D&D Note (7.15.2022) ~ Stocks Get a Friday Relief Rally with Green Across the Screen ~ Stocks had a broad based relief rally today with all sectors finishing the day in the green along with the major US Indices. Another round of bank earnings came out this morning with Citigroup soaring 13% after they beat … Continue reading
D&D Note (9.15.2020) ~ Rally Fades As Stocks Pair Gains Into The Close ~ Tech led the rally in the stock market again today. However, as the day went on stocks began pairing their gains into the close. Financial Sector was the laggard on the day down -1.36% with JPM down -2.99% and Citigroup down … Continue reading
D&D Note (8.24.2020) ~ Markets Rally To New All Time Highs With Reopen Trade + Stay At Home Trade Both Gaining ~ Markets gapped up to open on the Covid-19 convalescent plasma treatment fueling hope to push to new all time highs. However, scientists are doubting it as an effective treatment for patients with Coronavirus. … Continue reading
D&D Note (7.10.2020) ~ Golden Cross On S&P 500 Helps Amplify Investors Risk Tolerance ~ Yesterday the S&P 500 saw a Golden Cross technical chart formation which happens when the 50 day moving average crosses above the 200 day moving average. In the last 70 years this technical reading has signaled the end of Bear … Continue reading
D&D Note (6.18.2020) ~ Markets Struggle For Direction End Day Flat ~ Economic data is trending better but will it continue or deteriorate? Unemployment remains high but will congress extend unemployment benefits? Covid-19 cases are increasing in many states but will we see lockdowns again? There are so many questions right now that could go … Continue reading
D&D Note (5.23.2018) ~ Dovish FED Minutes Boost Stocks ~ #StockMarket #FED Rarely does the release of the FED minutes move markets, this was not the case today. Stocks got a boost to rally into the close following the FED minutes from the last FOMC meeting. The catalyst for the move was the statement of … Continue reading
D&D Note (5.22.2018) ~ Trade War On/Off Sends Markets Up/Down ~ #StockMarket Yesterday markets zoomed up on hopes of deescalation of a trade war between China and the US. Today the markets took a dip after comments made by Trump that he is not happy with the trade talks which raised concerns again that we … Continue reading
D&D Note (7-16-2012) Stocks finished lower on the day after the June retail sales data came in weaker-than-expected. Consumers have yet to be willing to open up their wallets in the face of the global economic uncertainty. Sales were expected to be 0.2% increase and instead came in falling 0.5% from the previous month. With … Continue reading
D&D Note (6-26-2012) Traders remain tepid with the Supreme Court to hand down a ruling Thursday on the Health Care reform, otherwise known as Obamacare, along with the upcoming EU Summit later this week. All together there is still a great deal of uncertainty in the markets. The major banks reversed after leading yesterdays sell-off. … Continue reading
D&D Note (6-25-2012) Investors decided to lower their expectations that something of value will actually come out of this weeks EU Summit, sending all the indexes down on the day. Markets are looking for what is normally dubbed a “game-changer” but are now thinking that Germany simply won’t budge on their position and rather once … Continue reading