January 2019 Jobs Report Was Great

January 2019 Jobs Report Once again, the jobs report beat estimates by about double. The January report showed there were 304,000 jobs created. This beat estimates for 158,000. The BLS report beat the ADP report’s estimate for private sector job creation.  ADP showed 213,000 and the BLS report showed 296,000 jobs created.  The bad news…

This Powerful Trade is Available

A powerful trade you can use to generate massive profits or hedge your long portfolio is viable once again. This strategy was used by TheoTraders in Q4 of 2018 to capitalize on the big selloff. Here's your chance to get in (again)...

Amazon Reports Weak Guidance & U.S. Manufacturing Accelerates In January

Amazon Beats Estimates: Stock Falls Amazon was expected to disappoint investors because of weakness from the cloud. The firm disappointed investors because of the expected increase in investments and decelerating revenue growth. And also weak guidance, but not because of the cloud.  Specifically, Q4 EPS was $6.04 which beat estimates for $5.68. Revenues were $72.4…

What Turned the Fed Policy Around?

Why did the Fed do a 180 on policy? What do they see that we don't see yet? In this crucial weekend video update we examine just that. Plus don't miss these trading opportunities next week that can either profit or protect your portfolio in an uncertain market...

S&P 500 Has Its Best January Since 1987

S&P 500 - Another Nice Rally: This Time Led By Facebook After the worst December since the Great Depression, the S&P 500 had its best January since 1987.  Don’t let the year 1987 scare you. While I’m bearish on stocks, we aren’t doomed to repeat the crash of October 1987. The S&P 500 was up 0.86%…

Boeing & Microsoft Earnings Reviews

Boeing & Microsoft - Big Shift In Rate Hike Expectations Fed has moved with the whims of the  stock market for the first time since Powell became chairperson. The Fed became dovish in late December. That helped spark the rally since then. Fed’s statement reflected this new guidance. If the Fed would have made a smaller…

What to Watch Now After AMZN Earnings

https://youtu.be/vJPKmDFbpj8 Tech Giant Amazon (AMZN) reported earnings today and the stock was... unchanged.  We'll be watching post-market and pre-market price activity for clues about the next swing as we continue to chart Facebook's breakout and prepare for Google's (GOOGL) earnings early next week. 

Dovish Fed & Key Earnings Reports - Stocks Are Loving Them

Dovish Fed - Big Rally Wednesday As Stocks End 7 Day FOMC Losing Streak The stock market rallied sharply on Wednesday. S&P 500 increased 1.55%, the Nasdaq rallied 2.2%, and the Russell 2000 increased 1.05%. Equities loved the great earnings report from Boeing, the weak earnings report from Apple, and the dovish Fed guidance. Apple…

Home Price Growth Was The Lowest Since January 2015

Home Price Growth - Housing To Hurt Q4 GDP Growth It’s pretty obvious at this point that the housing market was terrible in November and December. Prices were unaffordable especially in some cities in the West. The stock market was volatile, and the decline in interest rates didn’t start helping the housing market by then.…

A Dovish Fed Boosts Markets But for How Long?

The FOMC unanimously voted to keep rates unchanged and provided dovish comments. Most notable that they are going to exercise patience in raising rates. As we anticipated the initial news was going to be positive sending the market right to TheoTrade's gravity point of 2682. Watch this video newsletter to find out what to expect…