ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary Oil prices loom over financial markets. Oil prices are being driven largely by whether the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed following Iran’s retaliation against attacks by the U.S. and Israel. The inverse correlation over the last two weeks has been clear: oil prices up, stock prices down … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary Market fears expanded last week as converging headwinds took their toll on a market that insists on buying every dip. The best example of buying persistence came with the market’s first regular trading session after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. The S&P 500 gapped down at Monday’s … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary The major indices closed marginally lower for the week, but market conditions deteriorated notably beneath the surface as the AI panic continued to weigh on stocks. The week started off with broad-based selling in the wake of an AI doomsday post from a little known research group called … Read more
As a friend of mine said, the AI Panic has officially reached its silly season. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) lost 13.2% on the first day of the trading week in the wake of news from Anthropic about an AI-driven tool to modernize COBOL code for IBM mainframes. According to Yahoo Finance, IBM last lost … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary The Supreme Court finally issued a judgement on the President’s tariffs enacted under the cover of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA). In a 6-3 decision, the court invalidated the tariffs thus making them illegal. The news came first thing Friday morning and injected a little bit … Read more