D&D Note (4.30.2018) ~ Netanyahu Sends Markets Lower ~
An early morning rally on the back of good earnings faltered after Netanyahu gave a presentation on how how Iran is lying about its nuclear program. This news throws the Iran deal into question and investors reacted by selling equities.
On merger Monday we finally saw T-Mobile and Sprint agree to merge together. Both stocks fell on the day signaling the market has doubts the deal will get cleared.
The exemptions on the Steel and Aluminum Tariffs runs out tomorrow. President Trump has decided to delay the tariffs on the EU and five other countries until June 1st.
Today D&D closed our position in MU to cut our losses on a bad bet placed before their earnings.
The percentage gainer of the day for the portfolio was Canopy TWMJF which rallied 8.02% on the session.
D&D movers:
– TWMJF up 8.02%
– MEDFF up 5.03%
– APHQF up 2.76%
– AAPL up 1.81%
– IMLFF down -4.93%
– BA down -2.15%
– BRK.B down -1.77%
– UNH down -1.57%
Indexes
– DOW down 0.61%
– NASDAQ down -0.75%
– S&P down -0.82%
Sector Movers:
– no sector finished higher on the day
– Telecom down -2.67%
– Health down -1.56%
– Industrials down -1.36%
Notes
– US 2-YR 2.488% (up 0.004)
– US 10-YR 2.949% (down -0.008)
– US 30-YR 3.116% (down -0.009)
Volatility
– VIX 15.64 (up 1.49%)
Crypto (1:00 PST)
– BTC $9,301.90
– ETH $676.73
– BCH $1,388.01
– LTC $150.39
Metals
– Gold $1,316.90 down -0.49%
– Silver $16.365 down -0.80%
– Copper $3.072 up 0.08%
Energy
– Oil $68.42 up 0.47%
– Brent $75.16 up 0.70%
– Nat Gas $2.764 down -0.25%
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