Keith Schneider | TalkMarkets | Page 18
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The Trump Card?
Domestic stocks as represented by the Russell 2000 put in its best performance in years up over 10% for the week. Regional banks rose over 15%. The Dow hit new all-time highs, up +3.96% for the week and now approaching 19,000.
Two Out Of Three Ain’t Good
The S&P 500 dropped almost -2% for the week, down almost -6% from all- time highs. It’s also had a 9-day losing streak which has not occurred since 1980.
Pre-Election Compression Ending With 4 Cosmic Shifts
Equities promptly dropped -1% on the news, giving up the gains after the release of an excellent GDP number, showing an +2.9% annual growth rate which is the strongest in almost two years.
Institutional Buying Absent As Wacky Politics Prevail
Something that we have not seen in a long time is a complete lack of buying conviction from institutions. This is highlighted by looking at accumulation / distribution days. There have been zero accumulation days the last two weeks.
Con-Pounded Implications And Two Trade Setups You Don’t Want To Miss
Thoughts that Brexit will hit harder on their economy than expected, caused the pound to have a “flash crash “on Friday. Our perspective, it's less flash and just more of an old fashioned crash as new lows came every day starting on Monday.
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da And The Three Anomalies
The long awaited and much debated will she or won’t she was finally decided this week and for now markets pretty much liked what the Fed did which is nothing.
Three Reasons For Not Feeling All Right
Equity Markets calmed down this past week, digesting the mini meltdown on Sept 9. After factoring in the dividend payment on Friday, the S&P 500 closed up + .52%.
Draghi Out Of Ammo And Under Attack
In classic fashion, equity markets gave up all of their gains since mid-July on a panic selloff this Friday as key US equity indexes ended the day down around – 2.5%, the first drop greater than 1% in 2 ½ months.
Clan Of The Billionaire Cave Bear
Equity markets worldwide were fairly calm last week as US equities consolidated gains at new all-time highs while volatility indicators continued to contract. The standout performer was China which rallied 1.4%
Blame It On Rio?
Despite calls from market prognosticators such as Marc Faber that a 50% market crash is coming soon to a theater near you, equity markets have refused to retreat.
Weighty Decision
The big question is just when will the Fed raise rates if the economy continues to chug along. This has huge implications for the markets. The December, 2015 rate rise caused a market meltdown two weeks later which took three months to recover from.
It's Getting Hot In Here
All four key US equity indexes posted modest gains with the S&P 500 hitting new all-time highs despite having to digest the monster rally off the June Brexit lows.
Hairline Fracture
Equity markets worldwide roared this week, with most up around 2% on strong volume despite yet another horrible attack in France.
No Place To Park
US stocks ended up +1.28% to +2.57% this week, with the Nasdaq 100 leading on good volume. The tell was the immediate vicious snapback rally the prior week immediately shrugging off the entire Brexit shock.
Black Or Grizzly?
Metals, metal mining and commodities have been on a tear, along with safe havens such as Utilities and US Bonds. Silver was up over 4.8% on Friday.
Shmexit, Stage Right
The flight out of Eurozone assets hit frenzied levels and at one point Gold was up almost $100 per ounce before calming down to only up about $60.
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