Archive for category: Research Reports

Another record closing week for the major indices, with all 3 achieving new all-time highs. Additionally, the S&P 500...

In the week that was, the S&P 500 (SPX) found itself another leg higher, capturing new record-level highs and...

A quick review from some of our notes in the prior weekly Research Report before we get started, if...

Coming into the trading week, binary risks were looming amidst a rather strong June rally.  With the FOMC standing...

I think the best way to describe the past trading week would be by using the word “funky”. NO,...

Welcome to this week’s State of the Markets with Wayne Nelson and Seth Golden. In this week’s SOTM we...

Ahead of the opening bell on Friday, June 14, 2019, retail sales and industrial production data will be released....

Despite the constant news flow and tweets discussing tariffs on Mexican imports, the S&P 500 (SPX) and peer indices...

There are now at least 4 key ingredients drawing upon investor fears and which have resulted in a May,...

In the past trading week, investors/traders were once again at the mercy of trade headlines. It was only 2...

The fears of profound losses to the equity markets in the event that tariffs have been increased were overblown…...

Well, that was much to do about nothing given the anticipation that came ahead of the trading week.  When...

Good morning fellow investors. This week’s Research Report will hit with greater brevity than you’ve seen with many of...

1Q 2019 Market Letter The bull market that began in early March 2009 passed its 10th birthday last month,...

For the S&P 500 (SPX) it proved to be the week that investors went to sleep, as the benchmark...

One of the issues with suggesting that the S&P 500 (SPX) over reacted to a growth slowdown in Q4...

Did anything change during the trading week to reinforce our bullish outlook on both the economy and equity market...

After a lackluster week for equities in the middle of the month and heading into the end of the...

There are two more trading weeks remaining in the Q1 2019 period. The S&P 500 (SPX) is up some...

Coming into the trading week, most every index and index ETF was expressing overbought conditions. With all the major...

Leading up to the Friday trading session, the markets appeared to be expressing exhaustion and have been with overbought...

Volatility Review  19 February 2019 Equity Derivatives Strategy Bram Kaplan, CFA AC, Marko Kolanovic, PhD  Positioning update, RTY and...

It’s not often that such a market rally, now nearly 2 months in the making, can frighten investors, but...