by Michael Markowski | May 16, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
The 10-year US Treasury note closed at 3.08%, its highest level since 2011 was the catalyst for today’s stock market sell-off. The strong close above 3.0%, the resistance level that the notes had been flirting with since April, is a clear signal that interest rates...
by Michael Markowski | May 3, 2018 | alerts, archive, Secular Bulls/Bears
Shark Tank shark Kevin O’Leary, an attendee at the Milken Institute’s conference in California this week provided a report to CNBC. The conference which is held annually is attended by politicians, the world’s captains of industry and most prestigious institutional...
by Michael Markowski | May 1, 2018 | alerts, archive, Secular Bulls/Bears, Tariffs
The probability is 50/50 that the announcers on CNBC and Bloomberg will be shouting “mayday!” on May 1, 2018. The first day of May is also known as May Day. The potential for a “mayday” alert on May Day 2018, is because the stock market has the potential to decline...
by Michael Markowski | Apr 27, 2018 | alerts, archive, Secular Bulls/Bears
Amazon reported its best quarterly earnings in its history for its first quarter ended March 31, 2018. Its share price spiked to $1638 on its open and to an all-time intraday high. The share price trended lower throughout the day and closed at $1572 which was just...
by Michael Markowski | Apr 23, 2018 | alerts, archive, Extra Cat, Secular Bulls/Bears
The share prices of three members of the Dow Jones 30 composite, IBM, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble performed cliff dives after announcing their first quarter 2018 earnings during the week ended April 20, 2018. Based on the performance the three...
by Michael Markowski | Apr 19, 2018 | alerts, Extra Cat, Secular Bulls/Bears
Since last Friday April 13th three of the USA’s largest banks including JP Morgan, Citigroup and Bank of America reported RECORD quarterly earnings. Separately, the USA’s two largest brokers reported their earnings for the first quarter of 2018. Morgan Stanley...