A Financial Crisis Is Brewing in China. Will It Spread?
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Sep 17, 2021Evergrande, a Chinese company with over $300 billion in debt, is failing. Will it get…
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Investors Show Up To “BTFD.” Will It Stick?
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Sep 16, 2021As we suspected investors showed up to BTFD but will it stick? At a mere…
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Should Investors “BTFD” The Crucial 50-DMA?
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Sep 15, 2021Should investors “BTFD” with the market near the 50-day moving average (DMA)? As we wrote…
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Time To “Buy The Dip” & Bitcoin’s “Golden Cross”
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Sep 14, 2021Is it time to “Buy The Dip?” The S&P 500 broke its five-day losing streak,…
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November Taper- Trial Balloon or Reality?
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Sep 13, 2021Equities are clawing back Friday’s losses despite weekend rumors that corporate and capital gains taxes…
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Are Labor Shortages Stoking Inflation Fears At The Fed?
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Sep 10, 2021The Fed’s Beige Book, on the heels of a new record number of job openings,…
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Why the Insatiable Demand For U.S. Treasury Notes?
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Sep 9, 2021Utilities ran away with first place yesterday rising over 1% despite the S&P being slightly…
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Bitcoin Crashes & The S&P 500 Could Snapback To Its Trend
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Sep 8, 2021Ready for the S&P 500 to snapback to its trend? The S&P 500 has gone…
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Markets Go Nowhere On Weak Employment Data
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Sep 7, 2021Equities are opening flat this morning despite volatility in other markets. U.S. bond yields are…
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Slow Trading Expected Into The Holiday Weekend
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Sep 3, 2021The late afternoon squeeze in the final minutes of trading on Thursday continues this morning…
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Was ADP A Precursor To Friday’s Employment Report?
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Sep 2, 2021Markets were little changed yesterday and overnight despite the weaker than expected ADP employment. As…
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Confidence is Plunging as Inflation Expectations Soar
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Sep 1, 2021Despite more weak economic data from China, U.S. stocks are set to recover yesterday’s losses…
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Apple Leads the Charge Higher
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Aug 31, 2021On Monday, shares of Apple surged on a report Google could pay Apple roughly $15…
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The Markets Plow Ahead With Taper on the Horizon
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Aug 30, 2021A quiet start to the morning in the aftermath of hurricanes Ida and Powell. Prices…
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Jackson Hole & Powell: To Taper or Not to Taper QE
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Aug 27, 2021To taper or not to taper. That is the question of the day as Jerome Powell takes the podium at Jackson Hole and discusses the how and when the Fed tapers.
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Will The Fed Fade The Delta Variant?
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Aug 26, 2021Most equity markets are opening flat this morning, appearing unfazed with Chairman Powell’s important speech…
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S&P 5000 – Here We Come
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Aug 25, 2021In the rush to put a S&P 5000 target price out, analysts push 2022 price targets higher despite slowing economic growth rates and high valuations.
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Markets Believe Powell Will Pass On Taper
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Aug 24, 2021More signs of weakening economic growth coupled with rising Delta variant cases, oh and a…
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Bulls Charge Toward Jackson Hole
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Aug 23, 2021European Manufacturing Indexes were generally weaker than expected but it didn’t take the wind out…
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Bonds Flashing a Death Cross
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Aug 20, 2021Equity futures are opening weaker again this morning. The NASDAQ is faring better than the…
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The Fed Speaks
Written by Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Aug 19, 2021S&P 500 futures are currently down 25 points in the overnight session and crude oil…
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Wretched Retail Sales
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Aug 18, 2021Equity futures are trading flat this morning after giving up half a percent yesterday. The…
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