An interesting meme has taken hold of the crowd mind that is financial markets in recent weeks: The Peak Inflation Narrative. It started when Powell signaled a 50 basis point hike on Thursday April 21 and has gained momentum since….
The combination of an oversold market and good enough Facebook (FB) earnings may result in a squeeze higher Thursday. If we start to see a trend day higher, investors may pile in and shorts who have overstayed their welcome will…
The precious metals miners are getting whacked for the third straight day Monday in the wake of Powell’s hawkish comments on Thursday. It’s pretty incredible to me that after nearly 15 years of insanely easy money, a few words from…
I can wait without having a twinge of impatience. I can see a setback without being shaken, knowing that it is only temporary. I have been short one hundred thousand shares and I have seen a big rally coming. I…
Gold had a big day Friday in the wake of the news that we might be going to war with Russia over Ukraine. The Gold ETF (GLD) was +1.91% on 3x average volume. Combine potential geopolitical conflict – and don’t…
Wednesday morning, storied consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (PG) reported 4Q21 earnings. PG is a $400 billion behemoth and you likely use many of its products everyday like Crest toothpaste, Charmin toilet paper, Tide laundry detergent and Head and…
There is a new COVID variant – B.1.1.529 – that is spreading extremely rapidly in South Africa – far faster, in fact, than the Beta and Delta variants as you can see in the chart above from John Burn-Murdoch. As…
Monday was a quiet day in the market with the S&P flat, NASDAQ -0.04% and Russell +0.45%. NYSE + NASDAQ breadth was slightly negative and volume was down 13% from a week ago. I think the market was essentially in…
The market had a marginal bounce Thursday after two days of selling with the NASDAQ +0.52%, S&P +0.06% and Russell +0.82%. I wouldn’t get too excited if I was a bull because in addition to the gains being limited, volume…
Stocks had their worst day in recent memory Wednesday with the S&P -0.82%, the NASDAQ -1.66% and the Russell -1.55%. The red ink may not let up tomorrow as Disney (DIS) – another one of the 25 most important stocks…