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Squawk Morning Briefing: Top of Range
U. S. Equity indices remain near the top of a corrective range and appear to be losing momentum. However, any confirmation of a turn still requires some evidence of downward momentum. While there continue to be many reasons to suspect that the turn could be near (in terms of both price and time) we have […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Sentiment Contagion
The dominant view of analysts for 2012 states that the European continent will have economic difficulties and the common currency shared by many of its countries will also suffer. However, they further suggest that the U.S. will largely be insulated and that its markets will fare well.
The markets themselves beg to […]
Squawk DJIA Briefing for 1/11/2012
Below is our evening update for the DJIA. Tomorrow morning we will update the outlook for the other markets we cover.
New Trade Setup: March 2012 E-Mini S&P Futures
The model portfolio will sell short 2 contracts of March 2012 E-Mini S&P Futures at $1289.00. We have no advance notice of this trade, but it can be taken from lower prices. Our initial stop will be placed at $1,301.00. We will discuss the trade in more depth in an end-of-day update. […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Out of Time?
The overnight advance in equity index futures is moving up into target ranges and suggests that the cash indices will also be approaching targets. The patterns we’re watching in both the futures and cash markets are slightly different so definitely pay attention to the videos since they will address the question of what […]
Squawk DJIA Briefing for 1/10/2012
Below is our evening update for the DJIA. Tomorrow morning we will update the outlook for the other markets we cover.
Squawk Morning Briefing: Euro Bounce?
We’re still waiting for a confirmed turn in equity markets. At the same time, it looks like the Euro could be ripe for a counter-trend bounce before continuing to the downside. Full details are in today’s videos.
Squawk DJIA Briefing for 1/9/2012
Below is our evening update for the DJIA. Tomorrow morning we will update the outlook for the other markets we cover.
Portfolio Review for Week Ending 1/6/2012
We are comfortable with our open positions after our first week managing the model portfolio. Our position short sugar futures was opened on Thursday and the dramatic drop increases the likelihood that the commodity is resuming its downtrend. Taking out mid-December lows will further add to this potential. Thursday’s sharp decline […]
Squawk Morning Briefing: Looking Past Employment Numbers
The BLS labor report came out just as we were wrapping up to send out our briefing. The addition of 200,000 jobs topped estimates but fell short of the large jump reported by ADP on Thursday. An unemployment rate of 8.5% from the household survey added to the good news. It […]