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15Apr11:26 amEST

Masks Covering a Fierce Rivalry

You might be wondering just how much longer we can see trading sessions where the premier names in the Nasdaq, notably Amazon, can exude such impressive relative and absolute strength even as small caps, banks, energy, insurers, REITs, among other weak parts of the market, can keep suffering bloody selloffs.  In early 2008, however, many bears...

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14Apr11:35 amEST

It'll Do till the Mess Gets Here

Another surge in the major market averages is leaving many market players rather dumbfounded as to how a global economic shutdown for this amount of time can inspire equities to keep rallying in this manner. Naturally, The Fed and the actions of the federal government will be seen as obvious reasons insofar as their supporting of liquidity and...

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13Apr4:37 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 04/13/20 {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...

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13Apr10:59 amEST

Amazon Beast Versus the World

To very little surprise, Amazon is in the familiar position, love it or hate it, of trying to keep the rest of the market afloat.  Shares of AMZN are currently a rounding error away from all-time highs which, despite the obvious benefits the empire that Jeff Bezos built has enjoyed during this moment in history, is still something to behold...

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12Apr12:48 pmEST

Weekend Overview and Analysis 04/12/20 {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...

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11Apr8:19 pmEST

Market Chess Cinemas: Quarantine Edition

I raved on Twitter about "Mankind: The Story of All of Us," a 2012 miniseries with twelve episodes. So, I might as well make it official and give this production its due. Available on Amazon Prime, the miniseries originally appeared on History channel. Josh Brolin's narration captures the spellbinding nature of tracing human's history form the...

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10Apr5:03 pmEST

Remember the Alamos

Now would probably as good of a time as any to remind all of us (including myself) that the total amount of gold mined in our history, since the Egyptians began mining gold before 2000 BC., would fill a little more than three Olympic sized swimming pools. Of course, I raise this point as The Fed aggressively adopts not only the Bernanke 2008...

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09Apr12:18 pmEST

Not Just a Cog

Even with news of Russia and the Saudis agreeing to cut oil output in principle at the latest OPEC Meeting, it remains to be seen if oil can form a more tangible bottom. Case in point: As I write this the USO ETF for crude is back to red.  However, energy stocks are enjoying a fine session so far to dovetail with yet another squeeze higher in...

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08Apr11:45 amEST

To Believe or Not to Believe

On the back of Dr. Anthony Fauci allowing for some optimism earlier this morning as he said new cases appear to be nearing their peak and the rate of hospitalizations is down, stocks are recovering from an ugly close yesterday, as I write this. The small caps in the Russell 2000 Index are clearly outpacing the the senior indices, most likely a...

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07Apr3:34 pmEST

Final Hour Morsel 04/07/20 {Video}

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