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Fed Recap: ‘Some’what Dovish Hike Not Enough for Stocks

Matt Weller, CFA, CMT December 19, 2018 3:06 PM

Heading into arguably the last major market event of 2018, traders felt they had a decent grasp on what the Federal Reserve would do.

TAGS: Fed, Fed Funds, Federal Reserve, Inflation, Interest rates, SPX, Stocks

S&P 500: Dovish Fed hike enough to support US stocks?

Fawad Razaqzada December 19, 2018 7:15 AM

With the US stock markets on course to record their worst performance for a December since 1931 during the Great Depression, some investors are undoubtedly feeling cautiously optimistic that the Federal Reserve will prevent that by delivering a dovish rate rise or ideally no hike at all today and that this will trigger a rally in equities.

TAGS: Fed, Federal Reserve, SPX, Stocks

S&P 500: Fears Over “Peak Growth” Abound

Matt Weller, CFA, CMT November 15, 2018 12:17 PM

Brexit developments continue to draw all the headlines, with my colleague Fawad Razaqzada characterizing today’s cabinet resignations as a disaster for PM May. While the updates from the UK continue to come in hot and heavy, we’re aware that some readers may be suffering from “Brexit fatigue”; thankfully, there are plenty of other market opportuniti...

TAGS: earnings, Earnings season, S&P 500, SPX, Stock Index, Stock Market, Stocks

Trump blames stocks sell-off on Fed, Democrats rise in popularity

Fawad Razaqzada October 30, 2018 10:57 AM

It looks like Donald Trump, like many post-crisis bulls, has finally realised that the markets go up as well as down.

TAGS: SPX, Stock Market, Stocks

VIX Shows Elevated Fear Among S&P 500 Traders, But Not Yet at Post-GFC Peaks

Matt Weller, CFA, CMT October 11, 2018 3:25 PM

After pausing briefly on this morning’s slightly softer-than-anticipated inflation data (see my colleague Fawad Razaqzada’s post, “Dollar extends but CPI miss not a game changer” for more), US stocks have resumed yesterday’s selling rout. As of writing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading off by another 500+ points, with the S&P 500 falling ...

TAGS: S&P 500, SPX, Stock Index, Stock Market, Volatility

Bottom Drops Out for US Stocks

Matt Weller, CFA, CMT October 10, 2018 3:22 PM

Oh, how quickly the trading tables can turn!

TAGS: S&P 500, SPX, Stock Index, Technical Analysis

S&P 500: All Systems Go Heading into Earnings Season

Matt Weller, CFA, CMT October 2, 2018 11:30 AM

On Monday, we flipped the calendar into a new week, month, and quarter, and beyond the weather getting cooler (at least for Northern Hemisphere readers!), that means that we’re on the verge of another quarterly earnings season for US stocks.

TAGS: Channel, earnings, Earnings season, S&P, S&P 500, SPX, Stock Index

Stocks stage relief rally

Fawad Razaqzada September 11, 2018 12:04 PM

Risk appetite improved today as investors bought the latest dip in the equity indices, while safe haven Japanese yen gave way to riskier currencies in the FX markets.

TAGS: SPX, Stocks

S&P 500: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Matt Weller, CFA, CMT September 6, 2018 3:08 PM

The weather isn’t the only thing taking a turn for the worse as summer winds to a close; the so-called FANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google/Alphabet) that led the US stock market as a whole higher throughout the summer have also been backsliding.

TAGS: S&P, S&P 500, SPX, Stock Index, Stock Market, Technical Analysis

S&P 500 Near January Peak as Record-Setting Earnings Season Winds Down

Matt Weller, CFA, CMT August 13, 2018 11:30 AM

Through Friday, 91% of the companies in the S&P 500 had reported earnings, and according to the earnings mavens at FactSet, this earnings season has broken all sorts of records.

TAGS: earnings, Earnings season, S&P 500, SPX, Technical Analysis

US stocks de-FAANG-ed – will AAPL earnings ride to the rescue?

Matt Weller, CFA, CMT July 31, 2018 12:46 PM

It’s become gospel that technology is the most important sector of the US stock market; after all, tech stocks have the largest weighting in the S&P 500 (~26%), and the sector outperformed all others over the last year (+26%).

TAGS: S&P 500, SPX, Stock Index, Stock Market, Stocks, Technical Analysis

S&P 500: Stocks testing 6-month highs on the eve of earnings season

Matt Weller, CFA, CMT July 16, 2018 11:12 AM

Following the relentless rally throughout last year, the price action in the major US stock market indices over the last six months has felt like purgatory.

TAGS: Fed, Federal Reserve, Inflation, S&P 500, SPX, Stock Index, Stock Market, Stocks

Stock market struggles continue

June 28, 2018 7:06 AM

Sentiment among investors continues to remain downbeat owing to a number of global factors, not least trade fears. But I believe that the number one concern for stock market bulls is concerns over rising borrowing costs.

TAGS: SPX, Stock Market, Stocks

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