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Stock Market: In the Bag?

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So is whatever spooked Dennis Gartman on Friday behind us now? The dovish Fed story is getting played today. It’s the ‘beat the crap out of ’em and then wash-rinse-repeat’ market. Longs, shorts, everybody into the spin cycle. All because this market is still 100% enthralled with these clowns and that makes it difficult to manage.

SPX held support (60 min. view below), Semiconductors never lost the uptrend and now the Fed comes with some dovish love making for the market. A bounce at the least was in the bag. (more…)

Yen to the Rescue?

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Much of the recent weakness in equities (particularly Japanese equities) can be attributed to a weakening dollar vis a vis the Japanese Yen. Looking at this cross-rate, it seems poised to strengthen which, as much as I hate to say it, could certainly provide some meaningful relief to equity bulls. Of course, the Fed minutes (released two hours after the close today) will probably provide the most important direction, short-term.

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Social Setup

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I used to hardly pay SOCL, the social media fund, hardly any notice, but it’s actually a pretty interesting way to view that space as a whole for good set-ups. As my Slope+ readers know, I offered some very specific suggestions with respect to taking advantage of a bullish setup in FB and LNKD (yes, me, Tim Knight, buying calls; can you believe it?) Suffice it to say, they worked out nicely; a 79% profit in two days: (more…)