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D&D Note (5.27.2022) ~ Stocks Continue to Rise with Inflation Showing Deceleration ~ The markets biggest worry right now is inflation, so when we got a positive read in todays report stocks took off to rally. But is this just an oversold bounce with month end rebalancing? The Core Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index rose … Continue reading
D&D Note (5.26.2022) ~ Markets Rally On Strong Retail Earnings ~ Investors sighed a bit of relief after a spout of recent Retail Earnings beating on earnings. Many were worried about the American consumer after the disappointing Target and Walmart earnings. Last night Williams Sonoma reported and smashed same store sales boosting the stock 15% … Continue reading
D&D Note (5.24.2018) ~ Cancelation of North Korea Summit Rattles Markets ~ Today in perhaps a page from “The Art of the Deal” the President pulled out of the upcoming North Korea summit. He left the door open to reschedule the summit. Markets hit the low of the day on the news but did recover … 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 (4.26.2018) ~ Facebook Earnings Boost Tech Stocks ~ Markets rallied today with the Technology sector leading the day on the back of Facebook’s stellar earnings report last night. FB was up 9.06% on the session. All the major indices finished in the green today with the DOW up 0.99%, the NASDAQ up 1.64%, … Continue reading
D&D Note (4.25.2018) ~ Choppy Trading Leaves Markets Flat ~ Markets had choppy trading today flirting with negative and positive territory throughout the day. The DOW finished up on the session gaining 0.24% with help from Boeing. The NASDAQ fell -0.05% to be rather UNCH and the S&P 500 rose 0.18%. Boeing (BA) beats on … Continue reading
D&D Note (4.17.2018) ~ Markets Rally on Earnings ~ Today we saw a broad based rally on the back of positive earnings reports. While a lot of the impact of this earnings season is already baked into asset prices the market is showing there is still upshot potential in companies stock prices. Tax Day in … Continue reading
D&D Note (4.13.2018) ~ Geopolitical Risks Outweigh Earnings Beat ~ The overhang of continued geopolitical risk outweighed the earnings beat by the banks that reported today. Investors simply did not want to go into the weekend long with the threat of a tweet derailing the macro environment. Three of the major banks reported today … Continue reading
D&D Note (4.12.2018) ~ Banks Lead Market Rally ~ Easing geopolitical tensions helped the markets to rally today. Yesterday investors digested the FED Minutes, where all members see higher GDP and inflation, more rate hikes, and saw trade war as downside risk. The Financial sector led today ahead of tomorrows big earnings from the banks. … Continue reading
D&D Note (4.5.2018) ~ Rally Continues Ahead of Jobs Number ~ Markets continued the rally today ahead of Fridays all important jobs data. The 10YR yield rose above 2.8% to close at 2.834%. The VIX remains below 20 to close at 18.94. The Materials and Energy sector led the rally today. Healthcare was the laggard finishing … Continue reading
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