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Stocks Have Biggest Drop in Two Years as Rates Rise
Stocks just took their deepest dive in two years as higher interest rates caused investors to take profits. The S&P 500 cratered 3.85 percent between Friday, January 26, and Friday, February 2 -- its biggest weekly decline since early 2016. The selloff contrasted...
Morning Notes Jan. 29, 2018
Personal Income and Outlays Report was issued this morning. This report breaks out December's consumer numbers, including inflation data, from last week's fourth-quarter GDP report. Personal income rose 0.4 percent in December with wages and salaries up 0.5 percent....
Suddenly Latin America is Red Hot
Move over China, here comes Brazil. Global stocks have outperformed domestics since last spring, mostly led by Chinese equities. But in the last week or so there's been a sudden gush into a region that many traders may have forgotten: Latin America. The region's...
Mnuchin Hammers Greenback in Major Policy Shift
Twenty-three years of policy out the window? That's what might have just happened. After all, government officials have spoken in favor of a strong U.S. dollar since Robert Rubin's tenure. Democrat or Republican, economic expansion or recession: It's been the mantra....
Trust the Trend but Verify: Price Headly
Buy at support, sell at resistance, but always back-test. That was the message from our pro trader this morning. Price Headly, founder of BigTrends.com, runs Donchian channels on his TradeStation platform to time entries and exits. Like many other power users, he's...
Bloom Coming off the Tech Rose?e?
The year 2017 was undeniably dominated by Technology. Megacaps like Apple (AAPL), Facebook (FB) Alphabet (GOOGL) climbed to new highs. Semiconductors giants like Micron (MU) and Nvidia (NVDA) weren't far behind as foundries basked in record orders from datacenters, AI...
Massive Rotation Underway as Optimism Spreads
Some people may confuse energy and utility stocks, but they're not likely to make that mistake right now. Energy's up 4.5% in the last week, compared with a 4.8% drop for utilities over the same time frame. The resulting 9.3 percentage-point difference is the widest...
‘Dow Theory’ Potentially at Play in 2018
"Keep an eye on the transports." It's one of the oldest adages of market watchers. The theory is the railroads, truckers and airlines are forward-looking indicators on the economy and broader market. Increased shipments and travel signal improving business...
Bitcoin Volumes Swell as Crypto Goes Mainstream
Bitcoin had its busiest day ever on financial exchanges yesterday as a second major product rolled out. CME's futures (symbol BTC) had volume of more than 1,000 in their first session of trading. Each contract controls 5 coins. Cboe's product (symbol XBT), which...
Stocks Have Biggest Drop in Two Years as Rates Rise
Stocks just took their deepest dive in two years as higher interest rates caused investors to take profits. The S&P 500 cratered 3.85 percent between Friday, January 26, and Friday, February 2 -- its biggest weekly decline since early 2016. The selloff contrasted...
Morning Notes Jan. 29, 2018
Personal Income and Outlays Report was issued this morning. This report breaks out December's consumer numbers, including inflation data, from last week's fourth-quarter GDP report. Personal income rose 0.4 percent in December with wages and salaries up 0.5 percent....
Suddenly Latin America is Red Hot
Move over China, here comes Brazil. Global stocks have outperformed domestics since last spring, mostly led by Chinese equities. But in the last week or so there's been a sudden gush into a region that many traders may have forgotten: Latin America. The region's...
Mnuchin Hammers Greenback in Major Policy Shift
Twenty-three years of policy out the window? That's what might have just happened. After all, government officials have spoken in favor of a strong U.S. dollar since Robert Rubin's tenure. Democrat or Republican, economic expansion or recession: It's been the mantra....
Trust the Trend but Verify: Price Headly
Buy at support, sell at resistance, but always back-test. That was the message from our pro trader this morning. Price Headly, founder of BigTrends.com, runs Donchian channels on his TradeStation platform to time entries and exits. Like many other power users, he's...
Bloom Coming off the Tech Rose?e?
The year 2017 was undeniably dominated by Technology. Megacaps like Apple (AAPL), Facebook (FB) Alphabet (GOOGL) climbed to new highs. Semiconductors giants like Micron (MU) and Nvidia (NVDA) weren't far behind as foundries basked in record orders from datacenters, AI...
Massive Rotation Underway as Optimism Spreads
Some people may confuse energy and utility stocks, but they're not likely to make that mistake right now. Energy's up 4.5% in the last week, compared with a 4.8% drop for utilities over the same time frame. The resulting 9.3 percentage-point difference is the widest...
‘Dow Theory’ Potentially at Play in 2018
"Keep an eye on the transports." It's one of the oldest adages of market watchers. The theory is the railroads, truckers and airlines are forward-looking indicators on the economy and broader market. Increased shipments and travel signal improving business...
Bitcoin Volumes Swell as Crypto Goes Mainstream
Bitcoin had its busiest day ever on financial exchanges yesterday as a second major product rolled out. CME's futures (symbol BTC) had volume of more than 1,000 in their first session of trading. Each contract controls 5 coins. Cboe's product (symbol XBT), which...