Weekly Market Outlook – The Bulls Continue to Shrug Off the Danger

For a holiday-shortened week, the bulls got quite a bit done. Despite Friday's 0.41% setback, the S&P 500 mustered a 1.0% advance for the four-day stretch, halting the previous week's hint at a beginning of a pullback. Better still, stocks tiptoed a little deeper into record high territory. Still, the market is overbought and seemingly ripe for a step back....

What Usually Happens to Stocks During Thanksgiving Week?

As most consumers prepare for Turkey feasts, travel, and maybe some shopping, hardcore traders are largely wondering if there's something about this week that's an opportunity to capitalize on. Or, if there's no particular trend to rely on, maybe that's good information too — no need to try and make something out of nothing. Broadly speaking, good news for the...

What Usually Happens to Stocks During Thanksgiving Week?

As most consumers prepare for Turkey feasts, travel, and maybe some shopping, hardcore traders are largely wondering if there's something about this week that's an opportunity to capitalize on. Or, if there's no particular trend to rely on, maybe that's good information too — no need to try and make something out of nothing. Broadly speaking, good news for the...

Weekly Market Outlook – Nothing Is As It Should Be

The market managed to start last week on the same bullish foot it ended the prior one on. Hope for an amicable end to the trade turbulence with China spurred new buying. But, between a handful of earnings shortfalls, rekindled doubts about a cooling of the trade war and the sheer weight of the rally seen since early October, the...

Weekly Market Outlook – Nothing Is As It Should Be

The market managed to start last week on the same bullish foot it ended the prior one on. Hope for an amicable end to the trade turbulence with China spurred new buying. But, between a handful of earnings shortfalls, rekindled doubts about a cooling of the trade war and the sheer weight of the rally seen since early October, the...

Consumer Discretionary Sector and Corporate Bonds On Verge of Sell-off

I have been warning of a peak in the markets and a continued capital shift in the global economy that continued to push the NASDAQ and DOW towards new all-time highs while the foundations of the global markets continued to weaken.  I authored dozens of research posts regarding this phenomenon over the past 90+ days.  Yet the clearest signs of...

Consumer Discretionary Sector and Corporate Bonds On Verge of Sell-off

I have been warning of a peak in the markets and a continued capital shift in the global economy that continued to push the NASDAQ and DOW towards new all-time highs while the foundations of the global markets continued to weaken.  I authored dozens of research posts regarding this phenomenon over the past 90+ days.  Yet the clearest signs of...

NYSE exhibiting signs of panic-like buying despite stock market weakness

By Tomi Kilgore, MarketWatch Despite declines in the Big 3 stock market indexes, and most stocks trading lower, the NYSE market breadth data is flashing signs that are usually associated with panic buying. The number of stocks declining is outnumbering advancers 1,624 to 1,168 on the NYSE, but the volume of stocks that are advancing represents 59.2% of total exchange...

NYSE exhibiting signs of panic-like buying despite stock market weakness

By Tomi Kilgore, MarketWatch Despite declines in the Big 3 stock market indexes, and most stocks trading lower, the NYSE market breadth data is flashing signs that are usually associated with panic buying. The number of stocks declining is outnumbering advancers 1,624 to 1,168 on the NYSE, but the volume of stocks that are advancing represents 59.2% of total exchange...

A Little Bit of Sector Rotation Underway

It was difficult to ferret out as recently as a week ago, and it's still not crystal clear. But, broadly speaking, a couple of sector-based trends are developing. Several other sectors are just coagulating. For the past twelve months, technology is in the lead… a lead these names, led by Apple (AAPL), have had since June. Up 34.3% for the...
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