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: Nearly Broke The Stock Market Summary I am surprised that the stock market ended the week as well as it did given that early in the week rising interest rates nearly broke market breadth. Rising treasury yields followed higher oil prices and a worldwide sell-off in sovereign debt. The benchmark U.S. … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary: Broke Sharply The Stock Market Summary The S&P 500 rose fractionally for the week and hid some large market catalysts under the surface. Market breadth broke sharply from the S&P 500 with a large loss and return to the bottom of a trading range. A bearish breakdown in small caps provided … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary: Gold Shined The Stock Market Summary Gold shined as money rotated away from tech and retail, market breadth cooled, and energy, healthcare, crypto, and precious metals took the spotlight. The U.S. Treasury’s intervention in the government bond market helped weakened the U.S. dollar and ignited gold. The specter of the government … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary: AI Crash The Stock Market Summary First, technology cracked and next the AI trade crashed. The crash is not obvious because the stock market absorbed the crash quickly and, perhaps most importantly, many AI trades are still up significantly for the year despite trading down 30%, 40%, 50% and more from … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary The Stock Market Indices Well, it had to happen. I did not know when, how, or just how bad it would be, but at some point the stock market had to cool off. This past week delivered a cooling of all coolings as bears decided to seize the narrative back from … Read more