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Stock Market Theme - Collect $200 Or Go Directly To Jail

Article By: Michele Schneider

Sunday, October 13, 2019 1:13 PM EDT

The market feels like an X rated version of Monopoly, only instead of buying and trading properties, we are buying and trading headlines. Buy or trade it correctly and you can easily collect $200. Do it all wrong, and it’s “Go directly to jail.”

In this article: IBB, QQQ, FXI, IWM, IYT, KRE, SMH, SPY, XRT

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A Kitten Bounce For The Markets

Article By: Michele Schneider

Sunday, October 6, 2019 11:54 AM EDT

Typically called a dead cat bounce, for our purposes, we are calling this the Kitten Bounce. That makes more sense to us right now. For starters, Nasdaq 100 went back into an unconfirmed bullish phase.

In this article: SMG, IBB, QQQ, DIA, IWM, IYT, KRE, SPY, XRT

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Cloaked Shadows Lurk Behind Market’s Red Curtain

Article By: Michele Schneider

Sunday, September 29, 2019 2:26 PM EDT

We all knew that coming into Friday with two inside trading days in several instruments meant the range break could be significant. However, the overall trading range, or the one we have been watching throughout September, is now the bigger focus.

In this article: IBB, IWM, IYT, KRE, SMH, SPY, XRT

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Is Value Back?

Article By: Keith Schneider

Sunday, September 29, 2019 10:23 AM EDT

US equity markets were pressured this week by news of impeachment proceedings against President Trump. The ratcheting up of the trade war with China was the final straw for the markets on Friday with IWM leading the decline, down -3% for the week.

In this article: IBB, QQQ, IWM, TAN Also: LYFT, UBER

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