Friends It appears that market participants wanted to take some profits after another good month for stocks and before a 3-day weekend. We did get the Core PCE number today, a key inflation measure, and it showed an increase of 2.9% which was in line with expectations but still...
Friends Despite the drama at the Fed, market participants still moved stocks higher during today’s trading session. The big market moving event this week will be the earnings release from Nvidia tomorrow after the close. As we mentioned, expectations are high, but this company has been hitting on all...
Friends In terms of share price, the Nvidia earnings release was a bit of a nothing burger. Sure, the company hit it out of the park as they have so often in recent years, but it appears all of that was priced into the shares at this moment in...
Friends Buckle up for the big Nvidia earnings release. It will almost certainly be a market mover and will set the tone for the next couple of days of trading. Stocks moved higher today in anticipation of good vibes being spread through the market should Nvidia hit it out...
Friends Despite the drama at the Fed, market participants still moved stocks higher during today’s trading session. The big market moving event this week will be the earnings release from Nvidia tomorrow after the close. As we mentioned, expectations are high, but this company has been hitting on all...
Friends After what was likely a lot of short covering during Friday’s surge, stocks struggled a bit during today’s trading session. All eyes will be on Nvidia’s earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell. In the meantime, investors continue to handicap the odds of a rate cut in September...
Friends The markets were pleased with Jay Powell’s somewhat dovish comments this morning at Jackson Hole. The odds/hopes for a September rate cut moved much higher and market participants celebrated by buying stocks. The market averages did trade off their highs for the day but in the end...
Friends That’s 5 days in row that the S&P 500 ended in negative territory. The scope of the damage is relatively small, but a losing streak is a losing streak (just ask the Astros). But as we have noted for days now it appears that market participants simply wanted...
Friends Market participants continue to be cautious before Fed Chair Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole on Friday morning. During the pause we have seen a bit of a rotation into some of the more left behind names from some of the more volatile winners, but I wonder how long...
Friends As leaders around the world meet at the White House, market participants will also be monitoring earnings releases from the some of the country’s largest retailers this week including Walmart, Target, TJX, Home Depot, and Lowes. It will be interesting to see what these retailers have to say...
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