Stocks Stand By While China and Yen Surge – The Market Breadth

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Stock Market Commentary The U.S. stock market hardly reflected last week’s action-packed news. China scrambled to address a weakening economy with a massive stimulus program with news rolling nearly all week. In Japan, voters elected a Prime Minister who favors a stronger currency in the Japanese yen (FXY). Capping the anti-climactic feeling in U.S. stocks, … Read more

Rate Cut Fears Spin Market Rotation Off the Road – The Market Breadth

Rate Cut Fears Spin Market Rotation Off the Road - The Market Breadth (Credit: Torrenegra https://flic.kr/p/d2eFsh)

Stock Market Commentary Welcome to the start of the stock market’s three most dangerous months of the year. A weak jobs report for July helped to send market sentiment into a sharp reversal. The bad economic news suddenly turned the prospect of rate cuts into something to fear. These rate cut fears spun the market … Read more

Market Breadth Waned Despite Stock Market All-Time Highs – The Market Breadth

Market Breadth Waned Despite Stock Market All-Time Highs (Credit: waning crescent moon by circulating: https://www.flickr.com/photos/26835318@N00/2536319961)

Stock Market Commentary The week’s trading was punctuated by a single day with an all-time high on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ in the wake of strong readings on the May S&P Global US Services PMI and the May ISM Non-Manufacturing Index. Unfortunately, that price milestone failed to change the contour of market breath … Read more

A Simple Test After the META Pricequake – The Market Breadth

A Simple Test After the META Pricequake - The Market Breadth

Stock Market Commentary Can a bullish divergence create a bottom for stocks? The stock market ended last week with an emphatic “YES!” A wild week got treacherous after Thursday’s META pricequake. Investors rushed for the exits after Meta Platforms (META) reported earnings. The sympathy selling went far and wide. Fortunately, earnings from Alphabet (GOOG) and … Read more