ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Anthropic’s Project Glasswing sent shudders through the world of cybersecurity as the launch of Mythos exposed catastrophic security flaws throughout the software ecosystem. The threat is so dire that the U.S. Treasury Secretary and the Federal Reserve Chair hastily convened banking leaders to make sure they are ready to secure the nation’s finances against these … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary A week ago, I made the case that a bottom was finally forming after five weeks of selling. The ceasefire announcement that was supposed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz let buyers run free and confirm that bottom. Wednesday’s resulting gap up created post-oversold trading conditions that tell … Read more
Introduction I have been working on a framework to make sense of AI’s impact on the enterprise software industry. The ongoing SaaSpocalypse caused by an AI Panic has given this research extra urgency because I suspect the sell-off has created contrarian opportunities to buy impacted stocks for significant upside gains in coming years. I created … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary After five straight down weeks, the stock market finally enjoyed an up week. The move looked strong enough to flash key signs of a bottom in the making. The last day of trading for the holiday shortened week was particularly telling. The stock market gapped lower at the … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary Uncertainty is the theme for this market, extreme uncertainty in geopolitics, economic conditions, monetary policy, and domestic politics. The accumulated uncertainty has made the market war weary and exhausted buyers. This exhaustion dampens the potential for oversold conditions to deliver a meaningful bounce in the stock market. For … Read more