Market Harkens a Reversal on Fed Speak: Your Guide to the Long-Awaited Reversal

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] After 7 weeks of seemingly non-stop upside action in most equity markets, we saw a sharp, long-awaited reversal take stocks lower from their intraday highs. In tonight’s video, we pinpoint the “Fed Speak” that may have triggered the avalanche selling, discuss how it impacted the broader markets, and what impact its having beyond the stock market.

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Metals, Cryptos & AI: The Future of Investing or Just Modern Alchemy?

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] This video highlights another important lesson in relative strength. Despite the volatility in precious metals in recent weeks, a few names have stood out above the rest. In the crypto space, not all names have behaved equally either.

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What’s Next? The Aftermath of the Fed Pivot

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] The Federal Reserve officially pivoted last week from tighter monetary policy to a more accommodative outlook. Now we’ve had a few days to see the response, what’s next for the market? (KHC, NVDA, IWM, WMT, GOOGL, SYF, KEY, AMZN, XLE).

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Irrational FOMC Exuberance

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] -Rate cut mania -capital rotations are epic -financials rip in lower rates? -PM/hedge panic -SKEW record, VVIX makes it interesting -high impact moves in a low vix continue SPX Expected Move — –last week — 64.66 (5-day expected move) –next week– 55.44 (5-day expected move)

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Wild Swings Following the Great Fed Pivot

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] In today’s video we look at equity and commodity responses to the Fed Policy Pivot. We compare the wild swings in equities to the sustained lift in commodities as a sign of a return of cheap money and rising inflation.

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A Powell Keg of Market Risk to the Upside!

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Jerome Powell’s words fuel a market rally! In this evening’s video, Don Kaufman explains the latest actions taken by the FOMC and the widespread market surge triggered by Jerome Powell’s reinforced dovish stance on Federal Reserve policy.

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Are Markets Sleepwalking into Powell’s Presser Tomorrow?

[video_player type=”youtube” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9UcEVXY0c0UkhjST9zaT1xTWRzb2c5T3ozMzlESWNG[/video_player] Stocks are seeing positive signs such as semiconductors breaking out to new multi-year highs. But with Fed Chair Powell set to speak tomorrow after the Fed announcement, could bulls be walking into a trap?

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Is the Next ‘Pain Trade’ Domino About to Fall?

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] As the S&P 500 pushes to another new 52-week high, is the FOMC announcement setting up for the next pain trade. The “pain trade” when a widely-followed strategy or industry makes a sudden turn against expectations. An example, was the short U.S. Treasury rally. It was a “pain trade” for bond bears. If you think another pain trade is in the offing, say AI. ($HOOD, $C, $PENN, $INTC, $NXPI, $CENX, $CZR, XOM, SBUX)

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Stuck in the Middle with SPU

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] -Low VIX but high volatility? -isn’t good jobs bad ? -Risky Business and the FED -Triple witching and the /ES roll -Dollar and bonds have reversed -C, GOOGL, LULU SPX Expected Move – -last week – 57.36 (5-day expected move) -next week – 64.66 (5-day expected move)

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The Rise and Fall of the NASDAQ – What Every Trader Should Know?

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] In today’s video we look at the 3 main drivers or correlations to the NASDAQ. We discuss the U.S. dollar, borrowing rates and AI’s influence on the movement of tech stocks. We also look for the strong stocks that should remain strong if rates continue lower and the weak stocks that should sell off if rates move higher.

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