The market continues to chop, with a current setup back near the all-time highs. With this, the market is setting up opportunities for a potential dip back to support or a breakout to highs, so it can be a bit tough to clearly see the best trading opportunities. As...
Is it time to panic? The market got spooked by a resumption of trade war concerns over rare earth elements, and with a ~3% drop in the market this past Friday, a possible major liquidation and/or repeat of the market’s reaction to trade issues in March and April...
Are we destined for a major problem in this market? With the government shutdown, the consistent narrative has been the negative impact on the economy while the investment community pushes the market to new highs. Something feels a bit off. Maybe all this...
The market is showing signs of a bull trend. But within that bullish trend, it has still been a stock picker’s market. As I look at the overall market, there’s a clear sign of a bullish trend forming. The chart of the S&P 500 certainly looks like almost...
The market continues to chop. The S&P 500 makes new highs, only to dip quickly on a fundamental input, then grind back to a new high. This process has been repeated on a weekly basis and can cause major frustration for those looking for a major...
The market is evaluating an inflection point and trying to determine whether new highs are justified. It continues to be a stock-picker’s market as we see frequent rotation between stocks and sectors, giving a lot more noise than signals in this environment. And...
The market continues to try to go to new highs, but resistance is strong for the broad market. This truly is a stock-pickers market with sector and stock rotation selections changing by the day. One day, semiconductors seem to be leading the pack, and then on a...
The market is getting a reprieve after tensions between Israel and Iran seem to be fading rapidly. An agreement to work on a deal is in place, and now, we just need an actual deal. Progress is certainly being made, but I’m always a bit reluctant to...
The market is breaking out of the recent range and showing a general bullish bias after weeks of chop, and that is setting up a lot of potential opportunities. As the economy is showing relative stability with a positive Non-Farms Payroll, the elephant in the room...
Fundamental inputs continue to jostle the market, leaving us with back-and-forth market chop for now. As we see the impact of US-EU tariff negotiations initially creating a bearish input last week and then being dialed back to a later implementation helping the upside...