Markets

Don’t worry about a nasty, high volume reversal. We’ll just gap it up the next day. Strong open awaits. I will stay silent about it except to say: I have been taught and have studied that changes in trend often occur with violent action after a large drop in price or after a large rally…

-By Gary Kaltbaum- January 16,2018- -To be brief, after a strong beginning of the year, on top of what we have seen the past 2-3 months, on top of what we have seen since the election, today’s action looks to be a classic exhaustion gap. After the run, the market gaps open big numbers and…

Big gap to the upside. Led by tech and all that stuff as we enter earnings. Only things soft this morning are commodities, transports but minor pullbacks. All this is happening right before and into earnings. More later… and I hear bitcoin squashed but that can change by the end of the day.

In no particular order: The dollar is breaking to new lows. The euro and pound are breaking to near yearly highs…out of clean bases. We suspect this is part of why commodities keep moving higher. Major indices are stretched, extended and overbought as much as we have seen in a long, long time. Names like…

NASDAQ futures flat. S&P futures up a wee bit. Very strong yesterday. COMMODITIES continue to lead in a big way but extended here. BOEING acting like an internet stock from 99. AIRLINES like AAL and DAL breaking out. ENERGY strong but extended. Big report over 3 day weekend. Be well!

SOURCE: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-11/wal-mart-raises-u-s-hourly-wage-to-11-in-wake-of-tax-overhaul

Yesterday’s bear market lasted 3 hours. Need we say more. Futures are up. Now watching Biotech. IBB in big base. No other changes. Many are talking about higher rates. We have news for them. We are still sitting down at 2.56% on the 10 year and 2.91 on the 30 year.  Relax! That said, we…