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D&D Note (8.25.2020) ~ Markets Mixed With Apple Dragging Down DOW While S&P 500 And NASDAQ Rally To New All Time Highs ~ Before we get to market news, once again we have seen extreme injustice to another unarmed black person with Jacob Blake being shot 7 times in the back in front of his … Continue reading
D&D Note (4.28.2020) ~ Big Tech Drags Down Markets ~ Markets opened with a rally (the S&P 500 gapping up to 2920) but that quickly fizzled to trading flat throughout the day as the Mega Cap and Big Tech stocks dragged down the indices. This ahead of these companies reporting earnings this week. Also adding … Continue reading
D&D Note (3.2.2018) ~ Will NAFTA Survive? ~ An investor has to be scratching their head wondering what exactly was this administration thinking with these tariff’s, or were they even thinking at all? Remember nothing has actually been signed into law yet so for all we know this is just another negotiation tactic. The remarkable … Continue reading
D&D Note (9-12-2012) Every investor has their sights focused only on what act the FED will l take tomorrow. More QE… QE3. Change in communication extended the low rates further. Or nothing. Most likely is the change in communication, less likely is full blown QE. The other end of it is whats the time table … Continue reading
D&D Note (7-26-2012) Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank President, comments today that the ECB will do whatever it takes to preserve the Euro lifted markets into rally mode. His comments open the door up for another round of LTRO (Long-Term Refinancing Operation) from the ECB. The real question is can the ECB or will … Continue reading
D&D Note (6-28-2012) CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) currently is at 19.71. Traditionally a VIX reading of 30 or over signals panic. Investors like to buy when there’s panic in the market because thats normally when you have capitulation, or in other words the bottom of a market. What the VIX measures is the implied volatility … 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
D&D Note (6-5-2012) Sure we had a better-than-expected ISM number may seeing the indicator rise to 53.7 where forecasts were for the index to fall to 53.1 from the April reading of 53.5. The ISM is a reading on how the manufacturing sector is doing, and any reading above 50 means the service sector is … Continue reading
D&D Note (5-30-2012) The more bonds people buy the lower the yield goes. (price and yields are inverse). Today we hit record low yields on the 10-Year Note with a yield of 1.62%. So low that you are loosing your investment. All signs point to we are about to see a bond bubble burst. There … Continue reading
D&D Note (3-15-2012) Political instability, economic uncertainty, and a company called Facebook (FB). For about the 6th day of trading the markets hit their low at 11:00 am (eastern) when the Euro markets close, then rebounds into the day. However today we gave most of that intra day rally back at the close. The market … Continue reading
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