EOT Update
EOT Position Update – February 18, 2015
Market Snapshot The S&P 500 made its first new high of the year on Friday. Stocks have moved higher in part due to oil prices stabilizing a bit last week. And concerns about Ukraine and Greece seemed to wane. That was enough to spark an improvement in investor sentiment. Then two tech giants –Apple (AAPL) […]
EOT Position Update – February 11, 2015
Market Snapshot The story for US stocks so far in 2015 remains the same as it has been all year. Investors are weighing the good with the bad and stocks are gyrating up and down. There have been six moves of more than 3.5% in the S&P 500 this year. Three have been to the […]
EOT Position Update – February 4, 2015
Market Snapshot It’s been an interesting start to the year for US stocks. The S&P 500 finished the month without making a new high. And each of the rallies this year made a lower high going back to the December 29th high. This has clearly been a period of consolidation for large cap US stocks. […]
EOT Position Update – January 28, 2015
Market Snapshot The slow start for US stocks continued over the last week. Amazingly, the S&P 500 hasn’t made a new high in 2015. The high from December 29th of last year is still the high water mark for the large cap index. For those that believe the old Wall Street adage, ‘as January goes, […]
EOT Position Update – January 21, 2015
Market Snapshot Stocks are off to a slow start this year thanks to an increase in uncertainty. The uncertainty stems from a breakdown of a few foundational beliefs. These are beliefs that businesses have been built on and investments have made because of. For instance, the expansion of US oil production was built on the […]
EOT Position Update – January 14, 2015
Market Snapshot The stock market has started out the year with an increase in volatility. There have been several cases of the market swinging more than 1% higher or lower during the day. As a result, bullishness among investors has fallen over the last few weeks. We have also seen several indicators of fear creep […]
EOT Position Update – January 7, 2015
Market Snapshot It’s time to get another exciting year of options trading started. After a few weeks off over the holidays to spend time with friends and family, I’m fired up and ready to go! So, I hope you’re ready to do this. Over the past few weeks, the S&P 500 surged to a new […]
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December 17, 2014 Market Snapshot Right now there’s only one story that matters… oil. The massive drop in oil prices over the last six months is casting a long shadow over the entire stock market. It’s creating uncertainty, volatility, and fear… none of that is good for stocks. Despite the headwinds, the S&P 500 is […]
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December 10, 2014 Market Snapshot The typical year-end rally known as the Santa Claus rally has yet to materialize. The S&P 500 reached an all-time high of 2,079 last week. But the large cap index has been relatively flat since Thanksgiving. And after today’s big losses, the large cap index is now more than 2% […]
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December 3, 2014 Market Snapshot The holiday shortened week was shaping up to be a quiet week… then the OPEC decision to keep oil production unchanged rocked the market. The decision clearly caught the market by surprise. And WTIC oil prices plummeted more than $10 per barrel in the days that followed. As a result, […]
