Equities closed mixed again, with the major Large Cap. Indices reversing yesterday’s order. The Nasdaq Composite paced gains adding 1.26% while the S&P added 0.39% and the Dow finished off 0.76% as the laggard. Energy stocks surged early in the day, but couldn’t hold on to best levels, however the XLE finished positive on the […]
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Monday finished with the Dow leading a mixed tape. The Dow Industrials continued their positive mean-reversion behavior in the near-term adding 0.67% while the S&P 500 gave up 0.31% and the Nasdaq slipped 1.09% as investors extended NVDA’s three day slide down another 6.68%. No obvious catalyst for the sharp sell-off, but profit-taking is a
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Futures are inching higher this morning with the Dow Industrials looking to build off of a stronger end to last week. Dow Futures are up 0.25% as of this writing after adding 0.04% on Friday. S&P 500 futures are also higher, while the Nasdaq futures are off slightly this morning. The 10yr US Treasury yield
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Narrations of a Sector ETF Operator | Weekly Market Letter, June 23, 2024 I want to talk about time this week. Yes, the ubiquitous kind on which all our lives flow, but also of course the discrete kind, like the humble trading day, or the even more humble day. Depending on perspective and position, time
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High beta stocks are rolling over vs. low vol. with the intermediate-term action in the ratio looking distributive in favor of the latter factor. The market is hinting at the arrival of our summer seasonal soft patch is my quick take.
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NVDA managed to dominate the news even with markets on holiday yesterday. It completed its 10:1 stock split and judging by the futures, the reaction will be positive and the halo effect for Tech and Mega Cap. Growth is likely to continue.
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Slightly softer than expected retail sales keep the policy speculators leaning toward cuts. Tomorrow is a market holiday, and Fed comments Tuesday afternoon didn’t offer anything to dislodge the prevailing AI momentum.
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Surveying the daily news and commentary, we continue to see more concerns among the bearish crowd that we are in a bubble. We politely disagree. Historically there is often consolidation heading into November during presidential election years, but we are in a clear bull market with well-defined leadership at present.
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Equities closed mixed on Friday with the Nasdaq printing a 4th record high for the week up 0.12%. The S&P 500 was off 0.04% while the Dow gave back 0.23% to close out the week. CAT and BA dragged down the Dow while cruise lines were the worst performers in the S&P 500. Futures for
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The last 5 day % return and the MTD % return columns tell the story of 2024. The Tech sector is big and it is beating the market, and it is basically the only thing that is (with a nod to XLC which has been the very good YTD itself). Bearish strategists are starting to call “bubble” and will likely try to line-up against XLK, NVDA and anything else that is valued “too richly”. I was around back then in the “Tech Bubble” days. It was a very low-tech time compared to now, but it was also a time where the valuation gages of the stock market were far more stretched than they are now.
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