Clouded Market Clarity Provides These Trade Setups

Markets end the week massively unchanged. With lots of uncertainty in 2019 these are the kinds of trade set ups you want to look for to profit and protect your portfolio in uncertain times... To learn more about generating consistent returns join me on January 29th at 8 PM EST / 7 PM Central for…

Stocks Ignore Trade War & Government Shutdown For Now

Stocks - Slight Rally Despite Trade Woes Many the stock market is overbought. The logic to buying stocks took a hit on Thursday, but they still rallied modestly. S&P 500 was up 0.14%, the Nasdaq was up 0.68%, and the Russell 2000 was up 0.7%. VIX’s 3.23% decline helped push the CNN fear and greed…

Jobless Claims Fall 13,000 Despite Government Shutdown

Jobless Claims Fall To 199,000 The jobless claims report is a leading indicator for the economy and helps us understand how the monthly BLS report will look. Lately it has been an extremely important metric that has been followed closely because it was strong during the stock market decline in December and remains strong now…

What are the Bonds Saying about Market Risk?

Are bonds doing a better job pricing in risk than the VIX? That's what we analyze in today's video newsletter update. This crucial answer may surprise you...

 Dow Stocks - 3 Lead Market Higher

Dow Stocks - Market Rallies Slightly On Dow Earnings On Wednesday, three Dow firms reported earnings that sent their stocks up. That lifted the Dow by 0.7% and even helped the S&P 500 gain 0.22%. Nasdaq was up 8 basis points and the Russell 2000 was down 0.22%. The minor rally and the 6.15% decline…

Q1 2019 EPS Growth Expected To Be Just 3.55%

Q1 2019 - Earnings Estimates Start To Fall Off A Cliff The stock market is rallying way too much compared to how much earnings estimates are falling. As you can see from the table below, Q1 EPS growth estimates have fallen from 5.54% at the start of the year to just 3.55% as of January 23rd.…

More Earnings in Motion - What's Next for Key Stocks?

  Major stocks continue to report earnings and this continues to give us opportunities and risk each day.  In tonight's video, Corey walks you through broad market analysis and pinpoints four key companies reporting earnings tomorrow and what the expected movement is for these companies including the big one - Intel (INTC)

Trade Meeting Between China & America Canceled

Trade Meeting - Weak Tuesday The stock market fell sharply on Tuesday. It was overbought, and the existing home sales report was shockingly bad. Also, the White House canceled the trade meeting with China. S&P 500 was down 1.42%, Nasdaq was down 1.91%, and Russell 2000 was down 1.69%. I don’t think the government shutdown…

Philly Fed - Non-Manufacturing Index Craters To Lowest Level Since October 2011

Philly Fed - What The ECRI Leading Index Means For Stocks Previously, we looked at how stocks act when the ECRI leading index is down 6% or more for the first time in 12 months. That analysis makes sense in this specific situation because the index recently fell over 6% year over year. ECRI also has a…

Volatility Fights Back

Stocks rocked coming back from a 3 day weekend.  And just when volatility was subsiding it screams back higher today.  In this video we will discuss the key levels to watch for in this market to know if the market will break down and test the December lows.  Here's what we expect (and it's not…