A Lazy Holiday Week Sets Up December Buys – The Market Breadth

The S&P 500 (SPY) began to stagnate but still hit new all-time highs.

Stock Market Commentary Holiday trading last week was deceptively lazy. The indices did a lot of churning, yet the S&P 500 and the ETF of small caps each made all-time highs at some point. A good number of individual stocks developed and followed through on bullish setups. For example, all week long, new highs greatly … Read more

Recalibration Time for Bulls and Bears – The Market Breadth

Recalibration Time for Bulls and Bears - The Market Breadth

Stock Market Commentary In announcing the official end of monetary tightening, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell mentioned some form of the word “recalibration” nine times from his introductory statement to the Q&A portion of the press conference. Specifically, “….it’s a process of recalibrating our policy stance away from where we had it a year ago, … Read more