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We do not have to be long-winded this weekend. Major indices moved out of a 9 week range. There has hardly been a down day of import since the election. Financials held the 50 day. Still need to move out again. That has not happened yet. Metals/mining look ready for another leg up as steel,…

Stocks rallied on Thursday after Trump promised a “big league” tax announcement. The market has been looking forward to hearing Trump’s tax plan because that is expected to be a big boost to the economy. Economic data was quiet. Weekly jobless claims slid by 12,000 to 234,000, which was lower than the Street’s estimate for 250,000. Separately,…

Stocks closed mixed on Wednesday as  metals rallied.  Investors are looking forward to Trump’s pro-growth policies such as cutting taxes, deregulation and government spending…but nothing happening just yet. Gary’s Thoughts: Short and succinct:  The S&P 500 hasn’t had a 1% intraday move since Dec 14…the longest period of intraday nothingness in history. Major indices in…

Market Update: Stock futures are up just a wee bit before Thursday’s open as investors continue to digest a slew of earnings. Gary’s Thoughts: Earnings have been just ok…nothing special but market still depending on tax cuts and regulation cuts. So far…nothing doing. Indices in the 9th week of the tightest range we have seen…

Stocks ended slightly lower on Monday as investors digested the latest round of earnings. Energy stocks weighed on the market as crude oil fell. So far, over half of the S&P 500 companies have reported fourth-quarter results, and about two-thirds of them beat Wall Street expectations, according to Thomson Reuters. Furthermore, the long earnings recession…

“WORRIED OVER TAX POLICY!” By Gary Kaltbaum- February 7,2017 Immigration…regulations…supreme court…trade policy…Iran…Russia…moratorium on travel…the wall…infrastructure…sanctuary cities…protests…the opposing party…your own party…so much to deal with but: When will the new president enact his promised tax policies? When will he have the time? It seems to us tax policy may have just hit the back burner and…

Market Update: Stock futures are up before Tuesday’s open as investors continue to digest a slew of earnings. Gary’s Thoughts: Seeing some juice in some glamour tech/internet here. Notwithstanding poor reaction to AMZN and GOOG, seeing decent set-ups.   Economic Calendar: International Trade 8:30 AM ET Gallup US ECI 8:30 AM ET Redbook 8:55 AM ET…

We will make a bigger point in a second but first:   For the most part, major indices remain in the 8th week of tight action…in the neighborhood of 2% up or down. There was a failed break to the upside and a failed break to the downside. But overall, there is not a lot…

Market Update: Stock futures are quiet before Friday’s open as investors digest a busy week of Central Banks, Earnings and the always fun jobs report. Gary’s Thoughts: NDX futures down because of Amazon down $35 but everything else a wee bit. Financials reacting to Trump saying they are immediately doing something about financial regulations. Financials…