Is the market “tone deaf” and just not hearing warning signs and continuing to put in new highs when the participants should be being more cautious? Or, is it “right on pitch” and listening to the correct inputs? You can make a case either way. I focus on trading...
I spelled low “Lowe” since Lowe’s is reporting earnings this week and that is likely to be a bit of a bellwether for market sentiment. Earnings season is winding down and Lowe’s is one of the biggest, most important companies left to report. They will release...
What was weird? The overnight market open was a little weird. I gave the French spelling of it, because of course, this is a reaction to the French Presidential election. The first weird thing is that this is the first major election in recent memory that the polls...
Late last week congress avoided a government “shutdown” and passed an extension that pushed a budget decision out a week or so. If you remember, we’ve been through this before a few times over the last few years. Previously it had more drama and volatility in the...
The overnight futures markets just opened and it was a “dramatique,” open. Of course, I’m using the French word for dramatic, and that seems appropriate as the reaction seems to be primarily a response to the French Presidential election results so far. S&P 500...
