Dow only declining three points, s p advancing 1. 6 i totally understand why when employment, the primary indicator of economic strength, is at its best level in four decades. But so many other indicators are slipping, everything from housing to autos, retail sales and oil. In fact, someone asked me what i thought of the market last night after a Live Audience show i ended up saying i dont know if there is a market to care about now. Theres just pronounced sectors and rotations into and out of them that happen at the flick of a switch this week the Health Care Sector ral yesterday. Everything else took a dive. As well as some fabulous action in technology. Still, the debate over the economy will rage, because the fed is in tightening mode, trying to get back to normal rate keeping thats fine if youre looking at employment numbers but not so hot if youre looking at anything else maybe we need a little life support, which is why we start on monday with the durable goods orders if we get
Here is what is so difficult to fathom about this market. Everything weve learned in the last decade is worthless. Every relationship, every alga rhythm, none of it works anymore. Not only that, even the old paradigms from previous decades are worthless. With stood the test of time of going gonzo and were baffled, especially on bullish days like today where the dow gained 92 and nasdaq 3. 2 . Its almost as if we have a whole new environment that doesnt jive with the reality of the old days and therefore seems to be nonsensical and its positive animal spirited nature. I say thats plain wrong, people. This market is fathomable but right before our own eyes, we are undoing a ton of what weve learned. Because were simply on a journey to a different arguably better place. Let me give you the road map of everything we have to unlearn and perhaps that will help us see how stocks can keep hitting what seemed like unbelievable new highs but id say our rational exuberant. When the Federal Reserv
Street. Stocks plunged, the market turned icy at least for a day. Dow and s p 500 had the worst day since the brexit vote aftermath at the end of june. The reason today, a fed official hinted an Interest Rate hike is not far off. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. It suggests the Federal Reserve thinks the economy is getting Strong Enough to shrug off a rate increase, but it did spook investors who have become accustomed to easy money policies and spooked them doubly because the fed official that spoke is normally in the easy money camp. Here are closing numbers for a bruising friday. Dowjones industrial average tumbled 394 points to 18,085. All of the major indexes fell more than 2 for the week. Biggest weekly drop for the dow since first week of the year. Reporter it is about time. By summer dole drum standards, its a lopg period of volatility. It was two months ago. The feds Eric Rosengren reminded everyone markets arent positioned for a rate hike in september and he made a case it
Street. Stocks plunged, the market turned icy at least for a day. Dow and s p 500 had the worst day since the brexit vote aftermath at the end of june. The reason today, a fed official hinted an Interest Rate hike is not far off. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. It suggests the Federal Reserve thinks the economy is getting Strong Enough to shrug off a rate increase, but it did spook investors who have become accustomed to easy money policies and spooked them doubly because the fed official that spoke is normally in the easy money camp. Here are closing numbers for a bruising friday. Dowjones industrial average tumbled 394 points to 18,085. All of the major indexes fell more than 2 for the week. Biggest weekly drop for the dow since first week of the year. Reporter it is about time. By summer dole drum standards, its a lopg period of volatility. It was two months ago. The feds Eric Rosengren reminded everyone markets arent positioned for a rate hike in september and he made a case it
Street. Stocks plunged, the market turned icy at least for a day. Dow and s p 500 had the worst day since the brexit vote aftermath at the end of june. The reason today, a fed official hinted an Interest Rate hike is not far off. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. It suggests the Federal Reserve thinks the economy is getting Strong Enough to shrug off a rate increase, but it did spook investors who have become accustomed to easy money policies and spooked them doubly because the fed official that spoke is normally in the easy money camp. Here are closing numbers for a bruising friday. Dowjones industrial average tumbled 394 points to 18,085. All of the major indexes fell more than 2 for the week. Biggest weekly drop for the dow since first week of the year. Reporter it is about time. By summer dole drum standards, its a lopg period of volatility. It was two months ago. The feds Eric Rosengren reminded everyone markets arent positioned for a rate hike in september and he made a case it