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Stocks struggled for direction today being largely mixed as investors weigh the risk of when the US will go into recession and how deep that recession will be. The NASDAQ was able to stay in the green throughout the day as Bond Yields fell. The DOW and S&P 500 swung between gains and losses before … Continue reading
D&D Note (5.31.2022) ~ FED Chair Powell Meets with President Biden to Discuss Inflation ~ The markets gapped down to open today in the red after last Fridays rally. Throughout the session stocks attempted to stage a rally and got back in the green briefly before falling back down in the last hour of trading. … Continue reading
D&D Note (5.22.2020) ~ Probability Now Higher For Breakdown Not Breakout ~ While we are still technically in a Bullish Trading Range, markets are trending more to breaking down out of range than breaking out above the 200 day moving average (for round number we need to break out above 3000 on S&P 500 and … Continue reading
D&D Note (4.23.2020) ~ Gilead Deflates the Rally and 26 Million Jobless Claims ~ Markets opened with a rally then an accidental published news from the WHO on Gilead drug Remdesivir brought markets straight down. The news was the possible Covid-19 treatment did not improve patients’ condition. Gilead pushed back saying the study was terminated … Continue reading
D&D Note (4.20.2020) ~ WTI Crude Oil Falls to Negative On Expiration of May Contract For First Time Ever ~ The May 20 contract of NYMEX WTI Crude settled at negative -$37.63 a barrel down over negative -200%. This was the first time in history WTI fell negative. The June 20 contract is trading at … Continue reading
D&D Note (4.3.2020) ~ Jobs Report is… Horrible ~ Markets started the day in positive territory but after the first 45 minutes stocks began to drop and continued to fall throughout the day after a horrible jobs report. Traders also don’t like going long into a weekend when clouded with uncertainty. Lows of the day … Continue reading
D&D Note (5.30.2018) ~ Italy Contagion Fears Subside Pushing Markets Higher ~ Markets bounced back today after yesterdays one day algo driven selloff. Calmer heads prevailed and investors have realized that Italy is not Greece and most likely not going to be another Brexit. The Financial sector saw good gains but did not gain back … Continue reading
D&D Note (5.29.2018) ~ Spike in Italian Bond Yields Sends Stocks Down ~ A political + debt crisis in Italy over the weekend saw a spike in Italian bond yields causing a huge flight to safety into the US Dollar and US Treasuries. Italy 2-YR Yield rose to 2.738% and the Italy 10-YR Yield rose … Continue reading
D&D Note (5.7.2018) ~ Trump Tweet on Iran Takes Markets Off Session Highs ~ Technicals look decent in the market with the 200 day moving average now been tested 3 times and a bounce off it each time including last Friday after the goldilocks jobs report. Its been awhile since we’ve been able to maintain a … Continue reading
D&D Note (5-29-2012) The next US jobs report (for May) will determine just about everything for the FED. Next FOMC meeting is in the third week of June – same time as the Greek elections. Could we see QE3, another LTRO, further RRR reduction in China? Simply put investors will have a glimpse into the … Continue reading
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