Good Thursday morning all. From +518 to -461 at the close, the Dow Jones had a near 1000 point reversal lower yesterday. An even larger percentage decline occurred in Nasdaq, which had a near 600 point swing.
Read MoreGood Friday morning all and hope everyone in the states had a great Thanksgiving. Half day of trading in the US today. We went to bed last night with Dow futures -300 on fears of a new CV variant out of South Africa (uh-huh) and we woke up to losses of -800.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. Rather ugly day yesterday with a sell-off throughout the smart money hour into the close. And it was the 3rd day in a row with negative A/D for NYSE. It’s been a couple months since we’ve seen that. Weak internals across the board; 2:1 losses in both A/D and volume.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. Yesterdays trading…actually the last 2 days of trading…have served as an important reminder that until we break the pattern of market sell-offs/pauses that’s been in place from March (once reaching extreme OB on VRA System momentum oscillators), we must continue to respect this pattern.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. Yesterday brought massive intraday reversals higher, with the Dow Jones gaining 560 points off the lows to finish +102. Seeing follow through this AM with Dow futures + 280. Real fear started coming into the market yesterday morning. Music to a contrarians ears.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. It has been a mixed week for our markets as higher interest rates and our leadership tech/growth stocks tend not to be besties. As we are wrapping up the worst 30 day period for the markets but also as we prepare to enter the best 7 months for the markets (October- May, going back some 70 years) …
Read MoreGood Friday morning all. Some interesting data here; for the last 6 months the markets have sold off into today’s options expiration, with those Friday lows marking THE lows into months end. And here’s MORE bullishly compelling data from our investor sentiment surveys.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. As we welcome new VRA Members it’s important that we’re all on the same page. That means understanding the VRA Investing System, ensuring that we are positioned to crush Mr. Market. As we begin trading today, the VRA System sits at 9/12 Screens Bullish.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. Another poor jobs report (ADP) took the Dow down 323 points yesterday. Like the Obama economy, we should get used to reports like this. Soon, and take this to the bank, they’ll be manipulated to start looking better, with part time…
Read MoreGood Friday morning all. Yesterday's trading brought fresh ATH in the S&P 500 with the Dow and Russell 2000 less than 1% from ATH and Nasdaq starting this AM at 1.3% from ATH. And while yesterday's internals were nothing to write home about (meme wars), we continue to like what we see as the semis
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. This feels as much like a goldilocks market as I can remember. You know the reasons we’re bullish…the reasons we’ve been aggressively bullish for the last 14 months…but its primarily about two issues. These are the most important two issues of any bull or bear market;
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. Another “must watch” monthly economic report was out yesterday as the April CPI came in hot at 0.8% vs consensus estimate of 0.2%. But let’s be real…like the April jobs report, none of these monthly reports are actually “must watch”.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning and welcome to the first trading week of May. As we have covered in these pages each year, from 2003 on, May to October are the markets worst 6 months of the year with >90% of all stock market gains occurring from November to April.
Read MoreGood Friday morning all. Following a solid intraday reversal higher into the close that sent multiple indexes and sectors to ATH (including SPX, Nasdaq, Housing and Transports) the Dow Jones is giving back 2/3’s of yesterday's gains this AM. Earnings continue to destroy their comps of Q1 2020.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. Quite the mid-day reversal yesterday, immediately following the Coinbase IPO. Coinbase, which we will own in the VRA Portfolio at some point soon, debuted by popping to $429/share (priced at $250), giving it a first day market cap of $100 billion,
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. Reminder that markets are closed tomorrow for Good Friday. First quarter 2021 is now in the books. As Tyler covered on our VRA Podcast yesterday, how remarkable that the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 each had “lightning fast” 10% corrections,
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. Market softness continued yesterday, following a solid open with good internals, as mid-day selling pressure took the Dow from +320 to slightly negative at the close. Nasdaq weakness was pervasive throughout the day, taking the index -2% at the close.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. We begin this morning with a tip of the cap to the Fed’s J Powell. Not only did the Fed nail their written FOMC comments (no rate hikes through 2023) but Powell followed it up with a strong presser, rarely going off-script. More of this please.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. It seems the Dow and Nasdaq have decided to have massive moves higher, but on alternating days. On Tuesday, the Nasdaq soared 3.7%, while the Dow lagged. Then yesterday, the Dow ramped 464 points higher (+1.5%) while Nasdaq was (slightly) lower by 4 points.
Read MoreGood Thursday morning all. Last night Tyler joined our great friend Wayne Allyn Root on the Wayne Root show, talking bull market of markets, the liquidity/stimulus nearing and why “every” business owner should submit their apps for this new round of PPP.
Read More"Kip's VRA financial newsletter is a MUST read for every saavy investor in this country. Disregard it at your own peril. His mantra is my mantra. Kip Herriage's newsletter is my financial Bible."
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2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate
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