The market has been set on increasingly uncertain footing in the last two days as all of us try to figure out how the week is going to end between the U.S. and China and tariffs. The Trump administration continues to hold to their story that China reneged on previous agreements, but investors and analysts […]
Read MoreMarkets yesterday saw one of their most volatile days of the entire year so far, doubling down on trade uncertainty raised when a new tweet from President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to impose $200 billion in new tariffs this Friday, raising current levels from 10% to the long-feared 25%. On Monday, the market tried […]
Read MoreLike most sectors in the market this year, the Basic Materials sector has seen a sizable move to the upside. As measured by the S&P 500 Materials Sector SPDR ETF (XLB), the sector is up a little over 11% since the beginning of the year. This is a sector that operates with a fairly high […]
Read MoreWe could see the S&P at 3,000 this year, according to JPMorgan’s strategists. Here’s why.
Read MoreThis year has seen the broad market rally strongly to begin testing its all-time highs established in September of 2018. That rally has favored just about every sector of the market, including the Materials sector. As measured by the S&P 500 Materials Sector SPDR (XLB), the sector is up a little over 15% year-to-date. Normally, […]
Read MoreOver the last month, the entire market seems to have been holding its breath, waiting for some kind of catalyst to pin the market’s next wave of momentum on. Are indications that the weakening global economy is rippling into the health of the U.S. economy correct, or is an increasingly accommodative Federal Reserve going to […]
Read MoreOver the last week, the market has been muted by concerns about a weakening global economy. That concern is compounded at least by the effects of tariffs between the U.S. and its trading partners over the past year. Steel and aluminum tariffs, for example were among the first imposed, and the target of those tariffs […]
Read MoreThe semiconductor industry is consistently one of the most interesting segments of the market to pay attention to; it seems to be a benchmark for the rest of the tech sector, and over the past few years has unquestionably lead the market from the standpoint of momentum and performance, to both the upside and downside. […]
Read MoreMarket news for the last while has seemed to be almost completely focused on the trade war between the U.S. and China – to the point that investors seem to be getting what some might call “trade fatigue” – which could be a point where even if or when a deal is made, the broad […]
Read MoreWhile the market in the United States was closed for the President’s Day holiday, Asia and Europe were open, and seemingly positive news on the trade front between the United States and China gave those markets reason to bounce higher. Investors have been anxious over the last couple of weeks to price the expectation of […]
Read MoreI know – it’s cheesy to use Valentine’s Day as a tagline today. And it’s also more than a little odd to use it with a tech stock. Even so, NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) is set to make its latest quarterly earnings report after the market closes today, and the fact is that this is a […]
Read MoreOne of my favorite methods for paying attention to the broad market, and to track the ebb and flow of institutional interest is to pay attention to sector rotation. As economic data indicates one sector may be more favorably positioned than another, institutions like mutual funds and investment banks will often shift their assets into […]
Read MoreWhen market uncertainty gives way to fear, stocks generally tend to fall, and while the market in the past week has been trying to rebound from lows in December that tested bear market territory for the major indices, the general tone has really focused more on the negative than anything else. If investors and analysts […]
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