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Unexpected pressure in Tuesday's key inflation readings -- the core Personal Consumption Expenditure price index and the Employment Cost index – may have pressured for hawkish FOMC results on Wednesday. However, easing inflation pressure along with healthy consumer...
Click here to register for the webinar. S&P 500 overview: Hits resistance at January downgap Failed breakout → Risk of bearish phase. SPX bearish harami on Thursday, July 26. Remember we've been up 4 straight weeks. 2700 may be key level on SPX: Trendline, pivot,...
An exceptionally busy week begins with more earnings, global interest rate meetings and political news with economic repercussions. The only economic report of the day comes at 10 a.m. ET, when the National Association of Realtors issues its June report on pending...
One of the most predictable things in the market is time decay after a big event like earnings. Have you ever used a diagonal spread to capitalize on the change? Today we'll see how it's done. First, remember that option premiums attempt to factor in price swings. As...
Technology stocks are usually all about growth, but in the last few days costs have been the talk of the town more recently. Facebook (FB) is the big example, losing a record $119 billion of market value yesterday. Slower growth was part of the problem, but most...
Report Notes: GDP may have been soft in Q1, but today’s report shows a big second quarter. Consumer spending drove GDP higher in the second quarter, to a 4.1 percent annualized. At 10 a.m. ET, the University of Michigan will issue its final July consumer sentiment...
It was the best of times and the worst of times. The saying was seldom truer than the past week's earnings reports. Starting with the bad news first, there's one word everyone needs know: Facebook (FB). The social-media giant slammed into a wall of rising costs and...
Government Report Notables: Key pieces for tomorrow's GDP report will be released today: capital goods shipments in the durable goods report, cross-border goods trade as well as wholesale and retail inventories. Jobless claims remain very low in confirmation that...
Don’s Notebook July 25, 2018 Today’s direction indicators are largely impartial. Housing data have been mostly flat to weak. New home sales, however, have been the backbone for what is otherwise a mixed housing sector. HUD will release its June report on New Home...