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 In the corporate world, you often see scenarios where a company that has done well will use its inflated stock currency to buy beaten-down assets on the cheap. Based on this logic, you would expect US companies, which have steadily outperformed their European peers for years, to be on the prowl in Europe for some cheap bargains. Over less than 24 hours, though, we have seen two major headlines showing the opposite trend. Last night after the close, VW and Rivian announced a deal where the German carmaker will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian. Now, this morning German manufacturing firm Bosch is considering a bid for US appliance maker Whirlpool (WHR)!The seesaw action in the markets of late is showing up again this morning, and this time, it’s technology, and specifically Nvidia (NVDA) rallying while most of the the rest of the market languishes. One exception in the old economy is FedEx (FDX). Shares are up over 15% this morning following its better-than-expected earnings report after yesterday’s close. On the revenue side, results ended a streak of eight straight weaker-than-expected reports, and it was the first time in seven quarters that sales grew on a y/y basis.Overnight, equities in Asia were mostly higher even as reports surfaced that the BoJ will consider rate hikes at all of its upcoming meetings and is also expected to announce a reduction in its monthly asset purchases. The yen also fell to its lowest level since Christmas 1986! In Europe, the tone is weaker as the STOXX 600 is down fractionally following weaker-than-expected sentiment reports in Germany and France.Divergences haven’t just been confined to the stock market lately. In the energy sector, we’ve also seen oil and natural gas follow different patterns. Starting with crude oil, while prices have rallied off the lows from June,  the commodity’s price chart has carved out an iron cross formation where the downward sloping 50-DMA crosses down through the 200-DMA which is also sloping downward. Technical analysts view these patterns as a negative technical pattern.Natural gas, on the other hand, is on the verge of a golden cross, which occurs when the 50-DMA crosses up through the 200-DMA as both are rising, and technical analysts view these patterns as bullish.To continue reading the rest of today’s morning note, where we show how both crude oil and natural gas performed following iron crosses in crude and golden crosses in natural gas.  More By This Author:Does Bad Breadth Lead To Weak Returns?
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