Shark Tank

Keith Schneider | February 12, 2017

US Equities markets handled multiple faux paus of the new Trump administration as a sideshow and focused on an upcoming proposal to reduce taxes. The S&P 500, NASDQ 100, and the Dow Industrials (INDU) all soared to all time new …


Have ‘Animal Spirits’ Taken QE’s Place As The New Fuel For The Bulls?

Geoff Bysshe | February 5, 2017

President Trump has summoned up ‘animal spirits’ which seem to be taking more and more credit (or blame depending on your market bias), for the bull market.

Here’s one way to keep your eye on them, so they don’t catch …


Is Mr Market’s Head in the Clouds?

Keith Schneider | January 29, 2017

If uncertainty is the market’s foe there seems to be a bad cell connection. Perhaps Mr. Market’s human nature is getting the best of him.

US equities broke out of the 6-week compression zone led by tech and specifically semiconductor …


Bull Market Dancing on a Pin Head

Keith Schneider | January 21, 2017

This week the 4 key US equites ushered in the new president with a net neutral overall response. The NASDQ 100, the lead index over the past month, continued its trek higher with the IWM lagging after a blistering post-election …


Divergent

Keith Schneider | January 15, 2017

The US Equities Market paused this week after an almost 200 point intraday shakedown in the INDU on Thursday.  Equities recovered and essentially left prices where they started the week.

NASDQ 100 was the exception as FANG stocks were hot, …


The Exponentially Larger Chicken Little

Keith Schneider | January 7, 2017

The results for the first week of 2017 in US equites were impressive after a wobbly end of 2016. The S&P500 ended up +1.66% with NASDQ 100 up +2.86%. A far cry from the inverse action one year ago,

For …


Hunting Season

Keith Schneider | December 18, 2016

The big news this week is that the Hawks at the Fed are circling the market. Hawks are raptors, carnivorous hunters. Will exhausted and weakened stock bulls be the special on the menu in 2017?

US equities took a breather …


What’s Making Stocks Great Again?

Geoff Bysshe | December 12, 2016

This week’s Market Outlook is late because I needed to figure out the data behind the market secret covered below.

As traders or investors, we can probably agree on the fact that too much of a good thing usually doesn’t …


A New Episode

Keith Schneider | December 4, 2016

This week, three out of the four key US equity indexes posted weekly losses, signaling a pause in the post-election rally. More telling is that market internals which hit frothy levels have been weakening. Volume indicators are showing distribution in …


Meet the New Normal

Keith Schneider | November 20, 2016

Movie -“Young Frankenstein”

Regardless of one’s political bent, it is hard to argue against the fact that the Trump victory equates to a brain transplant for the world’s only superpower. At a minimum, it’s in the throes of an identity …