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Rate Fears and Bank Failures Have Sent The Stock Market on a Wild Ride

Rate Fears and Bank Failures Have Sent The Stock Market on a Wild Ride

Stocks are making wild moves as investors pivot from worries about rate hikes to bank failures. The S&P 500 dropped 4.5 percent between Friday, March 3, and Friday, March 10. It was the biggest weekly decline since mid-September. Ninety seven percent of of the...

Semiconductors Defy Rate-Hike Fears: Market Trends This Week

Semiconductors Defy Rate-Hike Fears: Market Trends This Week

Downloads available here and here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 tries to stabilize above trendlinesPrices neither overbought nor oversold. Volatility remains historically low.Calm before a bearish storm?Downward...

Stocks Bounce as Investors Focus on Stronger Economic Growth

Stocks Bounce as Investors Focus on Stronger Economic Growth

Stocks are bouncing at potential support as investors focus on stronger global growth. The S&P 500 rose 1.9 percent between Friday, February 24, and Friday, March 3. It was the index's first gain in the last four weeks. Cyclical sectors like materials and...

Cyclicals Take the Lead as China Reopens: Market Trends This Week

Cyclicals Take the Lead as China Reopens: Market Trends This Week

Downloads available here. New additions: MT Price Channels (workspace)DISTANCE FROM MA (indicator)MA STREAK (indicator) Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 tries to holds 200-day MA and Jan. 25 lowLower highs create potential...

Chart of the Day: Exxon Mobil Has Pulled Back

Chart of the Day: Exxon Mobil Has Pulled Back

Exxon Mobil has steadily advanced for more than a year, and its current pullback may interest trend followers. The first pattern on today’s chart is $104.76, XOM’s previous all-time high from 2014. Notice how this level was ... For more,...

Stocks Tumble as Inflation Worries Surge Back to Wall Street

Stocks Tumble as Inflation Worries Surge Back to Wall Street

What if inflation isn't defeated as hoped? That was the big fear on Wall Street last week. The S&P 500 fell 2.7 percent in the holiday-shortened period between Friday, March 17, and Friday, March 24. It was the biggest weekly drop since early December, returning...

S&P 500 Pulls Back to the 50-day MA: Market Trends This Week

S&P 500 Pulls Back to the 50-day MA: Market Trends This Week

Downloads available here and here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 pulls back to 50-day MA.Prices have retraced half their move off December lows.S&P 500 holding bottom of Keltner Channel.Potential for...

What Are the Top Contracts for Futures Traders?

What Are the Top Contracts for Futures Traders?

(This post was updated March 20, 2023.) Futures are derivatives that track products like the S&P 500, crude oil, Treasury bonds and gold. Traders use futures to position for rallies and drops, with the ability to place orders most times of the day. These extended...