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Stocks Higher Midday Amid Hope For Positive Inflation News
Stocks are higher across the board this afternoon, as investors remain hopeful that positive overseas inflation updates would be mirrored by the upcoming Fed speech. The tech selloff is reversing as well, with Nvidia (NVDA) helping pave the way higher as it adds to a more than 11% weekly gain. All on track for a second-consecutive win, the Dow […]
Where Are We Now Directionally For The US 10yr?
We called the way up – it made sense to us. But the move on the way down has been a tad tougher. The pop in MoM inflation and risk-on are complications for the rate cut story. So, bonds need a weak payrolls report, else they’re vulnerable. Weakness would be a sub-150k headline and a […]
State Of The Union Address Today – Unemployment – USDA & WASDE Tomorrow. The Corn & Ethanol Report
We kicked off the day with Challenger Job Cuts at 6:30 A.M., Balance of Trade, Export Sales, Exports, Imports, Initial Jobless Claims, Continuing Jobless Claims, Jobless Claims 4-Week Average, Nonfarm Productivity QoQ Final, and Unit Labour Costa QoQ Final at 7:30 A.M., Fed Chair Powell Testimony & EIA Natural Gas Storage at 9:30 A.M., Fed […]
KR: Boring Is Beautiful
I was speaking with Errol – a poker dealer at casino M8TRIX who likes to trade based on technical analysis – on Sunday about stocks as usual. Errol was focused on Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) – one of the hottest stocks in the market – which reported earnings Tuesday afternoon. When I told him the […]
The Latest B.R.N.
OK, sound the trumpets. Nvidia (NVDA) has, yet again, crossed another Big Round Number: this time, $900. We can all agree $1,000 will be the next obsession. I took the time to illustrate each of the five most recent “crossings”, and you can see how the pace is quickening. Just try to accept the fact that there are people buying this stock for the FIRST time […]
The February 2024 Rebalance Of The S&P 500 Low Volatility Index
Since the previous rebalance for the S&P 500® Low Volatility Index on Nov. 17, 2023, and its most recent on Feb. 16, 2024, the S&P 500 delivered a stunning 11.3% return. During this period, the S&P 500 Low Volatility Index was up 5.3%, strong by historical standards, albeit underperforming the S&P 500. As has been the trend recently, the S&P […]
Coinbase Stock Price Rally Putting In Bearish Reversal?
The past 15 months have been very good for Coinbase’s (COIN) stock price.During that time, COIN has rallied from $31 to over $230. And the rally has seen some wild volatility!Today’s “weekly” chart of Coinbase highlights this and more. As you can see, COIN has been in a wide up-trend channel for the past 15 months. […]
2024 Started As 2023 Ended With Central Banks Buying More Gold
Image Source: Unsplash Central banks took up where they left off in 2023, adding more gold to their stockpiles to kick off the new year. Globally, central banks increased their gold reserves by a net 39 tons in January, according to the latest data compiled by the World Gold Council. Turkey was the biggest buyer in January, […]
Lagarde Opens The Door Slightly To June Rate Cuts
Photo by Finn Protzmann on Unsplash ECB President Christine Lagarde slightly opened the door to rate cuts at the June meeting. However, with inflation gradually coming down but not undershooting the target and growth returning to potential later this year, the central bank’s macro outlook doesn’t offer a lot of room for a longer series of […]
Russell 2000 Earnings Dashboard 23Q4 – Thursday, March 7
Image Source: Unsplash Russell 2000 Aggregate Estimates and Revisions The 23Q4 Y/Y blended earnings growth estimate is -15.9%. If the energy sector is excluded, the growth rate for the index is -10.2%. Of the 1473 companies in the Russell 2000 that have reported earnings to date for 23Q4, 56.4% reported above analyst expectations. The 23Q4 Y/Y blended revenue growth estimate is -1.5%. If the energy sector is excluded, the growth rate for […]
