“The Long Run” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…

While it feels like it has been a year of persistent Murphy’s Law for the Stock Market, sometimes it makes sense to just take a step back and look at the facts.  What could go wrong, did go wrong (War, Geopolitics, Hurricanes, Supply Chains, Government/Policy actions, regional pandemic persistence, Fed Policy errors) but we may be coming to the tail end of that narrative:

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“It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…

On Monday morning, we woke up to an abrupt market response to Xi Jinping’s new top leadership appointments.  Global participants had hoped for some balance in the Standing Committee appointments and when it was not forthcoming, the Hang Seng index plummeted to the lowest levels since the Great Financial Crisis in 2008.

It was 5am in NYC, but 5pm in Beijing and I’m sure there were many traders (Chinese and otherwise) following Country Legend Alan Jackson’s mantra “It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere”: Continue reading ““It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…”

The “Fed Talk” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…

For the past six weeks every movement of the stock market has been predicated on what the Fed had to say about their future outlook/actions.  Tomorrow we start earnings season in earnest with reports from the Big Banks (JPM, WFC, C, MS).  Early this morning I was on CNBC Closing Bell (Indonesia) to discuss the setup going into earnings.

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“Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…

“‘Everything’s Gonna Be Alright’ is a song by American country music artist David Lee Murphy as a duet with Kenny Chesney. It was released in November 2017 as the lead single to Murphy’s 2018 album No Zip Code. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart.” Wikipedia.  Continue reading ““Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…”