For large parts of the past two years, inflation has been a major concern for millions of Americans, as the significant increase in prices for many day-to-day purchases has eaten away at their buying power. Not only has inflation neutralized any pay in…
One of the main drivers of the “Great Resignation” that saw more than 50 million Americans quit their job in 2022 was the fact that labor was in short supply, resulting in higher wages being offered by employers who struggled to fill open positions. Sw…
Happy Friday the 13th! I am out and about in Paris this morning, so I will just start with this brief observation. The hourly chart of the ES 24-hour s&p futures looks like a top pattern. An hourly close below 4433 would negate the implications of …
The very short term trends remain bullish, but the shakeouts and individual breakdowns make it difficult for the longs to stay long. And give the bears hope. Both give the market fuel to go higher late in the day.
From the standpoint of the hourly…
The conventional measured move target on the base breakout of the ES 24 hour futures is at least 4450. However, the hourly cycle indicators are extended both on an hourly and two hour bar basis. So a pullback or consolidation is likely before the adva…
Each year, companies spend billions on innovation. Here’s how much the top 10 Nasdaq companies by market cap allocate to R&D investment.
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Despite inflation coming down notably from its 2022 highs in recent months thanks to gradual easing of supply chain disruptions and declining commodity prices, the International Monetary Fund doesn’t expect consumer price increases to come down to the …
PPI Ex Food Energy and Trade Services YoY in the United States increased to 3 percent in August from 2.90 percent in July of 2023. PPI Ex Food Energy and Trade Services YoY in the United States averaged 2.59 percent from 2014 until 2023, reaching an al…
Over the past couple of weeks I have been calling the pattern forming on the chart of the S&P 500 and the ES 24 hour futures for that esteemed index, as The Big Low. First On the Lookout for Big Low, and this past weekend, The Big Low. That “Big L…