What a selloff in the markets. This has been quite scary for investors. I am watching $AAPL and $AMZN as my guideline for the markets. Tune in to see what I am looking at and why it is important to know what these two companies mean to the markets? *Hint* I love both companies.
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A mix of higher bond yields and growth worries are continuing to take their toll on the markets, with equities across Asia and Europe getting slammed overnight after a bloodbath in the U.S. Led by tech carnage, the S&P 500 and the Dow posted their biggest daily declines since Feb. 8, while the CBOE Volatility Index […]
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There are literally thousands of stocks, commodities, ETFs, currencies, etc. that you can choose to trade. How do we find the opportunities that offer us the best chance for success? Along with more traditional technical analysis techniques, we employ a very important tool, VantagePoint. VantagePoint Trading Software is a forecasting tool that uses both end of […]
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Intensifying into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane, Michael is expected to strengthen further before making landfall in the Florida Panhandle or Big Bend area around noon today. Oil producers – including Anadarko (NYSE: APC), BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), BP (NYSE: BP) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) – have evacuated many personnel, with nearly 40% of daily […]
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A quick but important note from the road on today’s market action. Financial Intelligence Training students know the three key areas I teach about to view the underlying health of the markets. Today, they are what I would refer to, in the most clinical and technical of terms as acting “no bueno”. Kidding aside, have […]
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Mylan (MYL) was quite active in trading today, especially given the generally neutral trading activity of the overall marketplace. At market open, the stock was pressured to the downside off of negative commentary from Morgan Stanley. The company stated that Mylan was unlikely to benefit from current positive developments due to “uncertain prospects” on future […]
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I have two specific names that have great upside opportunities now that the markets have beaten down tech stocks. Today I talk about $ATVI and $NVDA. I see great opportunities TOMORROW, but only if the markets do one specific thing. GO UP! Most notably I want to see the Nasdaq rise. Tune in to see […]
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All eyes are on U.S. Treasuries again as trading reopened in the wake of last week’s selloff and a bond market holiday on Monday. The benchmark 10-year yield crept up to a fresh seven-year high, advancing past 3.26%, marking an increase of about 80 basis points from the start of 2018. U.S. stock index futures […]
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The small-cap space has been considered one of the “safe haven” trades this year, especially to combat the tariff concerns. The Russell 2000 Index had been up over 13% heading into September as compared to 8.5% for the large-cap S & P 500. But recently the small-cap space has lagged and in fact, with the […]
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In today’s video update, we look at the S&P 500 and where it was supported Monday, which was exactly where I suggested last week. So what do you do with this macro-info if you don’t trade ETFs? In the second half of the video, I discuss a deep buy: MMM.
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