US equity markets mostly retreated, with the NASDAQ 100 bucking the sell off and closing +1.76% on the week. Meanwhile, Small Caps fell with Grandpa Russell (IWM) closing -4.48%, erasing much of the improvement over key US equity benchmarks. Globally …
US Equity Markets mostly retreated, led by the NASDAQ 100 which was down -1.32% for the week. The major theme is that rotation is occurring across all asset classes with new leadership appearing. Making up for lost ground, Small Caps …
Markets retreated yet again with the key US indexes trading down about -3% on average, led by the NASDAQ 100 and the Russell 2000. The rotation out of growth stocks into commodity plays continued this week as well as stronger …
Markets retreated this week correcting almost 10% after setting new all-time highs on an intraday basis in two US Equity (SPY, QQQ) benchmarks. China announced that it was reducing holdings of US Bonds due to an accelerating trade war. This …
The news of last week was the Fed’s announcement about their “updated monetary policy strategy.”
The big change was to suggest that they would let inflation overshoot their 2% goal to prioritize getting unemployment as low as they consider realistic.…
Last week’s news was filled with stories about how the FANG stocks and particularly APPL were the main driving forces behind the new highs in the indexes and their ETFs (i.e. SPY and QQQ).
The tone of this type of …
Elon Musk has a talent for creating news to inflate the value of Tesla. This week he did it again by following Apple and the Fed’s tactics for inflating asset prices.
In addition, he cleverly used this tactic to abruptly …
Friday’s price action capped off a string of days that told a story of broadening market strength and expectations of improving economic conditions.
On a daily basis, the story sounds like this…
On Thursday, TLT quickly retreated after breaching its …
Equity markets mostly recovered from an early swoon this week buoyed by stellar performance from digital tech giants while safety plays got ignored. The NASDAQ100 closed +4% for the week and up 25% YTD, but the Dow Industrials closed down …
** This week both Mish and Keith reviewed the big picture together. Market Outlook video contributed by Keith.
Equity markets stalled with all the key US indexes closing down, reversing a strong start for the week. The sell-off was led …
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