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 The Stock Market Summary Technology finally cracked under the weight of multiple pressure points. The biggest catalyst came from the AI spending race as companies such as Intel and Alphabet made it clear that they intend to continue increasing capital expenditures (capex) to remain competitive. Investors responded by focusing on the … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary The Stock Market Indices Last week was largely about the SpaceX IPO (SPCX) and the anticipation surrounding the debut. The stock priced at $135 and a $1.75 trillion market cap, opened at $150, traded almost as high as $177, and closed at $160.96 on 521.8M in trading volume. If SPCX eventually … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary This is the week I finally had to turn bearish on the stock market. The warning signs have piled up too high for me to continue ignoring them. The momentum in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ has been incredibly strong, and that momentum kept me from making this call earlier. However, … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary The dynamics of this stock market are simple. AI infrastructure stocks are soaring well ahead of the competition and their peers. The rest of the market is getting left behind. Market breadth is going nowhere and remains in bearish territory, but the indices are being powered higher by … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary There are no dips allowed in this stock market. A week ago, I labelled the trading environment as “buy-the-dips” because of the psychology of post-oversold trading. Those dips turned out to be hard to find. Only day traders could notice any weakness in the price action. The stock … Read more