Do You Love Risk?
Stocks ended the week lower as the uncertainty of the ACA replace and repeal drama unfolded in Washington. In this important weekend video update let's look at the risk in the market for next week. Also, I will discuss some of the intraday opportunities in the current market. Watch this important weekend update so you…
Stocks Drop On Ryancare Failure
The stock market fell slightly on Friday because Ryancare failed to pass the House once again. In my last article, I laid out two possibilities for why President Trump pushed ahead with wanting a vote on Friday. It ended up that the GOP didn’t have the votes and he was expressing frustration with the process.…
Loan Growth Signals Possible Recession
The latest news regarding the healthcare vote is it will happen on Friday. That could either mean enough votes have been gathered for it to pass or it could mean President Trump is frustrated with the process and wants to get it over with even if it could fail to get a majority. I don’t…
Ryancare Vote is Delayed
The stock market sold off in response to the news that the healthcare bill’s vote in the House of Representatives wasn’t going to take place Thursday. As I said, the leadership usually doesn’t put up a vote if it knows it will lose. Once leadership realized it would lose, they postponed the vote. While the…
Expecting the Expected Move and a Lower High
Stock rallied and then failed today giving up all of the gains into the close. In tonight's video we will use multiple time frame analysis to look at the big picture and the short term view of the market. Watch tonight's video to find out what to expect next...
Profit Margins Won’t Meet Estimates
In this article, I will elaborate on my previous point about S&P 500 profit margins; I will also discuss the latest updates surrounding the healthcare vote on Thursday. These two topics both hit on the catalysts which will move stocks, namely earnings and fiscal policy. Stocks got a free pass in 2015 when earnings fell…
Are Financials The Sector To Be In?
The 10-year bond continued its rally on Wednesday as its yield has fallen about 22 basis points from its high in mid-March. This is a powerful signal that the market has soured on the reflation trade. It has begun to reject the notion that 2017 GDP will accelerate from the morbid growth of 2016. To…
Time to Sell the Rallies?
Stocks recovered slightly from yesterday's selling with the Nasdaq being the strongest index. Let's review the TSLA, EEM, and TLT positions we got in on Monday. Watch tonight's video to review a few more opportunities that are setting up specifically what stocks and ETFs where it's time to sell the rallies...
Big Ryancare Vote On Thursday To Impact Markets
The stock market finally fell 1% on Tuesday as all the major averages plummeted. As you can see in the chart below, the streak without a 1% decline in a day made it to the top 10 longest in history. There was only one streak in the 1990s which was longer than this streak which…
The Selling is Welcome, But Not Real Volume Yet
Selling hits stocks at the major indices lose more than 1% for the first time since October 2016. The small cap Russell index was hit the hardest falling 2.7% in today's trading. In tonight's video let's take a look at what to expect with over the next month with this recent sell off. Will this…