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Buying In Stocks Please click here for a chart of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ: IEF).
Note the following:
- The trendline on the chart shows that IEF has been in a downtrend. IEF being in a downtrend means that the yield on 10 year Treasuries has been rising. This has been putting pressure on the stock market. The chart shows that IEF bounced yesterday and is bouncing more today as yields pull back from the psychologically important 5% level.
- The pullback in yields is bringing in buyers.
- Two very important earnings for the stock market are Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ: GOOG). Both report earnings after the market close.
- As is their pattern, the momo crowd is buying tech stocks ahead of the earnings on hope strategy.
- Prudent investors need to remember that hope is never a good strategy.
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- There is also buying coming into the stock market on delays in Israeli invasion of Gaza.
- Bitcoin and speculative stocks tend to be correlated. Buying is coming into speculative stocks in sympathy with the surge in bitcoin. Please scroll down to see the bitcoin section.
- Earnings are in focus as 30% of S&P 500 earnings are being reported this week. Among the important companies reporting earnings, earnings from Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), Rtx Corp (NYSE: RTX), Dow Inc (NYSE: DOW), 3M Co (NYSE: MMM), Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE: SHW), General Motors Co (NYSE: GM), and General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) are better than expected; earnings from HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA), AGNC Investment Corp (NASDAQ: AGNC), Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE: PKG), and Polaris Inc (NYSE: PII) are worse than expected.
- As an actionable item, the sum total of the foregoing is in the protection band, which strikes the optimum balance between various crosscurrents. Please scroll down to see the protection band.
Japan We have been sharing with you that the monetary policy in Japan is having a major impact on the U.S. stock market and the impact will likely increase as Bank of Japan (BOJ) tightens its monetary policy.
BOJ conducted a buying operation to purchase JGBs with maturities between 5 - 10 years and 10 - 25 years.
Japan is considering an income tax cut for individuals
Europe European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to pause interest rate hikes and move to shrinking its balance sheet.
Magnificent Seven Money Flows In the early trade, money flows are positive in Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ: NVDA), and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA).
In the early trade, money flows are neutral in Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL).
In the early trade, money flows are mixed in SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ARCA:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ: QQQ).
Momo Crowd And Smart Money In Stocks The momo crowd is buying stocks in the early trade. Smart money is