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...
The market is calming down and seems to be settling into a more bullish setup, but the potential for pain is still there. With mega tech earnings this week from stocks like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta, and Non-Farm Payrolls on Friday, there’s certainly cause...
Volatility is the name of the game in the markets right now, and yet, is it likely to continue? There are a ton of interesting market dynamics occurring right now, and a lot of noise as a result. In the last week alone we’ve seen a 10% rally in the S&P 500,...
The market is now apparently well aware what to do with tariffs – sell everything and ask questions later. And now that we’ve seen major outflows and risk reduction, the market seems to be starting the process of deciding what should not have been sold. To get...
Tariffs are coming, and the market doesn’t know what to do with them. Yet. The market is trading wide ranges while digesting fundamental inputs such as Friday’s high inflation reading from PCE and upcoming tariffs. This is creating more and more...