All four key US Equity markets continued their relentless climb up, +.72 % (on average) over the shortened week., However, there were some noteworthy changes in leadership. The most obvious one is that US global leadership is waning as the …
The nation averted another shutdown at the expense of Trump declaring a national emergency.
Equities loved it, led by the Grandpa Russell (IWM) which was up +4.23% on the week. (https://marketgauge.com/resources/the-modern-family-how-you-can-stay-on-the-right-side-of-the-market/).
Grandma Retail (XRT) shrugged off a terrible December, as …
This week’s market action was relatively muted and mostly boring. We did get some entertaining headlines like Pelosi’s famous clap down and Bezos’ war with the National Enquirer that tanked both his marriage and his stock.
U.S. Equity markets shrugged …
US Equity markets embraced a newly dovish Fed by tacking on a +1.5% weekly gain. US treasuries decided that it’s inflationary and backed off. Inflation adjusted bonds (TIPS) did well, attacking its 50-week moving average.
Meanwhile, other inflation plays such …
The showdown on the shutdown ended Friday with President Trump backing off for his demand for funding for a border wall, but just the next three weeks. US equity markets paused on their upward (+/- .26%) trajectory as US stocks …
Equity markets continued their rebound last week pushing their bullish streak to 3 weeks in a row.
U.S. stocks were up almost +3% for the week, and cleared their 50-day moving averages on excellent volume.
This price action is bullish, …
Last week we received the psychiatric report that indicated Mr. Market was suffering from Market Nervosa.
However, after this week’s session, the diagnosis has been updated, and it now indicates that Mr. Market is also suffering from a bi-polar disorder. …
Happy New Year and welcome back to Mr. Market who was recently diagnosed with a resurgence of Market Nervosa, a mental condition resulting in wide market swings.
This was not unexpected, as he often suffers from episodes of anxiety especially …
US equities had its worst week in a decade, down -8% on average. So far, it is also the worst December since the Great Depression. There were bad tidings everywhere and a government shutdown is already underway.
There is a …
US equites remain under relentless pressure, giving up some hard-fought gains earlier in the week. Stocks dropped about - 2% on Friday and all key indexes closed negative for the week. Equity outflows hit $46 billion, a record according to …
