Archive for the ‘Morning Briefing’ Category
Squawk Morning Briefing: The Most Slumberful Time
Markets did very little on Tuesday. We mentioned the trend toward low volume yesterday (historically this is typically the lowest volume week of the year). Sometimes we can see some erratic movements in low volume, but sometimes we also just see virtually no movement at all as we did yesterday. This […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Run Up to 2012
Christmas is now behind us, but volume is still likely to be light as we head toward the new year. We’re also not yet done with a mildly positive seasonal bias that extends into the early part of the new year. Without volume it will be hard to read too much into […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Happy Holidays
Markets will be closed on Monday so our next full update will be Tuesday morning. Even if we do get some movement today ahead of the long weekend, it will be suspect until it is confirmed next week. Our outlook is little changed today and updated in our videos. Have a […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Santa Coming?
We continue to see the possibility of an ongoing correction up from early October lows in U. S. equities. A Santa Claus rally could still be in the cards. However, nothing is decisive here and we continue to be patient as outlined in our recent video analyses as well as in today’s […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Direct to Video
Straight to video analysis today without further commentary…
Squawk Morning Briefing: Breaking the Bank
Much is being made of BAC breaking below $5.00. In fact we’ve been talking about the importance of this level in our chat room since the stock was at least 5% higher. The level is important because many funds are restricted in their ability to invest in stocks below this level. However, it is important […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Reindeer Games
Things can get a bit wild as we enter the end of the year and it can sometimes be difficult to game out all of the possible influences on markets. We could see tax related selling from those who want to lock in either gains or losses ahead of tax rates which may be […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Don’t Read Too Much into Today
Today marks quarterly expiration and it is unwise to read too much into anything that happens. Across all markets our views are mostly unchanged this morning. For many of them, that means there remains high uncertainty and we’re looking for clear evidence of a direction. Any evidence that arrives today after weeks […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Adjusting the Mix
Topping action is frequently more difficult to time than bottoming action. Bottoms are often sharp reversals while tops tend to roll and test before letting go. Each move up and down near a top shakes out bears and bulls, to adjust the mix of each. The market will wait to […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Decoupling
The pundits seem to all be embracing the idea of Euro “decoupling.” It is easy to see why: equities still struggle to push higher while the Euro isn’t to far above its January swing low. It is not uncommon for turns in markets to happen at different times and the wave structure in […]