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 The major indices closed marginally lower for the week, but market conditions deteriorated notably beneath the surface as the AI panic continued to weigh on stocks. The week started off with broad-based selling in the wake of an AI doomsday post from a little known research group called … Read more
Stock Market Commentary Media coverage of bubble talk in AI has become increasingly urgent and loud in recent months. Legendary short seller Michael Burry seemed to ring the clarion call when news dropped on Tuesday (November 4) about a massive bearish bet against NVIDIA (NVDA) and Palantir (PLTR). NVDA fell 4.0% that day. The downward … Read more
Stock Market Commentary The stock market looked ready to follow through on leaving its troubles behind. The S&P 500 even made a new all-time high. Everything seemed to fall apart on Friday. The final release of consumer expectations as measured by the University Michigan confirmed earlier preliminary numbers: inflation expectations soared and consumer sentiment tanked. … Read more