Opinion – Tuesday 22 February 2022

Despite both America and Canada closed for Bank Holiday’s it has been a wild 24 hours since yesterday’s Daily Commentary. Late Sunday night, there appeared to be a diplomatic path forward due to talk about a Biden-Putin summit but it very quickly became clear that was...

Opinion – Monday – 21 February 2022

Following another volatile trading session U.S. Equity Markets finished Friday’s trading session lower, led by the NASDAQ falling 1.14%, capping a miserable week for Technology Stocks. According to the Wall Street Journal ( WSJ), a Russian attack on Ukraine could be...

Opinion – Friday 18 – February 2022

Yesterday, was an ugly session for U.S. Equity Markets as the NASDAQ 100 led the decline with a loss of 3%. This move lower saw the VIX explode by 16%. The White House claimed Russia was not removing military units from the Ukraine border but instead had sent an...

Opinion – Thursday 17 February 2022

Following, another volatile trading session U.S. equity markets finished yesterday’s trading session basically unchanged after rebounding following the FOMC Minutes. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 Index rose above the key 200-Day technical level on hopes of...

Opinion – Wednesday 16 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets rebounded as tensions eased in the Ukraine, closing higher, led by the NDX ending yesterday’s session higher with a gain of 2.47%. Yesterday morning, Russia said military exercises near the border of Ukraine are ending. Russia’s Defense...

Opinion – Tuesday 15 February 2022

Following another volatile trading session U.S. Equity Markets finished the day lower led by the Dow closing with a small loss of 0.49%. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said the Federal Reserve needs to dial back its economic stimulus more aggressively, because...

Opinion – Monday 14 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets finished the week lower after getting hit hard in the last two hours of trading following strong rumours that Russia will invade Ukraine this week. Thursday’s inflation data and hawkish comments from St. Louis Fed President James Bullard remained...

Opinion – Friday 11 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets got hit hard yesterday following a volatile trading session led by the NASDAQ 100 closing lower by 2.33%. January’s Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) release was the driver Yesterday. January’s CPI jumped 7.5% year over year...

Opinion – Thursday 10 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets surged yesterday believing that all the bad news is now priced into the market. The NASDAQ 100 led the gains, closing higher by 2.10%, helping the VIX to close below 20 with a loss of 7%. The 100-day moving average (around 4,571) has been a...

Opinion – Wednesday 9 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets reversed earlier losses to close higher led by the NASDAQ 100’s gain of 1.21%. Just before the close, the S&P 500 Index hit the same resistance level (between 4,520 and 4,530) that caused the sharp sell-off into the close on Monday. Yesterday,...

Opinion – Tuesday 8 February 2022

U.S. Equity Markets finished yesterday’s session mixed as the Dow closed flat while the NASDAQ 100 fell 0.84% after a more subdued trading environment. Investors are in “wait and see” mode, with 83 S&P 500 companies reporting earnings this week and...

Opinion – Monday 7 February 2022

Following another volatile trading session, the NASDAQ 100 led U.S. Equity Markets higher with a gain of 1.33%. Amazon topped both earnings and revenue estimates, while its Amazon Web Services topped growth expectations. The company also announced that it would raise...

Opinion – Friday 4 February 2022

Awful earnings from Facebook saw the NASDAQ 100 lead U.S. Equity Markets lower yesterday, as the NDX closed in the red by a whopping 4.22%. However, much better earnings from Amazon after the close sees the NDX Futures trading higher by over 300 points as I go to...

Opinion – Thursday 3 February 2022

The S&P led U.S. Equity markets higher, after finishing with a positive gain for the fourth consecutive trading session. However, after the close, weaker than expected earnings from Facebook sees the NASDAQ 100 trading over 1.5% lower, dragging the S&P with...