100% Of S&P 500 Firms Have Beaten Q2 Earnings Estimates So Far
Earnings Growth Top Not A Worry Earnings growth is expected to peak in Q3 2018 which has already become a big story as investors have looked for bearish arguments since stocks have been flat or down for much of this year. This is a case of reaching for an argument which sounds good, but is…
Fractured Markets Scream Vulnerability
In this crucial weekend video newsletter update we take a deep dive analysis into the various sectors, index, and ETF products. You may want to watch this video newsletter update right now because this data may stun you. Find out the types of trading opportunities that you will want to use in the weeks ahead...
Stocks Fall On Trade Jitters Again (Dow 8 Day Losing Streak)
Weak Day Across The Board For Stocks The past few days saw the Dow fall while the Russell 2000 rose. It has been an interesting situation leading up to Thursday because if all the major indexes were to rally, then the Russell 2000 would be massively overbought. If they all fell, the Dow would be…
7 Out Of 7 Firms Have Beat Q2 Earnings Estimates
Weak Existing Home Sales The new home permits, starts, and completions were all strong in May, but the existing home sales have been flat at best this year. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of existing homes sales was 5.43 million in May. This was below the consensus for 5.5 million. As you can see from…
Put Your Focus On This
Stocks tumble again falling through key support levels. In this video newsletter update we focus on the financials as the key to the overall market right now. The financial sector is the 2nd largest sector in the stock market. Watch the video newsletter to learn the key support and resistance levels that will be tradable…
Facebook, Netflix, & The Russell 2000 All Hit Record Highs
Walgreens Could Help Struggling Dow The trend of small caps outperforming large caps continued again as investors worry about the rising dollar and the trade skirmishes. I think that if a trade deal ends up being made with China, the Dow can rally at least 500 points as it has been the most hurt by…
Mid-Term Elections Are Now In Focus
Analyzing The Known Risks I’m always interested to find out what investors are worried about. Not all their worries end up causing volatility and sometimes there is a negative catalyst that comes out of left field. However, it’s still valuable to review the known risks to determine if they will send stocks lower and find…
What Does This Mean When 5 Stocks Hold Markets Together?
In this video newsletter update we focus on how to trade in a market where only 5 stocks are holding the markets together. Capital continues to flow into the monsters of tech and disproportionately weighting the index products. What does this mean for the overall market? Watch this video newsletter update to find out...
Stocks Decline Modestly On Trump’s $200 Billion Tariff On China
Review Of Tuesday’s Stock Market Tuesday was a continuation of the recent stock market trend which has seen largest caps underperform small caps. The Dow was down 1.15%, pushing it to the red for the year (it’s down 8 basis points). It is down 6 straight days which is its longest losing streak since March…
4.7% Q2 GDP Growth Anticipated
Atlanta Fed Model Shifts Down Slightly I was expecting a big drop of about three tenths in the Atlanta Fed Nowcast after the weak industrial production report. However, as you can see in the chart below, it only fell one tenth to 4.7% because other changes were positive. The industrial production report caused the estimate…
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