26 July 2016

SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Earnings After the Bell, FOMC Tomorrow


Stocks traded on pretty decent volume today, despite the lack of tangible price action.

I suspect we were seeing a lot of positioning ahead of some of the big tech earnings results tonight, such as AAPL, as well as the FOMC decision on interest rates at 2 PM tomorrow.

Stocks seem fully valued here, and vulnerable to a reversal.

If the Fed does raise 25 bp it will most likely be benign to our sluggish real economy, but it might provide a jolt to the bubbles in financial assets which they have, once again, created.

Have a pleasant evening.





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25 July 2016

Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Option Expiry and FOMC


There will be a precious metals option expiration on the Comex tomorrow, and the FOMC will be making their rate decision known at 2 PM on Wednesday.

We will also be getting some additional Q2 GDP economic data on Friday.

There are some broader comments about current events in the SP 500 and NDX commentary below.

Have a pleasant evening.