US equity markets were under pressure early in the week, but reversed course Thursday and Friday, ending up about +1% for the week. Risk Gauges all flipped positive.
The twitter storm from the White House was relentless, sending the market …
U.S. equities closed mostly down for the week after recovering nicely late Thursday and Friday from a 1300-point 3-day swoon in the Dow Industrials.
A noteworthy development was that the benchmark small-cap (IWM) index had a death cross and entered …
US equity markets were pressured this week by news of impeachment proceedings against President Trump. The ratcheting up of the trade war with China was the final straw for the markets on Friday with the IWM (Small Caps) leading the …
Global equity markets had a moment of self doubt and most country ETFs backed off after digesting lower rates in the US. The thinking behind the tepid market response actually had some logic to it as the Fed stated they …
Global equity markets continued their climb with the S&P 500 hitting new all time highs on Thursday before backing off.
Small Caps (IWM) and value stocks roared, ignoring a massive correction in U.S. Treasuries. Small caps ended the week up …
Virtually all global equity markets rallied led by Mexico in the Americas, Korea and China in Asia, and Russia in Europe. The theme here is that weak performers and energy exporters found buyers. Also noteworthy is that speculative sectors and …
US equities bounced off some key support levels late last week. However, the S&P 500 still closed down for the month and It took all of August to digest a nasty sell-off that hit the first few days. Sector performance …
According to the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) front page “What’s News” left had column this weekend…
#1 spot: “Trump said he ‘hereby ordered’ U.S. companies doing business in China to explore relocating their operations… A1, A6”
#8 spot: “Powell gave …
In last week’s Market Outlook, I posed the question, “Did stocks just put in a significant bottom?”
Last week’s market action put that thought to the test.
The IWM and DIA made new swing lows, but the SPY and QQQ …
Will the bulls thank China for last week’s opportunity to buy stocks lower?
Last week began with a punch back from China in the trade war that escalated the concerns of the trade war to concerns of a potential currency …
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