The market is bifurcated into the mega cap tech stocks that have held up well so far – and thus propped up the indexes – and the smaller but still important stocks that have already suffered brutal bear markets. My…
Google (GOOG/GOOGL) reported 4Q21 earnings after the close Tuesday and they were a thing of beauty. Revenue increased 32% to $75 billion resulting in a 38% increase in diluted EPS to $30.69. GOOG/GOOGL had revenues in excess of $250 billion…
The NASDAQ appears to me to be in serious technical trouble. For a while now, I’ve been writing about the “stealth bear market”. That is, important but not leading stocks have been breaking down beneath the surface without doing much…
On Monday March 23, 2020 before the market opened – in the midst of the COVID panic – Chairman Powell essentially told financial markets that he would do whatever it took to support financial markets: The Federal Reserve will continue…
The stock market had a big day Monday recouping most of its losses from Friday. The S&P was +1.32% and the NASDAQ +1.88%. However, a look beneath the hood shows the same problem I’ve been harping on for at least…
I got it wrong. Early Friday morning I asked “Is the bull market over?” and answered that – while no certainty was possible on such a question – I believed that in the wake of the negative reception to Apple…
While Wednesday might have seemed like just an ordinary day with the S&P -0.51% and the NASDAQ flat, it was anything but. While the indexes were seemingly placid, beneath the surface most stocks got hit. Strong earnings from Microsoft (MSFT)…
On Friday, the market opened strong only to suffer a powerful intraday reversal before recovering somewhat. This created a “doji” on the S&P 500 which is a sign of “indecision” and a potential “trend reversal indicator” according to the technician…
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