9/27/2021 Election results in Germany has German equities mostly flat on the day as investors are watching the Social Democratic Party take the lead in the polls. In Washington D.C., legislation is toiling to raise the US's debt limit, pass Biden's agenda and avoid a government shutdown from defaulting on federal aid with hundreds of […]
9/17/2021 Stocks are down -0.58% this morning after coming down to test a significant level of support once again. While stocks fall, the dollar rises in the anticipation of sooner-than-expected tapering by the Fed along with a hike in interest rates starting in 2022. Our outlook Other than September being one of the worst months […]
9/14/2021 This morning's report on CPI m/m and core CPI m/m came in at a lower percentage than expected which resulted in a falling dollar pre-New York session. The USD is now volatile under the uncertainty of potential tapering and rising rates while the equities market seems to be rising because of this. Our outlook […]
9/9/2021 Jobless claims reported this morning which came in lower than expected, a good sign for investors in the stock market. Expectations were 343K and actual was 310K. Prices in the indices were pushing higher in the morning and are now fluctuating on the open. Our outlook I think this is good news for the […]
8/27/2021 Today's Fed meeting gave us some insight on what could happen with the USD and the US indices as Powell now points towards tapering this year while holding off on the interest rate hikes. SPX500 is up 0.65% on the day while DXY is down 0.32%. Our outlook This updated stance given by Fed […]
8/19/2021 Unemployment claims came in better than expected at 348K with the expectations of 362K, and last week's numbers were 377K. So from a jobs standpoint, the US looks strong, and this has led the Fed to start eyeing the potential tapering of bond assets by the end of this year. A major concern for […]
7/23/2021 This week, me and Nick caught a crazy move on the SPX500 that we are currently still in at the time of writing this. This one move has netted us around 1,500 pips in equity. We haven't closed, so this number will not be the same when the trade is over, but this article […]
7/19/2021 US markets tumble nearly 2% with the dollar as investors fear the delta strain and inflation factors. COVID cases are now averaging 30,000 today in the US as 14-Day case change is up 140%. Meanwhile, bonds extend losses to 1.19%. Banks and tech stocks are getting hit hard today as money is shifting toward […]
7/16/2021 Yesterday's Fed meeting started the increasing choppiness and uncertainty in the markets that eventually led to a broad selloff in the equities, gold and crypto markets. The Fed has stated that they are not comfortable with the rise in inflation, but they want to maintain course and keep the plan they had going in. […]
7/8/2021 US unemployment claims rose higher than expectations which were 345K, last week's numbers were 371K, and today's numbers were 373K. Previous: 371KForecast: 345KActual: 373K This news says a couple things about the US economy. And to refer to points made in last week's article on US unemployment, we can see that the labor force […]
