For US equity traders and investors these are worrying times, as the NQ emini continues to blast its way ever higher, and leaving its sister indices becalmed and lacking direction, with the ES emini a classic example.
As we move towards the end of the first quarter of the new year, it is interesting to consider one of the more subtle changes to the principle US indices that appears to have passed by unnoticed,
For US equity markets, and the YM emini in particular, it is the daily chart which has focused the mind over the last few weeks, and the prospect of whether or not the sustained resistance level that has developed in the 17,850 region would be breached, or whether this would ultimately cap the Santa Claus rally and bring it to a shuddering halt.
U.S. Q3 Advance GDP Price Index q/q down to 1.2% vs 1.5% growth expected and Advance GDP q/q 1.5% to expectations of 1.6%.
As Target (TGT, quote) continues to defend itself over the one the larger hacks for consumer data and the perceived delay in reporting the hack we find an insider, Roxanne Austin purchasing 10,000 shares on June 2 bringing her total share count to 21,971 shares. Reports indicate the value of the shares is $567,000
Whilst daily charts give us a framework for intraday trading, it is often the weekly chart which gives us a broader perspective, the zoomed out view, and this was certainly the case with oil which I looked at recently.
With 90 minutes before the start of a new week of trading in the U.S. markets – futures are pointing to a slightly lower open despite uncertainty whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will being tapering its $85 billion asset buying program.
The sideways stock market that has been with us since late July doesn’t appear to want to change. Equities are somewhat in a dead market at this time.
Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. markets are coming off a beaten up week with last week Friday the only trading session to see all 3 index in the green. The Dow Jones Industrial Average loss more than 1,000 points last week with 5 out 6 days to the downside.
Welcome to Monday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. futures are suggesting a positive open this morning after Friday’s sharpest one day drop in nearly four months. Market participants will be starting the week off with no economic data releases putting the focus on earnings and U.S. politics. Headlines in the Euro Zone will have a stronger impact on U.S. markets as well.
