Main Street Fears Lead to Wall Street Profits
May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
According to a new CNN poll 79% of Americans when asked ” Is the US in a recession” said yes! Main Street has given into the media constant hype about high oil prices and how BAD the US economy is. Most on Main Street form opinions not on their own situation but what they think others are. Concern for your neighbor is ok, but does it actually reflect the current environment. In these types of situations, Main Street is wrong and does not reflect the actual reality but more so perceived reality.
As Crude Oil hits another all time high, Main Street will be reminded HOW BAD the economy is and how bad the Bush adminstration is. In reality, we have not seen back to back negative GDP growth and we have even seen negative GDP growth AT ALL. Even today, we are seeing selling only on the NASDAQ with higher volume. With that said, it will only be the second day of distribution the index has seen in recent weeks. It takes 5 to 6 days worth of distribution to knock down a market.
Again, no panicing allowed! Turn off the mainstreet media, go enjoy life!
Stock Indexes Rally Off The Lows, Once Again, But Close Mixed
February 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It was another wild session, with an intraday bullish bias, after a weak opening. Thanks to bad news out of Iran (did you expect anything else?) and crude oil rising 1.5% on news that inventories were smaller than expected, big caps suffered. However, some positive action in Semiconductor stocks and news that WFMI is buying OATS helped save the Nasdaq. A mixed day to a wild yet uneventful session best sums it up. Read more
Stock Market Indexes Take Off After An Early Choppy Session, Closing Near The Highs Of The Session
January 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
A day of minor volatility gave way to a nice rally after 1pm EST sending all the indexes in a nice solid uptrend into the close. The possible reason for the rally was a left-over feel good effect off the AAPL news in combination with another drop in crude oil. Today’s 3% drop now brings the yearly damage to 12% for crude.
At the close, the Nasdaq led the way with a .6% gain, the DJIA and the SP 500 followed with a .2% gain, and the SP 600 lagged with a .01% gain. The big winners were the IBD 85-85 and IBD 100 indexes which gained .7% and .9% respectively and the Nasdaq 100 which gained 1.1%. This was the sixth day in a row the Nasdaq and the Nasdaq 100 staged very strong intraday reversals. One look at the daily charts and all those tails shows that any selloff is being bought.
The SP-500 Makes Another Six-Year High; Bears Still Don’t Get It.
December 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Stocks gained ground off of crude oil rising 2%, drifting with an upward bias on the DJ and downward bias to a green close. The gains in the face of bad news was a clear sign of just how strong this market STILL is.
