Good morning and welcome to another trading week that is expected to be rather subdued, but as we know, on any given trading day… anything can happen. With that being said, here are a few notes to consider from our weekly Research Report. In order to read our very detailed weekly Research Report (12 pages),…
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…
Global equities found a sharp risk-on rally as rounds of economic data from China and the United States positively spurred investor sentiment. After a marked improvement in China’s PMI data, the U.S. released both monthly retail sales and ISM manufacturing data. Before getting into the U.S. data, let’s briefly take a look at how China’s…
Everyone and I do mean everyone has their eyes, ears and whatever other body part tuned into the bond yield curve (YC). The following intraday chart identifies the movement of the S&P 500 (SPX) and 10-yr. Treasury yield (TNX) for March 27, 2019. (Blue = SPX, pink = TNX) With the near dated end of…
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…
After a bond market panic that pervaded equity markets on Friday, the rather flat performance for U.S. equity markets on Monday was a welcome site to many on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) finished slightly higher on Monday while the S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (NDX) finished slightly lower on the day. …
It’s not for a lack of effort, but the S&P 500 has only been up on 1 of the 9 FOMC days during Powell’s rein over the Committee. Initially, and traditionally some might say, the market responded positively to the sharply dovish move announced by the FOMC on Wednesday…then it completely reversed course and the…
It’s that time again, FOMC rate hike announcement day. While there is almost no probability of a rate hike today, the more consequential press conference and dot plot will likely sway investors’ sentiment. With Jerome Powell at the helm of the FOMC and having chaired the committee of Federal Reserve Presidents over the last 8…
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,…
