Earnings Surprises and Expected Volatility: Your Guide for this Week of Wildness
We're seeing higher than usual volatility both in headline news risk but also major stocks reporting earnings before and after the bell. While we continue to see higher risk in higher volatility, along with surprises, we're also seeing aggressive trading opportunities as well. Here's your guide to the earnings past, present, and yet to come.
The Stock Market is Resilient but How Long Will it Last? Your Mid-October Update
We're continuing to see resilience in the US Stock Market in the headwinds of otherwise bearish or bad news, but is this the beginning of a larger rally or may the resiliency come to an end soon? In tonight's video, we pinpoint what's keeping stocks strong and then highlight the recent strength in Oil and…
Inflation and Earnings Ahead: Your Key to Unlocking this Wild Week
We're continuing to see a very resilient market that is rallying in the face of seemingly bearish major headlines. In tonight's report, we pinpoint what's going on with the strength in equities and how it all fits in the broader 'sideways' trading range in the market and the economy that is skirting through the middle…
Fed Fall-Out Continues with Bonds and Stocks Sliding to Start October
We continue seeing the selling taking place after the Federal Reserve announced it was committed to combatting ever-creeping inflation trends with higher interest rates for longer. The result has been a new wave of progressive selling in stocks and a sharp drop in bonds as interest rates climbed higher right on cue. In tonight's…
The Fall-out After the Fed Continues with Weaker Stocks and Higher Yields - Your Guide
We're still seeing fall-out continue to send equities lower and yields higher, along with bonds tumbling lower after last week's big Fed Meeting and announcement. In tonight's video, we update the plan and pinpoint the weakest stocks falling in the weakest sectors and what that means about the broader economy and safety in our trading…
The Fed in Focus! Your Guide to this Week's Fed Day and Beyond
The Federal Reserve meets Wednesday and while they are very unlikely to raise the Fed Funds rate tomorrow, all eyes and ears will be focused on what Chair Powell says about inflation creeping higher and the need for higher rates possibly as soon as the November meeting. Otherwise we take a look at Bonds, Treasury…
CPI Planning: Inflation Rising? What that means for markets
The economic and earnings calendar is light again this week but the highlight will likely be the inflation measures we get from the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Wednesday morning. The market is already pricing in that inflation is rising, but by how much and will there be any surprises? In tonight's video we focus on…
Listening to the Message the Sectors are Sending as we Start September
It's a new month here in TheoTrade and we're taking a moment at the start of the month to highlight the two strongest sectors - and why they remain strong - against the two weakest sectors and how most sectors are meandering near the middle of unchanged so far. In tonight's video, we take a…
Bad News, Stocks Rally? Your Tuesday Update and Plan for the Week
We had another "bizzaro market" event today with much weaker than expected Consumer Confidence numbers helping boost stocks higher - and if it doesn't make sense on the surface, that's ok. In tonight's video, we discuss how the market interpreted the news through the perspective of the Federal Reserve and their ongoing Interest Rate policy…
Retail Earnings and Market Reactions: Planning an Active Week
We're seeing split outcomes after earnings in retail stocks, mainly Macy's (M) down 14% while Lowe's (LOW) rallied almost 4% today. Other major retail stocks are set to report this week but they'll likely be overshadowed by what happens with NVIDIA's (NVDA) earnings Wednesday after the bell. We also have a plan for the Fed…