One nagging thought that just won’t go away is about the relationship between interest rates, the initial purpose of quantitative easing and where the market sits today.
The Federal Reserve switched to a policy of tapering last fall, which seemed …
So did Wednesday”s session bring back the warm and fuzzies?
Let’s examine. The S&P 500 cleared the fast moving average after finding support at the 50 DMA-volume light. NASDAQ cleared the fast moving average but not the 50 DMA. That …
An excerpt from Monday’s night daily: All in all, expect that although overall damage done, an unchanged or even slightly lower open tomorrow will bring in some buyers.
And so it did. However, as one who tracks several indicators, not …
Mary Lou Lord
Lots of phase changes all around as my screen lit up today with yellow-warning, orange-distribution, red-bearish. The big news centers once again around the Dow and S&P 500, both of which defended the 50 daily moving averages …
I read somewhere that it’s been over 20 years since the S&P 500 futures came within spitting distance to a new 52-week high while NASDAQ got hit with its worst loss in a year.
Regardless whether that statistic is completely …
Rolling Stones
The image that comes to mind after Thursday’s session is one from the 2009 Kentucky Derby when a small New Mexican horse named Mine that Bird, went off at 50:1 and won by fearlessly galloping along the rail. …
Song: Aretha Franklin
The S&P 500 closed on new highs for 2014 along with the Dow! Now the question on everyone’s mind-is this for real?
After all, 2-3 times so far this year, it looked like a melt-up coming, only …
Quote: William Shakespeare King Lear
If this weren’t April Fool’s Day, I would say the end of day rally was a fool’s game. However, fools are just that-fools, so they cannot possibly control all the salient factors in play.
First, …
Quote: Mark Twain
Yes, it’s true that volume on Monday’s up move was meager compared to the selloff last week. It’s also true that the small caps regained the 50 DMA for an unconfirmed phase change back to bullish.
Equally …
Quote: Louis Hector Berlioz
Last week ended exactly as one would expect-leaving both the bulls and the bears apprehensive.
After all, looking back at the action, the S&P 500 sold off yet held the 50 DMA. NASDAQ remains weak failing …
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