Archive for the ‘Morning Briefing’ Category
Squawk Morning Briefing: Will bears make a stand?
Early futures trading to start off 2012 suggests that the DJIA is like to open above the important 13,171 treeline. This takes it into some of the possible zones we have been looking at for a completed correction, but only if the index follows the path suggested in the videos. The situation looks […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: The Battle of The New Year
As 2012 wraps up we have a battle shaping up: the battle between low liquidity holiday disinterest and the pressing matter of the fiscal cliff. As we point out again today in our DJIA video, the index has still failed to reach confirmation that would dramatically increase our confidence that a downturn has begun. […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Bearish Case Building
Thursday’s trade was a great example of what can happen in a news-driven market during light-volume holiday trading. It can certainly make the short-term swings tough to hold onto. It can also make analysis of the short-term wave count more difficult. But in the bigger picture, we still know what we need […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Santa Claus Rally?
The first two days of the traditional Santa Claus rally period, haven’t brought the traditional bullish enthusiasm. Instead, we’ve seen two down days. Nevertheless, the selling hasn’t been too intense and Wednesday’s trade was able to climb up off the lows. That allows for the possibility that we may have seen the […]
Squawk Morning Briefing for 12/26/2012
A holiday shortened session on Monday offered little reason to alter outlook. Equity markets continued down but the action wasn’t sufficient to make any further progress in generating confirmation that a high might be in. In the DJIA, coming below the FibGrid treeline is helpful to the bearish case, but as we’ve stated […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: A Safe and Happy Holiday
Markets will be closed for a day and a half for the Christmas holiday and even those of us who never seem to leave our screens will be able to look forward to spending time with family and friends. We hope everyone remains safe and enjoys the holiday.
Squawk Morning Briefing: Volatility Cocktail
With the anticipation that today might be the kind of trading day which induces one to drink we present our recipe for volatility cocktail. This delight only works with the freshest expiring options so only serve while in season.
Ingredients:
Zest of political competition
2 dashes partisan bitters
1 cube sweet optimism
Jigger stock index futures
Jigger index options
Jigger Stock and […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Speculators, Manipulators, and Capitulators
This is one of the most difficult times of year to assess and trade market moves. The reason is that many of the moves aren’t natural; securities are often bought for reasons other than someone wanting to own them and sold for reasons other than someone no longer wanting to own them.
If the past […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: No Confirmation
Moves that appeared as if they might be nearing an end yesterday failed to take out important levels and instead continued in the direction of their short-term trend. Once again this reminds us that we can’t count on any change in trend without confirmation. Updated scenarios are in today’s videos.
Squawk Morning Briefing: Euro Possibilities
The Euro is struggling near the snowline at 1.3180. We have identified this as a possible area to end its move. Today’s video looks at the sort of action we would need to see in order to begin to establish some confidence that a change in trend might be starting.