Wage Growth Finally Beats Rent Growth
Wage Growth Accelerates Wage growth is important because at this point in the cycle with the labor market tightening and inflation modest, workers have a chance to get real pay increases. Also, last year we saw the Fed raising rates partially in reaction to wage growth even though it hasn’t translated into higher inflation. In…
What Levels To Watch in February
With earnings rapidly moving markets, we have to keep up just as quickly. In tonight's video, Corey takes a bigger-picture perspective of where we are on the key stock market indexes including the /ES and /NQ and then plots pathways for the rest of February. Will we fall from resistance targets achieved today as logic…
Alphabet Stock Falls On Increasing Capex
Alphabet Stock - Another Big Rally: Stocks Are Overbought 2019 has been a dream year for stock investors after 2018 was a nightmare for diversified investors. While 2018 wasn’t a disaster for stocks, very few asset classes increased in value. Amazingly, the S&P 500 is now up 8.7% year to date. Many investors didn’t foresee the…
January 2019 Jobs Report Was Great
January 2019 Jobs Report Once again, the jobs report beat estimates by about double. The January report showed there were 304,000 jobs created. This beat estimates for 158,000. The BLS report beat the ADP report’s estimate for private sector job creation. ADP showed 213,000 and the BLS report showed 296,000 jobs created. The bad news…
This Powerful Trade is Available
A powerful trade you can use to generate massive profits or hedge your long portfolio is viable once again. This strategy was used by TheoTraders in Q4 of 2018 to capitalize on the big selloff. Here's your chance to get in (again)...
Amazon Reports Weak Guidance & U.S. Manufacturing Accelerates In January
Amazon Beats Estimates: Stock Falls Amazon was expected to disappoint investors because of weakness from the cloud. The firm disappointed investors because of the expected increase in investments and decelerating revenue growth. And also weak guidance, but not because of the cloud. Specifically, Q4 EPS was $6.04 which beat estimates for $5.68. Revenues were $72.4…
What Turned the Fed Policy Around?
Why did the Fed do a 180 on policy? What do they see that we don't see yet? In this crucial weekend video update we examine just that. Plus don't miss these trading opportunities next week that can either profit or protect your portfolio in an uncertain market...
S&P 500 Has Its Best January Since 1987
S&P 500 - Another Nice Rally: This Time Led By Facebook After the worst December since the Great Depression, the S&P 500 had its best January since 1987. Don’t let the year 1987 scare you. While I’m bearish on stocks, we aren’t doomed to repeat the crash of October 1987. The S&P 500 was up 0.86%…
Boeing & Microsoft Earnings Reviews
Boeing & Microsoft - Big Shift In Rate Hike Expectations Fed has moved with the whims of the stock market for the first time since Powell became chairperson. The Fed became dovish in late December. That helped spark the rally since then. Fed’s statement reflected this new guidance. If the Fed would have made a smaller…
What to Watch Now After AMZN Earnings
https://youtu.be/vJPKmDFbpj8 Tech Giant Amazon (AMZN) reported earnings today and the stock was... unchanged. We'll be watching post-market and pre-market price activity for clues about the next swing as we continue to chart Facebook's breakout and prepare for Google's (GOOGL) earnings early next week.