COMMENTARY

Crushing Day for Stocks; The Global Shutdown

This market has been brutal for stock market bulls. We have warned and warned time and again this market and how to always protect your downside risk. The rally from October 2019 was nice in terms of gains, but a correction was always around the corner. No one could...

Stocks Jump, but Volume Drops

Wednesday’s market action comes off the heels of Tuesday’s surprise Federal Reserve rate cut and Super Tuesday. Politics aside, the presidential race should provide traders with cocktail party ammunition only. As price is our guide there is no reason for us to spend...

Stocks Rally Hard; Pundits Hyper-focused on Coronavirus

A huge day for the stock market entering the week as traders and investors alike are adjusting after last week’s wild ride. Friday’s session certainly appeared as if we saw capitulation at least in the near term. Given the massive volume on Friday and where the...

The Plunge Continues

Fear of contagion is real amongst traders sending stocks lower. Where this market heads next is anyone’s guess it has paid to have a risk management strategy. Cutting your losses and proper position sizes have helped tremendously. Even hedges have helped quite a bit....

Coronavirus Fears Sink Stocks

We finally have a correction on our hands after a long run up from October 2019. Tourism has taken a tremendous hit as governments and commercial airlines have halted flights restricting travel. We can’t blame them but the stock market is adjusting, but will this lead...

Stocks Set to Open Week Lower

After a long weekend stocks are set to open lower. WMT disappointed with earnings out of the gate Tuesday including its outlook. Not the kind of news you want to see to begin the day. QQQs and SPYs remain above their 10-day moving average. Something to keep an eye on...

Dow Hits Record; China Confirms New Cases

The Coronavirus saga continues as new cases are confirmed along with new deaths. After yesterday’s rebound from Tuesday’s stall day Thursday will not get off to a good start. If we begin to see churning in this market it will be a sign this rally has lost its might...

NASDAQ Leads the Way; Volume on the Light Side

Once again, we see investors and traders a like flocking to the NASDAQ 100. Gaining more than 1.2% the NASDAQ 100 continues to be the leading index amongst the major indexes. Far behind the leader the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 simply could not find the strength to...

S&P 500 Recovers Losses from Coronavirus Scare

The panic over the Coronavirus has subsided as stocks have recovered their losses. Small Caps are still struggling to keep pace with the large cap stock indexes. Whatever the reason maybe we still see the group as a whole lag the entire market. We have no idea if or...

Coronavirus Continues to Stoke Fears

Earnings season continues to roll on. We are seeing continued overall positive news, while not tremendous growth we are not seeing earnings falling off a cliff. The soup de jour happens to be the health scare going on in China. While the flu virus here in the US has...

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