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The FOMC meeting came and went during the past week and delivered pretty much what market participants had expected, further stimulus. This led to further downside pressure for the dollar but did not do much for U.S. stocks, which have lagged behind their overseas counterparts. As we move in to the last two trading weeks [...]
Seasonally we’re in a strong period of year where risk-on is seen more often than not and we hear about the oft-mentioned Santa Claus rally. December is a strong month for stock indexes, and if we see that strength this year we can expect a weaker dollar and higher commodity prices. Since 1950, December has [...]
October may yet prove to be the undoing of stocks as a double top has formed on the S&P 500, which has led to short term support being broken, culminating in a weekly loss for the index of 2.34%. Whether this ends up being the top for the year remains to be seen but we [...]
The week ahead will be a shortened trading week as Monday is Labor Day in the U.S. so U.S. markets will be officially closed. Markets elsewhere will still be trading but it is generally a light volume day. The long-term trends are up for U.S. equities, down for European and Asian indexes but still mixed [...]
Stocks pushed to new highs for the year early in the week but have corrected somewhat since. For now the uptrend remains intact. The dollar ended the week mostly lower and the trend for the dollar is still mixed. Dollar weakness has benefitted commodities, many of which have been higher this week. Metals in particular [...]
