Michael Kramer's Comment & Analysis
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It was an ugly day in the stock market, with the S&P 500 finishing down about 40 bps, despite Meta (NASDAQ:META) jumping more than 11% and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) gaining around 4%. The...
Stocks declined on Wednesday after the Fed held rates steady, with Jay Powell signaling during the press conference that he’s comfortable waiting for additional data before considering any cuts. The...
Stocks finished mostly lower yesterday, with the equal-weight Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF (NYSE:RSP) down about 60 bps, while the market-cap-weighted index closed flat. Monday kicked off...
A busy week is coming up with several significant market-moving events. Any one of these events individually could shake things up, but in this case, there’s at least one event every day.
On Monday,...
Stocks surged to record highs after Alphabet’s earnings underscored strong demand for AI. With both Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) reporting this week, the 1-month implied...
The S&P 500 moved higher again yesterday and remains in an unusually peculiar position. The 10-day realized volatility increased to 5.4% after briefly dipping to 4.5% around midday, while the...
The equity market remains in a holding pattern, while interest rates continue to decline this week. The 10-year rate fell another three basis points yesterday, following yesterday’s decline of 4...
The Japanese Yen was stronger yesterday, although it’s unclear whether this was due to positioning around the election or the closing out of hedges. Today’s trading should provide a better insight...
Japan’s ruling coalition suffered significant losses in its upper house, and that may not bode well for USD/JPY or JGBs. Both the yen and JGBs were under pressure leading up to this weekend’s...
It was another low-volume day of trading on the S&P 500 futures, with fewer than 1 million contracts traded. The positive, of course, is that the index remains above the 10-day exponential moving...