Financials and Tech Continue to Split: Your Sector Trade Ideas for the Week Ahead
Financials (XLF) took the largest hit recently with money flowing into the safety of Gold, Bonds, and even technology (XLK) companies, but that money flow is shifting at the moment. In tonight's video we pinpoint the current trade opportunities for Financials and Tech along with other sectors setting up trade logic (and which ones have…
How Markets have Set-up Ahead of the Fed
We'll have our big, highly anticipated Fed Meeting tomorrow and it's been volatile trying to predict what they will do. Perhaps more importantly, we'll learn insights from Chair Powell about the rapid shift of risk and volatility due to the financial stock sell-off and how that's affecting the outlook for any future rate hikes. We…
Bank Crisis Steals The Stage From CPI
We've seen two extremely high volatility trading session so far this week - but will the rest of the week be the same? In tonight's video, we cover the regional bank and larger bank stocks, where Bonds and Gold have moved, and the surprising sell-off in Crude Oil. Finally we pinpoint the weakest stocks making…
As the Odds of a 25bps Rate Hike Fall, so Falls the Market: Your Sell-side Update
Chair Powell spoke this morning and his statement suggested the Fed is willing to be more aggressive to keep inflation in check, and his statement sent bearish shockwaves through the equity market. In tonight's video, we pinpoint where the sell-side activity was most aggressive, how bonds and oil fared, and what sector we're closely watching…
Last Day of February brings Trading Opportunities for March: Sorting the Strongest Stocks from the Weakest
February ended on a volatile sell-off as we get ready to trade into March. In tonight's video, we scan the market to find the strongest stocks - biggest gainers - in 2023 so far and then separate those from the weakest stocks. There's a clear pattern emerging - can you see it? Find out in…
Volatile Selloff Starts the Shortened Trading Week: Your Big-Picture Guide
Stock indexes slid 2% today with the small-cap Russell 2000 taking the biggest hit of the selling, as it ended the day down 3%. Bonds also slid lower, hitting our targets from prior videos as detailed in tonight's update. We highlight the split-earnings outcome of retailers Home Depot (HD) and Wal-Mart (WMT) and set the…
CPI Inflation Surprises, but does not Move, Markets
The higher (hotter) than expected inflation data surprise in this morning's Consumer Price Index report did surprise the market, but by the closing bell most markets affected were "massively unchanged." In tonight's video, we unpack the "surprise lack" of movement and put it in context of the bigger picture and where key markets are…
The Power of Powell! Your Guide to the Markets after the Fed Chair's Speech
We thought the Fed was behind us last week! Chair Powell's speech today sent the market volatility surging, just like last week's official Fed Policy announcement and though stocks were volatile, they closed up at the high of day along with a strong rally in Oil and Energy Stocks. In tonight's video, we highlight these…
Hang on to your Trades! Your Plan for Fed and Earnings Volatility
We've already had surprises from key earnings but there are more potential big surprises to come when major market cap leaders - and tech giants - report Thursday. Before then however, we have the Federal Reserve announcement - a Fed Day - Wednesday along with even more earnings. Know which companies are reporting and how…
The Earnings Shall Continue! Today's Key Updates for You (MSFT)
Another day, another round of fresh new earnings and plays to take in the news-fueled volatility. While the equity market was in a flat range most of today, some stocks made big post-earnings moves and there are more major companies reporting after the bell and later this week - including Microsoft (MSFT) today and Tesla…