Animal Spirits Return, Stocks Rip Higher!
The trading action throughout last week brought us another major move higher in this incredible recovery off of the early April lows.As I said headed into the week, stocks had run into significant...
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S&P Meets Resistance: Where from Here?
Last week’s trading week finally brought investors a taste of exactly what they have been hoping for, progress on trade policy. On Thursday, the U.S. finally signed a new trade deal with one of our...
Stocks Erase Tariff Losses, More Room to Go?
This past week, the wild roller coaster ride that was April’s trading came to an end on quite the strong note! After the early month slide, in which the S&P 500 index fell more than 15% peak to...
Are Technicals Suggesting the Bottom is In?
This past week, for those long-term focused investors that were able to block out the post- “Liberation Day” noise, they were nicely rewarded as we experienced a broad rally across the major indexes....
Indexes Retreat, Major Q1 Earnings Queued Up
As we headed into the past week, stocks appeared ready to build on the ‘snap-back’ type of rally we had experienced the week prior. Over the weekend, before last Monday’s market open, President Trump announced a significant update regarding his tariff policy. He...
Massive Volatility Persists, Stocks Finish Higher
Headed into the past week, anxiety was running high for investors as we were on the tail end of ‘Liberation Day’ which resulted in markets completely breaking down on Thursday & Friday, headed into the weekend. Over the weekend, market watchers were on edge hoping...
Bears Take Charge Amid Tariff Tantrum
Well, as mentioned last week, April 2nd should have been circled in red on every investor’s calendar as it had been billed by the new Administration as ‘Liberation Day’, when a bevy of fresh tariff announcements would be published. Leading into this date,...
Stocks Retreat as Fresh Tariffs Loom
This past week of trading began on a very strong note and showed some solid signs for investors.We saw a second consecutive week where the market displayed strong follow through from a decisively green close on Friday carryover into the following week, seeing another...
Does Market Bounce Have Staying Power?
Last week’s trading brought some much-needed relief for investors, as all three major indexes posted their first weekly gain in nearly a month. Just as predicted in last week’s newsletter, headed into the week, markets were giving many signs that they were due for a...
Counter-Trend Rally Coming After Stock Beatdown?
This past week saw the continuation of an unfortunate recent trend, as stocks broadly declined for the fourth consecutive week. This recent decline continues to be fueled by the same two factors, uncertainties regarding the new Administration’s trade policy, namely...