Closing Brief

US equity indexes closed significantly higher, SPX +43pts (0.9%) at 5010. Nasdaq comp’ +1.1%. Dow +0.7%. The Transports settled +0.9%. R2K +1.1%

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Summary

closing hour action: a little cooling. S/t momentum rolled over, leaning net bearish for early Tuesday.

*awaiting earnings from CLF, NUE, SAP, CDNS, AGNC, AMP, GL, MEDP, PKG, ARE

… and that concludes a Monday. A mess of a morning, but a secondary wave upward washed out the weaker s/t bears.

Yours truly is -100ft down, in a large cavern of oil, weighed down by gold bars. I guess I’ll remain there until at least next Monday.


notable bond yield proxy: TNX

Yields a little higher.

notable bond ETF: TLT

Higher yields > lower bonds.
Bond bears structure is a bear flag.
More broadly… a test of 5.0% is clearly coming.

notable banking ETF: KRE

A second day of rather strong gains… despite higher yields. Momentum due to turn positive on Tuesday. The grander problem will be… when the US 10yr >5.00%.

notable stock: AXP

Bullish follow through, after last Friday’s good earnings.

Have a good evening

more later on the VIX and Indexes by 6pm EDT