August 21, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
Volumes were low on Monday as investors stayed on the sidelines with many on vacations and many watching the solar eclipse making Monday Aug 21 one of the slowest days of the year. By the close of the day indexes were close to flat. S&P Index Close The S&P index ended up 2.82 to 2428.37. Dow Jones Index Close The Dow Jones ended up 29.24 points to 21,703.75. NASDAQ Index Close The NASDAQ closed down 3.40 points to 6,213.13. Stock Market Outlook Chart Comments At…
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August 20, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
Last week saw the second worst week of the year to date. Friday saw further investor jitters as more changes at the White House kept investors guessing on when the new economic “agenda” might, if ever, get center stage. The departure of Steve Bannon seemed to lift the market off the lows. Thursday saw the biggest percentage decline in 3 months. Some technical damage was done and on Friday the S&P almost reached the 100 day moving average. Economically oil gained 3 percent on the…
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August 18, 2017
Categories: Investing Strategy Notes, Stock Market Outlook, Trade Alerts and Ideas
For FullyInformed Members here are my morning investing strategy notes for Fri Aug 18 2017 before markets open and following Thursday’s big drop. I felt that it would be best to detail out in my morning notes what I am expecting from the markets over the next 2 to 3 trading days and how I plan to trade within it. I also discuss rolling put options that are in the money. The one article covers a lot of different topics. These early morning Investing Strategy…
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August 17, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
At the start of August I wrote Ana article discussing how poor the month historically can be. Some of the problem stems from lower volumes with investors taking holidays, but in general most days volume has not been all that bad. For August this year the problem seems to be primarily that after 8 months of a new president a lot of the plans that investors were waiting for have just not happened. A change in taxes is definitely needed and repatriation of overseas profits…
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August 16, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
Wednesday Aug 16 2017 saw stocks trading positively until shortly after 2:00 PM when the Fed minutes were released. The Minutes indicated there is a split among Fed members on the timing of reducing the Fed’s balance sheet but Fed Chair Janet Yellen appeared ready to commence its reduction earlier rather than later this year. That combined with news of President’s Trump’s ending of his Manufacturing Council as more and more corporations backed out was enough to end the rally. Stock indexes still managed small…
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August 15, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
Tuesday Aug 15 2017 saw stocks mixed with stocks moving lower, dominating those moving higher. Two big name stocks that hurt the markets were Lowers (LOW) and Home Depot (HD) which both fell by large percentages weakening the index. Meanwhile the US dollar rose to its highest level in 3 weeks. Oil prices were flat following Monday’s big drop. Gold prices fell back to close at $1279.70 with a reduction in tensions with North Korea. S&P Index Close The S&P index ended down 1.23 to…
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August 14, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
Monday saw a rebound bounce with decent numbers and fairly wide spread. With tensions easing with North Korea, investors stepped back into equities, picking through some of the stocks that were beaten up last week. The question after today’s close is whether the market can produce another higher close on Tuesday. S&P Index Close The S&P index ended the day up 24.52 to 2465.84. Dow Jones Index Close The Dow Jones ended up 136.39 to 21,993.71. NASDAQ Index Close The NASDAQ closed up 83.68 to…
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August 14, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
Friday August 11 2017 saw stocks spend much of the day with slight gains but the close saw the NASDAQ push higher with the Dow Jones and S&P sporting smaller gains ahead of the weekend. S&P Index Close The S&P index ended the day up 3.11 to 2441.32. Dow Jones Index Close The Dow Jones ended up 14.31 to 22,858.32. NASDAQ Index Close The NASDAQ closed up 39.68 to 6256.56 Stock Market Outlook Chart Comments At The Close: The S&P tried to bounce on Friday…
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August 9, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
From the outset stocks moved lower as investors worried about North Korea. At the same time much of the blame for the decline could also be traced to Walt Disney Stock (DIS) which was down on poorer than expected earnings, Goldman Sachs Stock (GS) and Boeing Stock (BA) which were also lower, but the heaviest culprit was Disney down 3.88% by the close but during the day it plunged to $100.50 before closing at $102.83. By the close however, all the indexes were well off…
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August 3, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
Stocks were having trouble from the outset despite a jump from Tesla following better than expected earnings and revenue. Some of the high flyers pulled back including Apple Stock, Amazon and Alphabet and after hours a number of stocks moved lower following earnings including Avon Stock down 10.7%, Yum Brands down 2.3% and Dish Network down 4.5%. Oil fell back despite a draw down in gasoline inventories. The afternoon also saw a report that Special Counsel Mueller had impaneled a Grand Jury for further…
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August 2, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
With financial stocks pushing higher and the decline in Amazon and Alphabet stalled, the indexes gained on the day. The Dow Jones came within 10 points of reaching 22,000 a feat even a year ago that seemed daunting, if not impossible. Meanwhile the US dollar moved up slightly off a 15 month low against most major currencies. At last 55% of analysts now believe the Federal Reserve will not raise rates further this year. Meanwhile oil slid lower down from a two month high.…
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July 27, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
Thursday stocks moved higher at the open but an earnings miss by UPS and poor forward guidance spooked investors who sent transport shares lower including rival, FedEx. That combined with a further drop in many tech stocks including more downside from Alphabet, saw stocks begin a retreat during the lunch hour from fresh all-time highs. By early afternoon the markets were at their lowest levels. A small rally managed to contain the selling but volume was higher and sellers were definitely taking profits. In…
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July 19, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
On Wednesday stocks moved higher on the back of better than expected earnings from a number of companies. With investors anticipated more surprises to the upside for earnings, stocks rose on Wednesday pushing the indexes to all-time highs. S&P Index Close The S&P index ended the day up 13.22 to close at 2473.83 Dow Jones Index Close The Dow Jones ended up 66.02 at 21,640.75 NASDAQ Index Close The NASDAQ closed up 40.74 points to 6,385.04 Stock Market Outlook Chart Comments At The Close:…
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July 19, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
On Tuesday stocks wandered in and out of positive and negative valuations but by the close of the day The S&P and NASDAQ were positive and the Dow was negative. S&P Index Close The S&P index ended the day up 1.47 to close at 2460.61 Dow Jones Index Close The Dow Jones ended down 54.99 at 21,574.73 NASDAQ Index Close The NASDAQ closed up 29.87 points for the best showing among the three indexes. It closed at 6,344.31 Stock Market Outlook Chart Comments At…
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July 15, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook
On Friday the Dow and S&P made new all-time highs and the NASDAQ is within a few points of reaching its old all-time high. The rally over the past several days has left some investors holding in the money covered calls and some with naked calls that were until recently out of the money. A number of investors emailed seeking some assistance on trying to recover their stock from possible exercise now that their covered calls have ended up in the money. Others have emailed…
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