Investors Face a Hidden Bear Market as We Head Into Earnings Season
Bank earnings and CPI this week will offer clues on how the gap between AI and everything else closes.
Bank earnings and CPI this week will offer clues on how the gap between AI and everything else closes.
We added to one holding while our concern for higher energy prices starts to play out.
Biotech and other beaten-down groups bounced as the market heads into bank earnings.
At 9:34 AM:
Tech ($XLK) vs. Financials ($XLF)

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Position: None
Big banks like Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase slid on Tuesday as did financial services ETFs. Let’s see what’s going on.
Financials broke down on the flat yield curve while biotech caught the speculative bid.
Ahead of a big China meeting, and what could be a meeting with Iran’s leadership, let’s see why clouds appear to be parting over Wall St.
We didn’t expect the kind of market strength we saw on Thursday as yields and oil fell. The big question now: Can it keep up?
After the rate hike, here’s my forecast for Fed action — and my analysis of the Fed’s limits and what more hikes could mean for the economy.
At 1:47 PM:
$XLF

Financials

Position: None