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Stocks lose much of early enthusiasm but still finish in the green
Stocks moved up modestly this morning (modest considering the damage down in the last few days) with the Standard & Poor's 500 up 0.99% at 1 p.m. New York time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ahead 0.94%, and the NASDAQ Composite gaining 1.16%. The move seems to...
Why did stocks plunge today? How about doubts on the Powell Put
I've argued that there are two giant bets that support stock prices at recent historic levels. One is the Vaccine Put, the belief in the delivery--and relatively soon too--of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine that will let economies around the world return to...
Looks like no government shutdown on September 30: House passes stopgap funding bill that has Senate and White House agreement
Tuesday night the House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government operating through December 11. The House vote was 359-57 and the legislation now goes to the Senate for a vote before the end of the fiscal year on September 30 forces a...
Stocks take a while but deliver expected bounce today
This morning it looked like we might not get the bounce I expected today after the Monday morning sell off and Monday afternoon recovery. The NASDAQ, dominated by the big tech names most likely to bounce today, started Tuesday off in a mild downturn. As of 11:07 a.m....
How old fashioned! CBO worries that U.S. government debt will hit 2 times GDP by 2050
The U.S. government’s debt will be almost twice the size of the U.S. economy by 2050, according to new projections from the Congressional Budget Office. That would be up from 98% this year and 79% in 2019. (The prior, pre-coronavirus forecast for 2050 debt in January...Key stocks close at 50-day moving average–again
Hmmm. Last time a declining technology sector bounced hard, it staged that recovery after hitting the 50-day moving average. Well, guess what? It's back. For example, Apple (AAPL), a critical bellwether stock in the sector closed today, September 17, at $110.34. The...
Stock market rethinks its initial enthusiasm for Fed outlook
At 2:30 p.m. New York time, about the time the Federal Reserve issued its press statement on today's meeting of the Fed's interest rate setting body the Open Market Committee and about the time when Fed chair Jerome Powell issued his comments on the meeting, stocks...
Part 3 in my series on the Vaccine Put–how you can protect your portfolio if this support for stock prices falters over the next two or three months
Just in case you needed an example of how powerful the Vaccine Put is, check out today's (September 14) action in the U.S. stocks. On positive "indications" about a possible coronavirus treatment, Incyte (INCY) was up 5.55% as of 3 p.m. New York time. On positive news...
Short-term leveraged options bets still unwinding this morning taking indexes down further
At noon New York time today the Standard & Poor's 500 was down 1.92% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 1.63%. The NASDAQ Composite was lower by 2.65%. Despite solid gains in the August jobs report this morning that matched Wall Street expectations. But...
Dow plunges 800 points; S&P 500 down 4.25% at its low for the day–but what happened today?
I love this headline today on Yahoo Finance: "Stocks post worst day since June." Since June!! What else were you expecting in a rally that has become completely unmoored from any fundamentals in the real world. Remember that when some talking head ties to convince you...
Stocks try another rotation again today–I’m not sure this one will stick with employment claims and August jobs report still due this week
At the close today, the Standard & Poor's 500 was up another 1.54%. Putting this question at the top of many investors' and traders' minds: Is there any way to participate in this blow out rally without real adding an unacceptable amount of risk? The 5.83% drop in...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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