The Fed, the Rotation, and Why IBD Is at Minimum Exposure
As the Fed decision sets up for a strong reaction, here’s what to watch. Plus, why IBD is at minimal market exposure while the Dow rallies.
A Real KO!
Coca-Cola ($KO) beat earnings per share expectations by $0.04, beat revenue expectations and raised its fiscal 2026 organic revenue growth and comparable EPS growth guidance.
Not surprisingly, I expect a positive market response to the release, which should have a collaterol benefit to PepsiCo ($PEP).
Here is the complete release. Coca-Cola Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results and Raises Full Year Guidance :: The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
Positions: KO VS PEP S
Earnings Heat Up Amid Conflicting US-Iran Comments: 8 Key Items Shaping the Stock Market Tuesday
Corning drops, JPMorgan’s buy signal, Boeing’s results and other headlines moving stocks this morning.
The Calm Before the Storm
Lull in fighting between U.S. and Iran to be followed by big earnings by Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and an economic data deluge. Also, a defense shortage?
Weekly Roundup: When Earnings, Rates, and Oil Collide
We closed out a profitable position, added to two others, and adjusted several price targets. Here’s what we’re watching next.
Weekly Roundup: Chip Rout Tests the Market, but Here’s How We Aim to Capitalize
We raised a few price targets, added to three holdings, and locked in big gains in another.
Leveraged ETFs Hike Market Volatility: 8 Key Items Shaping the Stock Market Friday
China’s Mooshot AI model, Coca-Cola hacked, Netflix, and other headlines moving stocks this morning.
Key Observation (Part Deux)
Breadth mixed (but sector divergences are wild), trading inconsistent and swinging wildly intraday:
* Despite the evisceration of tech yesterday, there are few tech stocks higher on the day — Google ($GOOGL) (DJIA inclusion), Amazon ($AMZN), Apple ($AAPL)
League leading hitter, Nvidia ($NVDA), has cracked to the downside some fractal support
* Hard reversal lower in financial stocks
* Carnage in the oil patch ($OIH -$13) with oil -$2.65
* Consumer staples are the world’s fair ($KO, $PEP, $PG and $KMB)
* Private equity shares are breaking down (after more redemptions and gates)
* Bitcoin breaks $60k to the downside (remember this was one of the possible catalysts I mentioned to a disrupted market filled with leveraged players)
* Speculative faves $PLTR (don’t investors ever learn?) and $HOOD are breaking down
Position: Long KO (S), PEP (S), PG (S), KMB (S)
Things I Did Today
Here are today’s things:
* Added aggressively (again) to cannabis: $VRNOD at $5.35, $GLASF at $11.80, $GTBIF at $7.12, $TRLV at $8.06 and $MSOS at $4.43.
* Shorted more $JOET at $45.33.
* Repurchased consumer staples: $KMB at $105.15, $KO at $81.01, $PG at $151.37 and $PEP at $142.01.
Position: Long MSOS (L), GLASF (S), GTBIF (S), TRLV (S), KMB (S), KO (S), PG (S), PEP (S), VRNOD (S/M); Short JOET (S)
Oil Prices Continue to Fall: 8 Key Items Shaping the Stock Market Monday
Coke and the IRS, Google flexes its balance sheet, and other headlines are moving stocks this morning.