Closing Brief

US equity indexes mostly closed on a weak note, SPX -14pts (0.3%) at 4360. Nasdaq comp’ -0.7%. Dow +0.2%. The Transports settled +0.05%. R2K -0.5%.

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Summary

closing hour action: choppy, leaning upward, but holding under first resistance of the hourly 10MA.

… and that concludes Thursday, which not surprisingly saw more red boxes than green. Clearly though… it was nothing particularly dramatic, as the bears can’t manage anything significant/sustained. Certain sectors though, not least energy, are having a really rough time, but its arguably just a retrace.


notable stock: AAPL

Whilst net lower… that is after yet another new historic high.

notable bond ETF: TLT

Jon Najarian noted $150 CALL buying. However, I do NOT see TLT breaking a new cycle high >$150.

notable fin: COIN

A fourth day lower, not helped via crypto. Gundlach sees a H/S in Bitcoin. Regardless… Coinbase is a fine company/service, but the valuation is ludicrous.

Here… it was a day of grey horror until 3pm EST. Have a good evening!

more later on the VIX and Indexes by 6pm EST