Facebook Earnings Rally: Unfriended
After spiking as much as +18% off Wednesday's closing price at $49.01 to $57.98, Facebook ($FB) has followed after the fashion of Netflix last...
Before the Fed: Mid-Day Market Update
After an opening gap-up on Fed day, US stock indices are trading off their AM highs in a bottom-up decline, as the Russell 2000...
NASDAQ Composite: Spreading Thin
A review of this year's broad US stock index momentum leaders (such as the Dow Transports and Russell 2000) wouldn't be complete without a...
Apple Earnings Ahead: Dealing with 2012’s Price Legacy
Apple is mostly treading water today just prior to its Q3 2013 earnings release, but with a tentative technical sigh of relief. As we covered...
The Small Cap Out-Performance Gap is Closing
Small cap stock out-performance brings excellent opportunities as a function of most mature bull markets; and often characterizes the fantastic – if abruptly concluded – end-run of major legs in those markets.
Market Cap Relative Strength: Large Caps to Take the Lead?
Since the November 2012 lows, relative strength in market capitalization has been dominated by a bottom-up regime in which the smallest companies have performed...
The Fed’s POMO Isn’t Really Driving Stocks Higher
"Don’t Fight the Fed" has become "The Fed won’t let stocks go down". Welcome to this market cycle’s "New Paradigm". Don't worry, bro: the...
US Economic Data and Stock Market Report – September
by Greg Naylor   September was an uneventful month for US economic data, as well as the global capital markets. Stocks drifted higher after the...
Anemic Wage Growth May Soon Hit Consumer, Stock Market
The current "crisis" entails the government shutdown, the possibility of debt default, and the uncertainty of the default’s impact to GDP.  While many are...
U.S. Government Shutdowns: A Mixed Bag For Equity Markets
From all of the media outrage, Facebook posts and political theater one would think that the government shutdown in Washington is the next thing to the...
