Chris Ciovacco

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• Bears' Worst Nightmare - No Tapering In September

  Published 22 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Tapering Is Base Case, But... The Fed's tea leaves still infer the base case is some form of tapering to their bond buying campaign in…

• Fed Creating Print-Push Demand For Stocks

  Published 19 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Don't Fight The Fed What exactly does the expression don't fight the Fed mean? The Fed wants to drive asset prices higher (stocks, housing, &…

• Is Good News Now Good News On Fed Front?

  Published 18 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Improving Economy The good news is good news scenario is one where the markets focus on an improving economy. The good news is bad news…

• Game Plan Post Fed Testimony

  Published 17 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In an environment where financial markets are probably more dependent on the action of central banks than at any point in our lifetimes, the markets…

• Will Rising Inflation Renew Tapering Debate?

  Published 16 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Higher Than Expected The if/when associated with the Fed's plan to taper its bond purchases got a "sooner rather than later" economic data point Tuesday.…

• Tapering Bets Could Backfire For Stock Bears

  Published 15 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Dual Mandate Says No Major Changes Coming In 1977, Congress amended The Federal Reserve Act, stating the monetary policy objectives of the Federal Reserve are…

• Market Has Rebuilt Bullish Base

  Published 10 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Reaction to Fed Minutes Sometime between late Wednesday and mid-day Thursday, we should get a read on the market's true reaction to the minutes from…

• Can Earnings Push SP Above Key Levels?

  Published 09 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  With stocks posting gains Monday and early in Tuesday's trading, it appears as if investors are taking the glass half full approach to earnings season.…

• Can Stocks Retain Leadership With Tepid Earnings Growth?

  Published 08 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Publicly-traded companies and analysts from Wall Street's biggest wire houses are experts at setting low expectations and then exceeding them. From Bloomberg: Overall, analysts expect…

• Stock Bulls Face Key Tests This Week

  Published 01 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Stocks rallied to kick-off the holiday-shortened week on better than expected economic news. From Bloomberg: The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index increased to…

• Too Many Bearish Flags To Ignore

  Published 24 June 2013 | viewed 0 times

  1994: Not A Good Time For Investors As we noted on May 31, bad things tend to happen when interest rates spike as they did…

• Navigating A Fed-Dependent Market

  Published 17 June 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Experienced traders and investors respect and understand the concept of "Don't fight the Fed". The basic rationale behind the expression is that when the Fed…

• Is A Fed Tapering Correction Around Corner?

  Published 10 June 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The next formal policy statement from the Federal Reserve could prove to be unfriendly to the current stock rally. Based on history, it is reasonable…

• Economic and Fed Confusion Reign In Markets

  Published 03 June 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The market currently has a mixed profile; the bears have control of the daily trend, but the bulls have not given up the weekly trend.…

• 1994 Scenario: Market's Worst Nightmare

  Published 31 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Spike in Rates Could Spook Stocks In recent weeks, interest rates have moved significantly higher. Rising interest rates are typically a good sign for the…

• Dilemmas: Stocks or Bonds, Long or Short?

  Published 28 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  All Investing Involves Opportunity Costs According to Wikipedia, the opportunity cost of a choice is "the value of the best alternative forgone, in a situation…

• Will Wednesday's Fed Minutes Spark Sell-Off?

  Published 20 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Since the S&P 500 made an intraday low of 1,536 on April 18, the widely-followed stock index has tacked on 130 points and the markets…

• Stocks Could Continue Surprising Ascent

  Published 13 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Stocks Break Above Twelve Year Base The market's recent shift back into economically sensitive assets tells us stocks could continue their surprising march higher despite…

• Markets Forecasted Favorable Employment Report

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  It is an understatement of grand proportions to say the financial markets are complex and have a lot of moving parts. Therefore, looking at what…

• Reaction to Central Banks of Uppermost Importance

  Published 30 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Trends Improve After Recent Stumble For most of us that work on Wall Street, it is fair to say the financial markets are more dependent…