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Fed Chair Powell today presented his semi-annual testimony before the House Financial Services Committee. Mr. Powell will appear Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee and repeat his prepared testimony, although he will answer different questions from panel members. Mr. Powell’s prepared statement today was in line with his comments last...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.43%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.18%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.08%. U.S. stocks are lower today after Fed Chair Powell,...

Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are down -0.22%, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are down -0.37%. U.S. stock index futures are mildly lower as the market remains cautious ahead of Fed Chair Powell’s semi-annual testimony later this morning before the House...

Time to get philosophical about the outlook for the market with the help of Occam’s Razor. This tool tells us to assume that the simplest explanation is the most likely. Now lets apply that to recent Fed statements for what that tells us about the next move for the stock…

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed down -0.47%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.72%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IU XX) (QQQ ) closed down -0.09%. U.S. stocks fell back Tuesday on negative carryover from...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.77%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.88%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.73%. U.S. stocks this morning are moderately lower. U.S. stocks...

Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are down -0.33%, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are down -0.28%. U.S. stock index futures this morning are moderately lower. Negative carry-over from a decline in Chinese stocks is weighing on U.S. stock index futures on...

The “seeming” post Fed meeting rally for the S&P 500 is head scratcher for sure. That’s because as we dig below the surface, the overall market has not really rallied…just the usual suspects in the mega cap space. As you dissect the Fed statements there is a great divide in…

The US Federal Reserve broke its string of 10 consecutive interest rate hikes Wednesday. But it was what was said in the announcement that seemed to have makes attention through the close.

U.S. price pressures slowed in May, supporting the case for the FOMC today to pause their rate-hike campaign. The federal funds futures market is discounting only a 10% chance of a +25 bp FOMC rate hike today. The U.S. May CPI eased to +4.0% y/y from +4.9% y/y in Apr,...

The rally for the S&P 500 (SPY) shows the bulls are clearly in charge. However, the 6/14 Fed announcement is a major test of bullish conviction. That is why 43 year investment veteran, Steve Reitmeister, wants to share the 3 possible direction for stocks after this vital announcement comes out.…