Phil's Stock World

LATEST ARTICLES ( 7465 )

• Toppy Tuesday – Hedging Ahead of the Fed

  

  What a market! I know it's hard to talk about hedging when the market is doing so well but that's the lesson of Joseph and the Pharoh from the Bible – you have... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Monday Market Movement – All Quiet Ahead of the Fed Meeting

  

  Fed meeting Wednesday. Until then, nothing is likely to happen and, after that, anything can happen. There are currently rumors that the Fed may begin to gear... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Friday Fantasy – Infrastructure Paired Back to $1.2Tn with No Tax Hikes

  

  While Biden's away. A bipartisan group of 10 Senators have agreed to $579Bn in additional spending (from the Republican's first offer) over 8 years and, rather... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Inflationary Thursday – CPI Keeps Going Up

  

  What inflation? That's what the Fed says when confronted with the facts, which showed the CPI over 4% last month and that number is a drastically low estimate o... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Wednesday Ruling – Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) Ordered to Cut Emissions by 45%

  

  This is interesting. RDS.A has been ordered by a Dutch Court (home country) to cut emissions by 45% by 2030 – just 8.5 years from now. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Triple-Toppy Tuesday – Nasdaq Heads Back to 14,000, Oil Shorts Gain $4,000

  

  Wheee, this is fun! We've been shorting Oil (/CL) Futures at the $69.50 line since last week and we featured that play during last week's Live Trading Webinar. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Monday Market Momentum – Still Heading Higher

  

  Up and up we go! Efforts are, of course, being made, to end the quarter on a good note but it's only June 7th, so three more weeks of this ahead. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Non-Farm Friday – Is America Working?

  559,000 Jobs. That's what we added in the merry month of May and it's a bit less than the 675,000 expected but still some pretty healthy growth so we can... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Fallback Thursday – Volatility Picks up Ahead of Payrolls

  

  We're slipping a bit. With global equities locked in a tight range for the past month, investors are on the lookout for any signs that central banks may start t... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Which Way Wednesday – 4,200 Again Edition

  

  How do we keep ending back at the same spot? Is it a good sign or a bad sign to revisit 4,200 on the S P 500, over and over again? Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Terrific Tuesday – Jumping Higher in June

  

  We're flying higher this morning. Not for any particular reason other than the post-holiday volume is very low and it's easy to manipulate the market so why... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Fabulous Friday – Biden Throws Another $6Tn onto the Fire

  It's not about the money… It's about sending a message. And the message is: MORE FREE MONEY!!! That's right, if you liked stimulus and even more stimulus, you'r... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• GDPhursday – Dollar Dead-Cat Bounce Drops Commodities

  

  Only down 5% (since April). The Dollar may have found a floor but probably not as it's down 5% in 50 days so up 1% (90.50) would be a weak bounce and 91. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Weakening Wednesday – Markets Drift Into the Holiday Weekend

  

  Not much going on in May. We started the month at 4,200 on the S P 500 (see "Testy Tuesday – S P 4,200 (again)" for the technical perspective) and this morning... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Testy Tuesday – S&P 4,200 (again)

  

  4,275. That's the 50% line from our S P 2,850 base. A base which is no longer valid as it doesn't include 0% Interest Rates, lower Corporate Tax Rates or... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• The Week Ahead

  

  We held up well last week. We thought the Fed would talk down the markets but it was pretty much the opposite with the Fed minutes indicating that they are... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• TGIF – Back Where We Started From to End the Week

  

  "Standing in the middle of nowhere, Wondering how to begin. Lost between tomorrow and yesterday, Between now and then. And now we're back where we started,... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• PhilStockWorld May Portfolio Review

  $2,152,773! As I predicted in last month's review, we now need 2 Dr. Evils to sum up our LTP/STP balance as we've gained $185,448 since April 16th as both our... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Will We Hold It Wednesday – Nasdaq 13,000 Edition

  

  Here we are again. Last week, on "13,000 Thursday – Nasdaq Poised to Fail Critical Support" we talked about the non-transient inflation and how it will... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Monday Market Mania – Kaplan Speaks!

  

  There are 12 Fed speeches this week. 6 of them are by Robert Kaplan, who is the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and was a Vice-Chairman at... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2021 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS