Next Up, Earnings Season – Weekly Market Outlook

Next Up, Earnings Season – Weekly Market Outlook With the government shutdown in effect for the last four workdays of late week, the market really didn’t go anywhere – most investors seem content to watch it all play out from the sidelines.  No real surprises there.  The hesitation is understandable, but the shutdown isn’t going to last forever.  Once the fog...

Long-Term VIX Trendlines Sloping Higher – Weekly Market Outlook

Long-Term VIX Trendlines Sloping Higher – Weekly Market Outlook Well, it was a good run.  The market logged three consecutive weeks of gains before last week, when it took a small loss. O n the other hand, while the loss may have been small in terms of distance traveled, it may have been big in the sense that it came...

What Now After Friday’s Selloff – Weekly Market Outlook

What Now After Friday’s Selloff – Weekly Market Outlook The market may have closed out last week with a gain (the third in a row, by the way), but it certainly didn’t finish the week on a high note.  In fact, it ended the week waving a bearish red flag.  The irony?  The Federal Reserve gave investors exactly what wanted...

A September To Remember? – Weekly Market Outlook

A September To Remember? – Weekly Market Outlook When the market made a gain two weeks ago, it could be chalked up to a blip.  It was only a 1.3% advance, and didn’t wipe away the prior week’s loss.  After last week’s 2.0% jump, however, the bulls have a much stronger case. Anything’s still possible, mind you, but from a...

Watch The VIX & VXN For Clues – Weekly Market Outlook

Watch The VIX & VXN For Clues – Weekly Market Outlook Stocks may have managed to squeeze out a gain last week, at least partially undoing its prior week’s loss.  But it was a challenged rally effort, and it’s still too soon to say the market is back in a bullish mood/mode.  Indeed, we’re still technically in a downtrend, having...

Bears Tipping The Scales – Weekly Market Outlook

Bears Tipping The Scales – Weekly Market Outlook So much for the rebound effort.  After a glimmer of hope of a rebound surfaces two weeks ago, the sellers took charge again last week, carrying the market to new multi-week lows.  It was the third losing week in the past four, and the major stock indices fell below yet-another key line....

Conflicting Signals – Weekly Market Outlook

Conflicting Signals – Weekly Market Outlook Kudos to the bulls.  At the beginning of last week it looked like the bears were finally going to push the market past the point of no return.  By Thursday of last week though, it became clear the market wasn’t ready to give in just yet. That late-in-the-week save doesn’t inherently mean the market...

Normal Correction Underway? – Weekly Market Outlook

Normal Correction Underway? – Weekly Market Outlook One weekly loss for the market can be dismissed.  Two weekly losses, however, is something to be concerned about… especially when the pullback unfurled under the circumstances from last week.  Stocks were already vulnerable, but last week’s tumble crossed some bearish lines that are going to be very tough to uncross. A closer look...

JOLTS, Production, Inflation, Housing – Weekly Market Outlook

JOLTS, Production, Inflation, Housing – Weekly Market Outlook After a bullish six-week run, the weight of all the recent gains finally caught up with the market.  Last week stocks logged a 1.0% dip, though to the bulls’ credit, the bears had to work hard to make that happen.  Trouble is, though it took a lot of effort, the week still...

Is The Market Frothy Here? – Weekly Market Outlook

Is The Market Frothy Here? – Weekly Market Outlook They may have gotten a slow start, but before the week was over, the bulls were charging again.  The indices hit new multi-year highs on Thursday, and for the DJIA(DIA) and the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY), that was an all-time high too.  Both made higher highs and higher closes on Friday...
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