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Futures are slightly lower on the last day of a pretty impressive Q3 at +8.7%.Can the rally keep going in October? continued for members… … continue reading →
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Futures are up slightly ahead of another data-heavy week: S&P Services and Manufacturing PMIs today, Philly Fed Non-Manufacturing, Richmond Fed, and the Conference Board confidence data tomorrow, and Initial Jobless Claims, Q2 GDP, and Core PCE later this week. continued for members… … continue reading →
August nonfarm payrolls came in at 142k versus 165k expected while the unemployment rate ticked lower to 4.2%, underscoring the Fed’s assessment that the economy is slowing enough to justify a 25 bps rate cut later this month. Futures rallied on the news and are slightly higher after tagging our next downside target overnight. Just … continue reading →
Futures are flat this morning following unemployment data that supports the widely held expectation of a rate cut when the FOMC meets Sep 17-18. The algos are presently concerned with the yield curve, which continues to warn of further downside, tomorrow’s jobs report, and a pesky gap which refuses to be ignored. continued for members… … continue reading →
Oil and gas futures have both tagged our next downside targets from June [see: Update on Oil & Gas, June 6, 2024.]. We’ll take a look at the road ahead and what it means for the equity and bond markets. continued for members… … continue reading →
Lots of targets were tagged yesterday, beginning with SPX which nailed our 50-day moving average target. There’s a reason, however, that futures are off even more this morning. continued for members… … continue reading →
Futures are off moderately following yesterday’s reversal, the 6th session in a row that ES failed to surpass its .886 Fib retracement. continued for members… … continue reading →
In a speech that was essentially a mashup of all his other recent speeches, Powell reiterated at Jackson Hole on Friday that the pandemic – not historically dovish monetary policy – caused the recent huge spike in inflation. In fact, the Fed should be congratulated for putting out the inflationary fire that they started. He … continue reading →
In our last dedicated Update on Gold and Silver in April, we noted that gold had reached our Fibonacci target of 2466.50 but could have further to go. GC is fairly straightforward. There’s a large IH&S pattern which completed around Mar 7 targeting 2557, a short distance above the white 1.618 at 2466.50. GC reached … continue reading →
Futures are off moderately after weaker than expected housing data and in anticipation of next week’s Jackson Hole Fedspeak. ES reached our next upside target a little ahead of schedule, and is now backtesting the purple TL from recent lows. continued for members… … continue reading →