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 Last week started with a major market tension: levitating major indices versus plunging market breadth. The week ended with little resolution as tech stocks, mostly AI-related, reaffirmed the bullish posture of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ while bond yields maintained a persistent rally that imperils Friday’s … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary: AI Crash The Stock Market Summary First, technology cracked and next the AI trade crashed. The crash is not obvious because the stock market absorbed the crash quickly and, perhaps most importantly, many AI trades are still up significantly for the year despite trading down 30%, 40%, 50% and more from … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary The Stock Market Summary I focused on two major developments during the past week of trading: the reemergence of oil and the skittishness of the AI trade. The resumption of the war against Iran nudged oil higher after multiple attacks against oil tankers had already brought an end to oil’s weeks-long … Read more