Last week, I suggested that even though Fed Chair Powell voiced a balanced view of inflation, a voting bloc of hawks (Waller, Bostic, Barkin, and Bowman) on the FOMC may be a key obstacle to the market expectations of a June rate cut. Indeed, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic reiterated his view last week of...
Mid-week market update: The S&P 500 hasn't seen a 2% pullback since the rally off the November bottom, but is a deeper pullback starting? Stephen Suttmeier at BoA wrote that the index is testing an initial objective in the 5200s, with further upside in the 5600s. This would be an ideal spot for the market...
Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...
Sometimes being Fed Chair is a trying easy job. During the last post-FOMC press conference, Powell was given numerous opportunities to interpret the data in a hawkish fashion. Instead, he took a dovish tone. As one of many examples, Jenna Smialek of the New York Times asked if strengthening in the labour market would...
Mid-week market update: Since January, I have been saying that the stock market is extended and could pull back at any time. The latest conditions shows that the S&P 500 is consolidating sideways after pulling back from above its upper Bollinger Band. The stochastic has recycled from overbought to neutral, which is a tactical sell...
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