It looked as if it was going to be a dreadful day on Wall Street in the early morning on Thursday with the major averages pointing to a steep decline at the market’s open. Within the first hour of trading, however, all 3 major averages bottomed and made a sharp U-turn heading higher through the…
It appears to be another rocky open on Wall Street with all 3 major indices set to open sharply lower. In Wednesday’s trading session, the Dow and S&P 500 both fell with the Nasdaq outperforming, as the tech-heavy index found favor among investors on the heels of Apple’s (AAPL) better than expected quarterly results. That…
Apple & Tesla Earnings on Deck The June quarter is typically dubbed Apple’s (AAPL) most boring and uneventful quarter with most consumers awaiting the next product launch that coincides with the September quarter. The June quarter tends to be Apple’s smallest in terms of revenue and iPhone sales. Apple Inc. will report its most boring…
Market and Volatility Commentary Upside for EM Equities and Value; Evolution of the Trade War; End of Cycle and Fiscal Measures Value Rally and EM Equities: 30 July 2018 Marko Kolanovic, PhD: Global Quantitative and Derivatives Strategy Bram Kaplan, CFA J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Earlier this month, we upgraded EM and Value equities in our Asset…...
That was something for all the market pundits and critics to behold last week was it not? The mantra surrounding the disbelief in the market rally that started in late April has been FANG, FANG, FANG. What we actually saw during the 5-day reporting cycle for FANG, however, was a market that held up rather…
That was something for all the market pundits and critics to behold last week was it not? The mantra surrounding the disbelief in the market rally that started in late April has been FANG, FANG, FANG. What we actually saw during the 5-day reporting cycle for FANG, however, was a market that held up rather…...
Yesterday was a record setting day in the market and for one of the market darlings… possibly a former market darling, Facebook (FB). The following graphic will go down in history and lay claim to Facebook’s infamy for some time to come. After the social media platform company narrowly missed revenue estimates for the Q2…
Another rollercoaster ride on Wall Street yesterday and after the first of the major FAANG stocks reported earnings. Alphabet (GOOGL) reported earnings and revenues that beat analysts’ expectations by a wide margin, producing a rally on Wall Street. But by mid afternoon, the Nasdaq Composite Index, which hit a record earlier, pulled back from highs…
You’ve likely heard a great deal about the most crowded trade in the market, FAANG. With that you’ve probably also heard how as FAANG goes the market goes. These comments have turned into colloquialisms seeing how heavily weighted within many ETFs the FAANG stocks have become in recent years… and rightfully so! Rightfully so and…
For the week, the Dow eked out a gain of 0.2%, while the S&P rose less than 0.1%. The Nasdaq notched a decline of less than 0.1%, enough to halt a string of two straight weekly gains. A big nothing burger indeed! When it comes to the market and the bear vs. bull debate one…
