12/13/23 Inflation Down, Fed Steps Up

News: The latest CPI report showed inflation is continuing to trend lower. Price gains from last month and last year were tame. Initially, profit-takers sent the market to a red open. But buyers showed once again to push the indexes mostly higher by...

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Dec 13, 2023
12/12/23 Sellers Are Beat, When It Could Change

News: Markets opened the new week with more gains on Monday.  Despite the onslaught of news to come … Bulls are winning day after day. The indexes all closed green… Sector Round Up 10 of 11 sectors were positive at Monday’s close. At the top… The onl...

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Dec 12, 2023
12/11/23 The Soft Landing is Here

News: Friday’s job’s report showed that hiring has slowed, and the market loved it. Market’s opened Friday’s session in red. Buyers quickly showed up and pushed prices higher. The indexes all closed green… 199,000 new jobs were created in November. T...

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Dec 11, 2023
12/8/23 Let’s Talk About All-Time Highs

News: Markets post gains on Thursday. Stocks opened positive, climbed modestly through the day, and closed green across the board. The indexes… Sector Round Up Most sectors followed the trend. 8 of 11 ended Thursday’s session with gains. Risk-on sect...

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Dec 08, 2023
12/7/23 Sliding Sideways

News: On Wednesday, markets opened green and declined throughout the session.  The indexes all closed red. The losses were modest… There was no catalyst for the selling. Need a culprit?  The current trend for the market is sideways. But don’t worry …...

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Dec 07, 2023
12/6/23 Three Down, One to Go

News: Markets held most of the recent gains on Tuesday. The indexes opened red and trended gradually higher. The close was a mixed bag. Sector Round Up Just 2 of the 11 sectors ended Tuesday’s session higher. The winners were risk-on sectors… At the...

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Dec 06, 2023
12/5/23 Overdue Retreat

News: Markets opened the new week with some selling. The indexes moved mostly sideways through the session.  The selling was limited and tame. 3 of the 4 indexes closed the day lower… Sector Round Up 4 of the 11 sectors closed Monday higher. At the t...

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Dec 05, 2023
12/4/23 Bitcoin, Bulls, Buying

News: On Friday, markets closed the week with more gains.  After a red open, buyers showed up in droves to push the indexes into a positive close… Over the weekend, Bitcoin smashed through $40,000 to reach new 52-week highs. At writing, 1 bitcoin cos...

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Dec 04, 2023
12/1/23 Your Complete December Outlook

News: The latest inflation data show continued cooling. The indexes leaned green with large caps leading the way… Sector Round Up 9 of the 11 sectors closed Thursday’s session higher. At the top… Risk-on stocks were the losers… Technicals:  The Dow J...

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Dec 01, 2023
11/30/23 Tech to the Moon

News: Markets continued their sideways trend on Wednesday. New data revealed that Q3 GDP gained more than initially estimated. The advance estimate put annualized growth at 4.9%. Yesterday’s release raised it to 5.2% Markets showed little reaction to...

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Nov 30, 2023