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 I am risk off in the coming week because market breadth failed twice at the overbought level. One failure is enough to make me cautious, but two tells me that the market is fighting too hard just to go higher. Moreover, earnings season is in full swing. For … Read more
Stock Market Analysis Summary Markets are shifting as AI momentum fades, and Tom Lee’s outlook is pushing me to get ready for the 2026 market environment. Lee expects a conventional 10–15% correction in the first half of 2026, followed by a recovery as monetary policy turns more accommodative. Technical pressure is building: the S&P 500 … Read more
Stock Market Analysis Summary Market liquidity fears intensified across equities and crypto as market breadth continued to deteriorate. The major stock market indices confirmed bearish technical breakdowns. Major AI and tech stocks confirmed weakening momentum. The week ended with a relief rally after rate-cut expectations surged with Fed Governor Williams teasing a possible December easing. … Read more
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) currently describes itself as a “bitcoin network company driving value through BTC treasury and multiple Bitcoin income streams.” This business model was clearly not working well enough, and is one of several pivots (a predecessor to BMNR was incorporated in the State of Nevada on August 16, 1995 as Interactive Lighting … Read more
Stock Market Commentary There are not enough superlatives in the dictionary to describe what happened today. We have borne witness to a multi-day, multi-week saga of economic warfare, tariff chaos, a rolling stock market crash – and now, an historic oversold bounce. President Trump has gone from tariffs, to tariff flexibility, to tariff reciprocity to … Read more