Tue January 30

GOOGL and MSFT look attractive on weakness into Wednesday

“_Magnificent 7” was a term invented by BofA analysts to describe some of the largest percentage weightings among large-cap Technology stocks that make up SPX and QQQ, largely found in...

Tue January 23

Are the Defensives coming back to life?

SPX AND QQQ AT NEW ALL-TIME HIGH TERRITORY HAS NOT YET BEEN FOLLOWED BY SIMILAR MOVEMENT FROM RUSSELL 3K, VALUE LINE AVERAGE, AND DJ TRANSPORTATION AVG, AND THIS DIVERGENCE WILL...

Mon January 22

NVDA, MSFT outperformance will hopefully start to broaden out

SPX AND QQQ AT NEW ALL-TIME HIGH TERRITORY HAS CAUSED SOME CONCERN TO THOSE WHO STUDY HOW MUCH TECHNOLOGY HAS DOMINATED IN RECENT WEEKS TO THE DETRIMENT OF MANY OTHER...

Fri January 5

FSI Sector Allocation - January 2024 Update

Please CLICK HERE to download the January sector allocation report in PDF format. Welcome to 2024. First and foremost, I hope everyone had a delightful holiday season. Since the release...

Wed October 25, 2023

What’s needed to think a Market Low could be imminent, or is in place

BREAKDOWN IN SPX AND QQQ HAVE POSTPONED AN IMMEDIATE TECH-LED REBOUND, BUT EVEN AFTER WEDNESDAY’S WEAKNESS THE NEAR-TERM SELLOFF LIKELY DOES NOT HAVE MORE THAN 2-3 DAYS BEFORE FINDING AN...

Tue October 24, 2023

Tech remains quite strong vs. SPX despite some mixed results

QQQ, DJIA AND SPX ARE RIGHT AT OCTOBER LOWS, AND SHOULD ATTEMPT TO MAKE A STAND THIS WEEK.  HOWEVER, THIS LIKELY DOES DEPEND ON STELLAR TECHNOLOGY EARNINGS ALONG WITH A...

Mon October 23, 2023

Can Large-Cap Technology earnings save the Stock market?

QQQ, DJIA AND SPX ARE RIGHT AT OCTOBER LOWS, AND SHOULD ATTEMPT TO MAKE A STAND THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE.  HOWEVER, THIS LIKELY DOES DEPEND ON A LARGER ROLLING OVER...

Mon October 23, 2023

Uncertainty dominates macro headlines, sidelining investors. 162 S&P 500 report this week, biggest week of 3Q23 season.

We discuss: There are widening uncertainties around Israel-Gaza, Washington, rates and EPS season.  This explains why investors are sidelined but we need to be mindful that markets bottom on bad...

Thu October 12, 2023

Big Data, Big World

“There were 5 exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every two days.” ~ Eric Schmidt, former CEO of...

Thu October 12, 2023

“Backing and Filling” has begun following first runup off Oct lows

US EQUITY MARKETS TECHNICALLY LOOK TO HAVE BOTTOMED AND ARE SLOWLY PROGRESSING OFF EARLY OCTOBER LOWS.  BOTH US DOLLAR ALONG WITH TREASURY YIELDS HAVE BACKED OFF IN RECENT DAYS FOLLOWING...

Wed October 11, 2023

Fed-speak unwinding hawkish ripples since Sept FOMC. Adding case for a downturn in yields = P/E expansion ahead = supports YE rally

We discuss: how 10-yr yields are running out of reasons to rise at a time when Fed-speak has distinctively turned dovish.  And P/E multiples for stocks are just not that...

Mon October 2, 2023

Large-Cap Technology resilience helping US Equity market

US EQUITY MARKETS ARE LIKELY IN A BOTTOMING PROCESS, AND I FEEL THAT TIME-WISE, LOWS COULD LIKELY BE IN PLACE SOMETIME THIS WEEK.  ONE CAN’T RULE OUT A RETEST OF...