Q2:18 Earnings Season Brings Anticipation of Bullish Breakout
From the standpoint of the performance of the broad market indexes, US stocks held up okay over the past four weeks, including a …
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY): Volatility Returns as Anticipation Builds About Fed Actions and Elections
On Wednesday afternoon, the Fed came through to fulfill what was widely expected – no change to the discount rate just yet. But …
S&P 500: Fundamentals Still Look Solid Despite Brexit-Induced Volatility
After a nice little rally from mid-February until early June, investors started taking chips off the table, ostensibly in anticipation of Thursday’s Brexit …
Bulls Gather Conviction as Fundamentals Regain Importance in Eyes of Investors
March Madness is in its full glory with some of the most epic displays of competition, controversy, surprises, and visuals we have ever …
Bulls Wrest Back Control of Market Direction Despite Global Adversity
Some weeks when I write this article there is little new to talk about from the prior week. It’s always the Fed, global …
Market Outlook: Central Banks Get More Dovish and Seasonality Kicks In
This year, the S&P 500 has greatly underperformed its average 18% return that it historically provides during the third year of a Presidential …
Searching For Solid Support in the Face of Global Headwinds
Uncertainty about the health of the global economy led investors to flee U.S.
Bulls Hold the Line as Market Coils in Anticipation of a Bigger Move
After posting record highs the previous week, stocks closed last week slightly down overall. But the major indexes held their psychological levels, including …
Sector Detector: Stocks Grind Into Neutral, Hoping to Find a New Catalyst in Earnings Season
In the ongoing bad-news-is-good-news saga, last week’s surprisingly weak jobs report led to speculation that the Fed would delay hiking interest rates, which …
Sector Detector: Defensive Sectors Lead Hesitant Market, But Traders Honor Long-Standing Bullish Support
Last week, the major indexes fell back below round-number thresholds that had taken a lot of effort to eclipse. There has been an …