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 The Stock Market Summary The stock market tentatively moved away from oversold’s edge. While small caps clung to critical support, the equal weight S&P 500 rallied most of the week and even ended its primary downtrend. The supportive moves prevented market breadth from revisiting the prior week’s lows even as the … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary: Nearly Broke The Stock Market Summary I am surprised that the stock market ended the week as well as it did given that early in the week rising interest rates nearly broke market breadth. Rising treasury yields followed higher oil prices and a worldwide sell-off in sovereign debt. The benchmark U.S. … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary The Stock Market Summary Tech weakness resurfaced last week as the AI trade continued to slowly roll over. A plunge in memory stocks featured prominently in this expanding weakness. After another deep gap down on Friday, buyers pulled off a major intraday reversal in memory stocks. However, this reversal stopped short … Read more
Stock Market Commentary The dust is settling ever so slightly on the stock market’s post-Fed plunge. The stock market shifted from euphoria to oversold on a day that woke up everyone to a potentially new market reality. I say “potentially” because all year the market has been hit with bearish catalysts and quickly bounced back … Read more
Just over two months ago, I aggressively bought ahead of an official trigger of the 20% rule for buying iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ). At the time, I explained my decision with three key reasons: I was also well aware that buying early subjected me to additional risks for the trading rule. Thus, I insisted … Read more