Hiddenburg? Maybe Not

Keith Schneider | March 11, 2017

The Markets liked the payrolls data released Friday which reversed the steady declines (after the initial pop following Trump’s Congressional address), closing the week down .42% for the S&P 500. Moments after the jobs data was released, White House Press …


Snap, Crackle and Pop

Keith Schneider | March 5, 2017

Wall Street’s newest IPO and darling is Snapchat (SNAP). Investors (I’m using the term lightly here) clamored to get in on the hot new app, which now has a market cap of about $ 31 billion. SNAP was up roughly …


This Market Takes Lessons From A Chameleon

Geoff Bysshe | February 26, 2017

The markets pushed higher yet again last week extending their impressive 2017 rally, however this week was a little different than prior weeks in ways you should pay close attention to.

A quick look at our sector summary page, which …


A Melt Up and a Melt Down

Keith Schneider | February 20, 2017

US Equities took a que from events in Asia this week as the bulls murdered the bears in a very public show. The market is on a post-election tear not seem since LBJ took office, with the benchmark S&P 500 …


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 …