raise prices. The bill was rejected by 432 votes to 202. The 230-vote defeat is thought to be the largest in U.K. political history. Following a controversial amendment, the U.K. government…
We expect a good deal of market anxiety to persist throughout the trading day as the media surveys, polls and analytics suggests this or that may come to pass in today’s U.S. midterm elections. As we mentioned in our latest research report, the elevated VIX (20.27 as of Tuesday morning) and front month VIX futures…
After losing 1,400 points on the Dow last week, I’m sure there’s a sense of relief on Wall Street given the tremendous rally Tuesday. Now, if only the major averages can find some semblance of a follow through on Wednesday, investors might be able to avoid the dreaded “double dip”. On Tuesday, the major averages…
Midweek, the markets took a turn for the worse in what is rapidly correlating to the spookiest month of the year, October. Despite the strong gains on Friday, the Dow (DJIA) and S&P 500 (SPX) finished the week down by more than 4%, while the Nasdaq (NDX) posted a 3.7% weekly loss. The steep losses…...
