U.S. indices are split today and look to make marginal movement for the day amidst reignited geopolitical concerns. Both S&P and Nasdaq are holding slight gains while the Dow is down about 0.05%. The key support level for the SPX is 2800 which is similarly reflected in the SPY seasonal chart below. Bulls will look […]

RoboStreet – July 19, 2018 Market Volatility Will Rise as Earnings and Trade War Intensifies Apparently, China’s President Xi Jinping has no interest in talking fair trade with the U.S. anytime soon. As per the latest reports on the tit-for-tat tariff dispute, U.S. and China trade officials have taken a pause on further negotiations, having […]

U.S. assets look strong today with the Dow Jones heading for its fifth straight day of gains and the S&P modestly up. Strong economic reports and promising earnings data continue to support markets even with consistent trade war concerns and the occasional dud in economic data. Housing Starts for June were reported down 12.3% but […]

Earnings season continues this week with Bank of America and Netflix today, and then Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and many more to round out the week. With earnings season starting, the market is looking for direction, possibly overbought, sitting against the upper Bollinger band. Investors should monitor political happenings and earnings report alongside my seasonality […]

RoboStreet – July 12, 208 Trade War Timeline Favors U.S. Over China World equity markets sold off Wednesday in a knee-jerk reaction to the headline of the U.S. announcing to place an additional $200 billion of tariffs on a variety of Chinese imports. This brings the total targeted amount to $250 billion or roughly half […]

After logging a four-session rally in all three major U.S. indices, U.S stocks fell on Wednesday in a widespread fashion. White House announced further tariffs on Chinese goods late Tuesday, reigniting trade war fears and stirring more volatility in a market landscape that just seemed to cool off from the late-June trade war fears as […]

All eyes are on earnings season as reporting gets underway this week. Coming off a better than expected finish to the week that started on a slump, U.S. assets are on the march up for the third straight session. Tariff talks and fears have eased off markets, with the U.S. and Beijing both imposing the […]

RoboStreet – July 5, 2018 Market Looking for Trade Concessions U.S. stocks got off to a positive start Thursday as signs that President Trump may ease back on plans for tariffs on European cars. The U.S. could abandon threatened tariffs altogether in exchange for certain concessions. This latest tactical move by Washington is giving hope […]

Last week, we saw indices lower as trade war fears and tariff back and forths finally hold down assets without an immediate rally. Although Friday provided a small boost for U.S. assets, all three indices finished lower for the week and today have not gotten off to a better start with both all three major […]

RoboStreet – June 28, 2018 Can Trump Deliver Art of the Deal on Trade? Markets continue to hunker down as there is little news of breakthrough in the tit-for-tat tariff battle that could become an all-out trade war amid President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on up to $450 billion in Chinese imports. China’s highly […]