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27Apr3:37 pmEST
Crude Headlines; Natty Baselines
Amid more shock-and-awe in the energy sector, be with crude oil getting throttled again with some bankruptcies from debt-ridden players in the space still very much a distinct threat, we do have an impressive red-to-green move in natural gas today. With summer air conditioning season coming up, the UNG ETF daily chart, below, at least offers a...
27Apr11:43 amEST
New World Beneficiaries
Even as various states across the country lay out plans for a gradual reopening of businesses and way of life there can be little doubt at this point that it will still take a fair amount of time for us to get anywhere close to life as we knew it back in the good ole days of February. The same can be said even more for businesses, as I suspect...
26Apr4:06 pmEST
Weekend Overview and Analysis 04/26/20 {Video}
The following video is a brief, condensed version of the full-length Weekend Video Strategy Session which I present each weekend to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. Please click here for more...
25Apr9:05 pmEST
Saturday Night Chart for Thought
The zoomed-out chart of the U.S. Dollar versus Japanese Yen currency cross, below, may very well have significant implications as far as what Central Banks around the world truly want to happen going forward. As you can see, those times when the cross has weakened, with the Dollar (the numerator) softening against a strengthening Yen...
24Apr12:08 pmEST
Various Toppings in Dispute
To be sure, given the lack of immediate downside follow-through by bears for any bout of weakness of late, it remains to be seen if the major averages buckle sufficiently to even tempt a retest of the March lows, be it the Dow, S&P, Nasdaq, or Russell. However, various individual names continue to operate poorly, some of them rather prominent...
23Apr4:37 pmEST
Stock Market Recap 04/23/20 {Video}
The following video is a brief, condensed version of the Stock Market Recap which I present each evening to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. If you enjoy my videos and blog posts, then please...
23Apr11:52 amEST
From Down-and-Out to Overhead Concerns
While crude oil was going negative earlier this week we noted the many energy stocks which simply looked tired of going down. Titans like CVX and XOM in the XLE ETF were grinding sideways in lieu of crashing, while the high beta names like exploration XOP ETF were even more surprising, as many of them were actually shooting higher. CHK was...
22Apr3:36 pmEST
Let's Get Ready to Reap from Misallocations
A continued, steadfast belief that The Fed will save the day (and week, month, year, century) once again is likely helping to keep equities afloat into another Jobless Claims number tomorrow morning and is sure to be horrifying to those who, you know, actually care about trivial things like having a country and culture, let alone an economy....
22Apr12:13 pmEST
Swimming the Channel
A good visual for the choppy market action we have experienced of late, with bulls and bears alternating "ah hah!" moments where they think they have the opposition cornered only to find themselves in a tough spot, is the IWM ETF daily chart, below. Those pesky small caps might be slightly lagging the rallies in the senior indices today, but...
21Apr3:48 pmEST
Testing Going Well
While the testing for CoronaVirus across the nation still leaves much to be desired, the gold miners in the GDX ETF continue to respond favorably to each recent test. On the GDX ETF daily chart, below, after being down 3-4% pre-market and despite silver taking a beating today, the senior gold miners are on track to finish the session...