ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Stock Market Commentary The protracted shutdown of the U.S. Federal government has dragged past three weeks and Federal workers have now missed their first paychecks of this battle. The stock market rallied to an all-time high when the shutdown started, and it certainly seems to care even less after recovering from a 1-day mini panic … Read more
It took a while, but Twitter (TWTR) finally retested suport just over $50. It was something I wrote about shortly after TWTR rebounded sharply from its post-earnings gap down. Note the pinpoint accuracy of the retest that you just cannot make up. Whether TWTR ultimately survives this retest is probably largely dependent on the sentiment … Read more
Earnings announcements are supposed to reveal the fundamental strength (or weakness) in a company. The reaction to those earnings should indicate the underlying fundamentals of a company. Yet, there is no time like earnings where the contrast between the true fundamentals of a company and market sentiment can clash in the most dramatic fashion. Case … Read more