April 16, 2018 It was another very choppy and indecisive week on Wall Street, as despite the gains in the major indices, the technical picture is virtually unchanged, while the global geopolitical situation got even more complicated. The trade skirmish between the U.S. and China is still a looming risk for equities, while the escalating…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending on April 15, 2018 Tough Week for Stock Market as Reaction to Syria Strikes Loom 4-15-18) It was an interesting week on Wall Street as tension regarding Syria weighed on investor sentiment. We had some excellent earnings news from JP Morgan Chase (JPM) on Friday,…
DetailsWhether you’re ready for it or not, there’s one thing that every investor needs to embrace if they’re going to reach any level of success in today’s markets and that is this… You have to KNOW that we’re living in a new era, the Digital Age, and we can no longer rely on the…
DetailsThe major indices had a very busy trading week with wild swings in both directions, just to close virtually unchanged, amid the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. The change in market behavior is stunning since the February crash, as this year, there have already been more than 20 sessions with the Dow…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending on April 8, 2018 Lower Than Expected Job Report Adds to Tough Week 4-8-18) It was a rough close on Friday for the stock market as the major indices finished a tough week on a negative note. The main negative for the week was the…
DetailsWell, if there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past week it’s this… Don’t get on the wrong side of Donald Trump’s friends or business partners. Jeff Bezos and the juggernaut of a company he built, Amazon (AMZN), started to feel the wrath of the Donald – as the POTUS turned his sights onto this…
DetailsFor a lot of investors, it might seem like this year, Good Friday was not a holiday, as there was enough action on Wall Street to fill not one, but even two weeks. Equities experienced volatile swings every day, and although it’s hard to speak about an established rising trend, the major indices finished well…
DetailsState of the Stock Market Analysis for the Week Ending on April 1, 2018 Potential Trade War has Investors Nervous 4-1-18) Stocks cruised into the holiday weekend higher, and Thursday brought us some moderate gains. It was a decent week overall, though, as we saw the Dow rise 2.4%, the Nasdaq gain 1.0%, and the…
DetailsVolatility rears its ugly head! We knew it was going to happen… You don’t raise rates, ignite a potential trade war, and expect that the markets are going to continue to hum at a record pace – it’s just not how things work. Ever since Trump’s “tariff” talk – things have taken…
DetailsStocks had a decisively bearish week, as the Nasdaq-led rally that followed the February mini-crash ran out of steam and the major indices rolled over. Although all eyes were on the Fed and Jerome Powell, who took the first tightening step of his tenure, the escalation of Trump’s trade war was the real catalyst…
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