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As the dust settles from the FOMC decision last Wednesday to skip or pause rate hikes, the focus will continue to be on central bankers and policy decisions throughout the holiday-shortened week. We’ll hear from the Fed Chair himself Wednesday and Thursday as Jerome Powell is scheduled to...

S&P 500 futures have gained about 7.5% in only 15 trading days as of yesterday’s close, and the contract today is on pace for its seventh green candle in a row. The sharp push to the upside has likely confounded bearish traders, and there is little relief in sight for this crowd from a...

(Friday market open) The S&P 500® Index (SPX) is on a six-day winning streak following another surge yesterday amid growing investor optimism that interest rates might be close to peaking.  Thursday’s meteoric rally sent major indexes to fresh 14-month highs, and...

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has enjoyed a nearly 42% jump since its last earnings event in May as of yesterday’s close, running along with the surging broader semiconductor market as AI continues to captivate the minds of investors. The chipmaker received two price target boosts this...

(Thursday market open) The relentless rally took a breather this morning following the Federal Reserve’s “hawkish pause.” Treasury yields rose, putting pressure on the red-hot info tech sector in premarket trading. The main takeaway from Wednesday’s Federal Open...

(Wednesday market open) For the first time in well over a year, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is widely expected to end its meeting today without raising interest rates. Stocks entered a new bull market last week and traded at nearly 14-month highs yesterday after new...

As the market continues to change hands in favor of the bulls, the tech titans (which were already having a stellar year) have continued to rip higher. Companies seen as a strong play into generative AI have witnessed massive favoritism, like Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), Nvidia (NASDAQ:...

(Tuesday market open) U.S. consumer inflation continued easing in May, calming interest rate fears on Wall Street—at least for the moment. Stock futures were mostly higher early Tuesday after the government said the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4% on an annual basis, the...

(Monday market open) After a rare quiet week of subdued and range-bound trading on Wall Street, the flood of data and central bank meetings begins tomorrow and has markets on edge. Investors will know more by Friday about the Federal Reserve’s outlook for the economy, inflation, and...

(Friday market open) After a dry-as-dust data calendar the last few days, next week offers a data deluge which, along with a Federal Reserve meeting, could possibly shake the market out of its recent torpor. Yesterday actually showed some zip as the S&P 500® Index (SPX)...

The equity market continues to make incremental gains with the S&P 500 testing the 4,300 level established back in August of last year. The focus of most investors has shifted away from the recent fiscal debt ceiling political theatrics and back to the fundamentals of interest rates, the...

(Thursday market open) Smoke isn’t the only thing blowing in from Canada this week. A rate hike north of the border raised concerns on Wall Street, but by and large the market still seems confident of a Federal Reserve rate pause next Wednesday. The small-cap focused Russell 2000...

Over the last 3 trading sessions the market has experienced a healthy rotation from some of the outperforming sectors like Information Technology and Semiconductors, to their less flashy counterparts like Energy, Industrials, and Financials. But this rotation is not just sector based, it also...