For the longest time we have made the case that Wall Street is ready for a rate hike but Main Street is not. The following chart, courtesy of our friends at Reuters/Eikon, shows how the S&P 500 has surged since 2009 but GDP has yet to “take-off.”
This Week’s Trading Lesson Sound Systems Yield Success: When you think of the best run companies in the world, what names come to mind? Wal-Mart? Proctor and Gamble? Perhaps Apple? Think of the worst run companies and you might think of a company like Enron, which is now out of business because it was run…
438 companies in the S&P have reported Q1 earnings thus far (87.6%) 15 (3%) companies report Q1 equivalent quarters next week Q1 Recap: 63.0% have POSITIVE EPS surprise 03.9% have NEUTRAL EPS surprise 33.1%% have NEGATIVE EPS surprise Source: RealMoney
Stocks Are Getting Weaker, Not Stronger: 1. Possible August Top- Similar to 1987 2. Technicals & Fundamentals are deteriorating- 50 DMA line was support and is now resistance 3. Recent lows are breached and leaders under pressure 4. Crude Oil is surging – Higher energy prices act as an indirect tax on businesses and consumers….
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Click Here To Join Our our FREE Newsletter: The swift reversal for US benchmark indices midweek saw the S&P 500 index drop like a stone from within 4-points of setting a fresh record peak. Three weeks ago investors appeared to cross the Rubicon by discounting tepid data as a temporary phenomenon with activity and hiring…
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