The S&P 500 index attempts to retrace the decline from the start of the month even as the Federal Reserve shows a greater willingness to normalize monetary policy at a faster pace, but fresh data prints coming out of the US may drag on equity prices as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to increase for the seventh consecutive month. The daily chart is located near and above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart by the ...
The improvement in risk appetite may keep the S&P 500 index afloat over the coming days as the Federal Reserve appears to be in no rush to winddown its balance sheet. more...
US 500: Retail trader data shows 30.6% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 2.26 to 1. In fact, traders have remained net-short since Jan 07 when US 500 traded near 2527.99; price has moved 7.1% higher since then. The number of traders net-long is 9.0% lower than yesterday and 4.8% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 0.6% lower than yesterday and 3.3% higher from last week. We typically ...
Investors should remain cautious; longer-term interest rates have refused to rise in the face of rising stock prices. more...
In the U.S., market participants focus the majority of their attention on three indices – S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq 100. These indices are of course highly correlated to one another as they track companies impacted by the same business cycle and other important macroeconomic factors. Additionally, there is some cross-over in the stocks that are included in the ‘big three’. For example, the technology giant Apple Inc. (AAPL) is a constituent included in all ...
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