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Happy New Year, everybody! Let’s make this one the best ever. I am going to focus on gratitude for all the amazing people in my life, not the least of which is my family who love me and support me unconditionally. I am blessed. I hope everyone can do a little bit of the same… Read the full article.
Stock and bond markets have managed to churn higher over the past week, despite increased volatility. We are still seeing much-needed catch-up in sectors such as financials, real estate and industrials. Small and mid-caps are outperforming the mega-cap tech darlings of the past year. I pointed out earlier this week that I believe this is… Read the full article.
Stocks and bonds have been able to hold and even continue the rally that began in November. This has been true across a variety of sectors in the stock market as well as in fixed income of all duration. This is not just focused on big tech – and to me, that is the best… Read the full article.
The stock market finished off a big month on Thursday having recouped all of the losses seen since the end of July. As stated in our last commentary, this has coincided with falling interest rates and the hope that the economy is cooling (but not too much), and the Federal Reserve’s next move will be… Read the full article.
Stocks have continued the rally that began two weeks ago and as of Friday are near the July highs, having erased nearly all the losses seen during the August through October swoon. Part of the recent rally could be due to short covering and oversold conditions existing at the end of October. The rest can… Read the full article.
Each week we try and identify things in the economy (and world) that we believe are important and worth thinking about. Most of the time this is all related to investing and includes objective data. I hope these commentaries are helpful, or at least interesting, even if they are often provided through one person’s lens…. Read the full article.
The bounce we saw in stocks (albeit brief) has now faded and we are again testing important support at the 200-day moving average around 420 on the market cap weighted S&P 500 (SPY). The same can be said of the high-flying Nasdaq (QQQ). I have included charts of those indices below. As long as these… Read the full article.
Stocks spent last week bouncing from oversold conditions that resulted from the pullback that began in August. The market-leading Nasdaq and cap-weighted S&P 500 found support just above their 200-day moving averages and, importantly, for the S&P 500 just above the important 420 level (SPY). I have included a six-month chart below for reference. The… Read the full article.
Stocks and bonds continue to move in response to interest rates. Rising rates have resulted in falling stocks and bond prices for the past two months. The focus last week was on jobs data and whether the relative strength or weakness will move the Fed to raise rates again or end its inflation fighting campaign –… Read the full article.
The stock and bond markets continue to take it on the chin as bond yields climb higher and higher. It doesn’t help that we have a lot of domestic and international disfunction going on at the same time. So, has the bear market resumed and all these gains by big tech that have pushed indices… Read the full article.
Last week we talked about things being awfully quiet. Well, they aren’t now. Bond yields have exploded up through resistance at 4.3% on the all-important 10-Year Treasury bond. As of this writing midday Thursday, the yield is closing in on 4.5% and we are at levels not seen since 2007. Do you remember what happened… Read the full article.
As of Friday, major stock indices are churning right at their respective 50 day moving averages. This follows a plethora of economic reports last week. We got inflation data, unemployment and retail sales during the last three days of the week. All of it can be summed up as “in line” or slightly above expectations…. Read the full article.
This shortened holiday week, and the beginning of September has seen a resumption of selling in both stocks and bonds as yields moved up near the August highs. For those tracking the 10-Year Treasury, the level is 4.30%. This has resulted in the major stock indices all falling back below their 50-day moving averages and… Read the full article.
The major stock indices appear to have pulled themselves out of the “ditch” described last week. We saw all big three reclaim their respective 50-day simple moving averages. The rebound came on the back of a plethora of economic reports this week, including the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Index. We also… Read the full article.
Well, we are at the end of what has been a volatile week for both stocks and bonds. All the major stock indices failed to hold support at their respective 50-day moving average and despite a blowout earnings report from Nvidia Wednesday, selling resumed in mass as each index attempted to reclaim that important technical level…. Read the full article.
The stock market continues to pull back from its recent highs made at the end of July. We expected a pullback to the 50-day moving average (S&P 500) and that has happened. This is a typical first line of support where we would see prices begin to stabilize. That didn’t happen and we have now… Read the full article.
As we anticipated last week, the stock market is pulling back after two consecutive months of gains. I expect this will continue until the broad indices find the first level of support at their 50-day simple moving average. For those of you tracking the market-cap weighted S&P 500 (SPY), that represents a price of 442.35…. Read the full article.
Earnings season continues to roll on, with the majority of companies beating expectations on both the top and bottom lines. The resilience in the face of what we have seen with the rocketing interest rates is impressive to say the least. Let’s not ever forget that it is earnings that drive stock prices, and it… Read the full article.
Wednesday, the Federal Reserve concluded its July meeting and raised the Fed funds rate by another 25 basis points. We are now sitting at 5.25-5.50%, which is the highest level in 22 years. Chairman Powell left additional hikes on the table during his press conference. The Fed’s actions and rhetoric continue to put pressure on… Read the full article.
I hope everyone is enjoying some summertime and got to be with family over the July 4th holiday last week. Nothing is more important. This week we got some good news on the inflation front, as both the consumer price index and producers price index came in lighter than forecast. We are also continuing to… Read the full article.
