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 There are no dips allowed in this stock market. A week ago, I labelled the trading environment as “buy-the-dips” because of the psychology of post-oversold trading. Those dips turned out to be hard to find. Only day traders could notice any weakness in the price action. The stock … 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
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary A week ago, I claimed that the stock market was all about oil. Now the stock market is all about war. Oil prices are up because of the war by the U.S. and Israel against Iran. An even larger issue is the cascade of impacts from an escalating … Read more