Afternoon Update 07/03/24 {Video}

15Jul1:05 pmEST

Fade to Nowhere

I have lost count of how many fades we have seen the Nasdaq this year which, inevitably, led to nowhere. Specifically, failed bearish reversals are the hallmark of a bullish melt-up, practically by definition. One expects it, even if one is a steadfast bear. However, at a certain point it becomes comical. And this market, what with its...

14Jul10:50 amEST

Weekend Overview and Analysis 07/14/24 {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...

12Jul11:23 amEST

A Clear Setup Emerges This Summer

Talk about wanting your cake and eating, too. Or, perhaps, in this case: Burritos. Consumer and retail bulls (as well as small cap bulls) love to cheer for rate cuts, as though that will be some guaranteed panacea for a new leg higher in these stocks. However, history teaches us that rate cuts coming into rising unemployment is a recipe for a...

11Jul11:35 amEST

I Want My Deflationary Steak!

I have been holding my bond short (via long the TBT ETF) for what seems like a decade or two. So, the silver lining to this morning's rally in bonds and selloff in rates off the cool CPI print is that I still have some modest profit cushion on the position. However, rates, homebuilders, small caps, and banks are all rallying on the move in...

10Jul2:05 pmEST

Do They Even Remember How to Rally?

Uranium names are red hot today. However, I know many times over from recent quarters just how slippery this sector can be. While I am wildly bullish on uranium (and most commodities) looking out the next decade, I recognize that we have to see it to believe it in the here and now, insofar as these rallies holding and building on themselves....

09Jul12:04 pmEST

Aftermath of a Memorial Day Massacre

In the wake of Memorial Day this year there can be little doubt that the software stocks staged a massacre of shorts into last Friday's highs, spanning roughly five weeks of nonstop ripping to take the sector back to its early-February highs. The IGV, ETF for the software sector ETF, illustrates as much on the daily chart, first below. As a...

08Jul2:01 pmEST

Two Diamonds in the Rough

I have been fairly sour on biotechs for a long while now, and for good reason: The IBB and XBI sector ETFs have largely lagged at many junctures, defying many bold calls for an imminent rotation. That said, Madrigal and Mannkind, respectively below on their daily charts, are in two hot areas of biotech. More importantly, it is hard to quibble...

07Jul11:27 amEST

Weekend Overview and Analysis 07/07/24 {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...

05Jul1:38 pmEST

Who is Getting Bitconned Now?

First and foremost, the new Netflix documentary, "Bitconned," regarding the real life story of Raymond Trapani and his "associates" at Centra during the crypto ICO mania years ago, was highly entertaining and certainly worth the watch. Trapani reminds me of a few guys I knew growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey. And, without giving away the...