Institutional money has been hiding in the old heavily weighted mega cap tech names, and that is propping up the Nasdaq Composite relative to the other indexes. However, when you look under the hood you see that only 20% of Nasdaq stocks are above their 50-day moving average lines and only 29% are above the 200-day, which tells you that participation is still thin. Before getting aggressive in this market, I'm looking for better action from breakout names and broader participation outside the old leaders.
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It was Bill O'Neil's birthday a few days ago. I was traveling and missed the opportunity, so here is a belated happy ๐ birthday. The pic is of Bill and I from more than 30 years ago when he inspired me to trade like a champion ๐. Bill is a legend, and I owe a degree of my success to the fact that he was alive walking the earth. Thank you, Bill, for inspiring me and millions of others worldwide.
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4 decades ago - when I first started trading - I went 6 years without making a dime trading, and never once did I seriously entertain the thought of quitting OR changing strategy. I made an unconditional commitment to being the best I could be and mastering one approach.
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Make no mistake, the Fed is closely monitoring the impact of the banking crisis and its associated ripple effects. The Fed noted that this crisis is equivalent to a tightening of monetary policy. If history is any guide, the Fed's rate trajectory has been tempered.
This week the FOMC delivered what the market expected โ a 25 bp rate hike however, Fed Chair Powell said the market is getting it wrong when it prices in rate cuts later this year. The Fed is determined to bring inflation under control and likely drag the economy into recession.
The dot plot showed that only one participant thought rates should stay where they are, ten thought they should go 25 bp higher, and seven wanted even more than that! Thatโs on top of the expected tightening of credit conditions, which Powell guessed could add another 25 bp of tightening.
RT @biblewords3: RT @AlissaCoram: We also got a note from @markminervini that I read to our audience on #IBDLive this morning. Here's part of it. Subscribers can read the full note in today's Q&A recap. Thanks Mark, and can't wait to have you on the showโฆ