From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Grant Hawkridge @granthawkridge
In today's post, we’ll discuss some of our favorite and most important intermarket ratios and see what they’re suggesting for markets and risk appetite around...
Consumer Sentiment for August was expected to be little changed from where it was in July (81.2). The actual data (based on responses collected over the first half of the month) showed consumer...
JC has a short post up today about "The Oil Dilemma." He and I talked about this situation yesterday and I like the way it is setting up for a little premium collection to...
Financials have made quite the comeback in recent weeks, with the Large-Cap Financial SPDR $XLF trading back to record highs as bank stocks around the world have fought to repair some of the...
Key takeaway: Sentiment continues to argue a case for caution. Pessimism remains near historical lows. Nasdaq trading volume dwindles along with risk-seeking behavior. And with the...
In this week's Three Charts For The Week Ahead, we discussed the strength in Top 10 largecap stocks and a critical resistance level in the midcap index.
Welcome to our latest RPP Report, where we publish return tables for a variety of different asset classes and categories along with commentary on each.
As market participants, we have to keep an open mind and remain nimble as new data comes in.
There's nothing wrong with flipping our approach as the weight of the evidence shifts. In fact, we pride ourselves on never being dogmatic and always...
The overall weight of evidence continues to argue for caution and we have yet to see a decisive shift toward a risk-on environment. But we have made some changes to our dynamic portfolios to stay in...
This is one of our favorite bottom-up scans: Follow The Flow. In this note, we simply create a universe of stocks that experienced the most unusual options activity — either bullish or...
Key Takeaway: Bond yields ready to move higher. Trends are still rising and inflation is proving persistent rather than transitory. Financials have been resilient but...
