This Week In IPOs: “Risk-Off”, Boutique Investment Banking And Sickle Cell Disease
First off, let’s review the action in the IPO market last week. The calendar was packed last week with 9 deals scheduled to price....
Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) Nearing Upside Trading Targets
It's been a wild ride for US Treasuries this year. After a big rally that sent the 20+ Year US Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) to...
Unusual Options Activity: TGT, GPS, FAST, URBN, And More
It’s time to review several stocks that had unusual options activity over the last week. Although traders can never be sure why these trades take place (and...
Market Update: It’s Getting Lonely At The Top
Stock market bulls continued to struggle mightily to retain any semblance of control over what seems like the growing tide of weakness.
Despite losing Apple (AAPL)...
The COT Report: Fed Rate Hike Concerns Weigh On Futures Markets
The following is a recap of The COT Report (Commitment Of Traders) released by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) looking at futures positions...
Top Trading Links: The Market Is Up To Something
This week was a reminder that the market is still capable of fast moves. And although its been rangebound for most of the year,...
The Stock Market: Where’s The Leadership?
One by one, the large- to mega-cap leaders of this bull market have been taken behind the woodshed and shot. Names like Biogen Inc....
Making Sense Of Recent Market Sentiment Polls And Data
Even as U.S. stocks are coming under renewed pressure, there is a battle brewing between newsletter writers and mom-and-pop investors. They are on different...
Will The Jobs Report Send Stocks Into Price Discovery Mode?
One of my favorite posts from this year was a post that I wrote in late June before I was on Sirius-XM's "Behind The Markets"...
The State Of The Financial Markets In 5 Charts
Back in March I did a comprehensive overview of the financial markets that looked at the technical setups across multiple asset classes. Fast forward...
