23 Jan 2024
If we do not have a recession, stocks tend to rally after the Fed cuts
If we do, however, they tend to decline They say the economy isn't the market, but in this example it could have a measurable impact on the outcome Source: Markets & Mayhem
23 Jan 2024
The world's top 5 stock markets by market-cap. It has been a one-man show by the US
Note that India is moving into 4th position Source: Bloomberg, Michel A.Arouet
23 Jan 2024
India’s stock market has overtaken Hong Kong’s for the 1st time in another feat for the South Asian nation whose growth prospects & policy reforms have made it an investor darling
Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
23 Jan 2024
As of January 19th, NVIDIA $NVDA and Microsoft $MSFT had accounted for about 75% of the S&P 500's gain this year, while the 20 largest stocks in the index accounted for 110% of the index's upside move
The remaining ~480 stocks were acting as a drag. Source: Bespoke
22 Jan 2024
As stocks hit all-time highs, hedge funds are massively shorting stocks Goldman trading desk: "equity skeptics have piled on short bets
Per our Prime Team, shorts outpaced longs by 2:1 this past week, and 3:1 YTD. " Source: Goldman Sachs, www.zerohedge.com
22 Jan 2024
More to come for semiconductors? The chart below shows a 24-yr base breakout for semiconductors RELATIVE to the S&P 500 $SOX $SPX
Source: Steven Strazza
22 Jan 2024
The S&P 500 is now 11% higher than where it was when the Fed started hiking rates in March 2022. $SPX
Source: Charlie Bilello
22 Jan 2024
The SP500 just snapped a 512 trading day streak without hitting a new all-time high, the 6th longest in history. Here is how the $SPX responded the 5 previous times:
Source: Barchart
