MARKETS TODAY Oct 25 (Vica Partners) – The S&P 500 up 1.34% as of 2.50 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 280 points, or 0.88%, to 31,779. The tech based Nasdaq up 1.92%. Stock indexes all up today in the trading session, the 10-year Treasury down with a yield at 4.106%. U.S. Dollar … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Gold futures collapsed in September, hitting the lowest levels since April of 2020…breaching months of lows that stood in the 1675 level. Since breaking that critical support, futures have had one sharp bullish reaction to 1725 and then drifted once again to the lower half of the recent trading range. The market is … Read more
MARKETS TODAY Oct 11 (Vica Partners) – The S&P 500 up .17% as of 12.54 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 253 points, or .87%, to 29,456. The tech based Nasdaq up .01%. We do expect small gains today! Stocks continue to flip flop Tuesday with indexes testing lows as the markets desperately … Read more
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS We want to begin this look with a reminder from the last update that this remains a critical timing area for stocks. The DJIA gapped lower Friday and prices cracked intermediate-term support, setting new trading and closing lows for the bear market move that started in early 2022. The age-old adage that ‘As … Read more
MARKETS The Federal Reserve meeting in Jackson Hole is statistically a no contest as most government reports indicate little to no financial surprises and market makers are betting on continued hawkish positions. Reiterating that Funds invested in this Weeks market rally Funds placed large shorts across futures for key overnight rates that moves … Read more
MARKETS With the Federal Reserve chair’s speech at the Fed’s conference in Wyoming on Friday Hedge funds are betting that the Federal Reserve will continue to discuss aggressive hikes. Market makers are looking for continued tough Fed stance on inflation. Reiterating that Funds are investing in weekly market rally… Funds have placed a large shorts across … Read more
HEDGE FUNDS Hedge funds increased tech and consumer holdings, while cutting energy and materials positions. The average weightings of top 10 holdings jumped to 70% in the three months ended June. They are betting on pricing climbing back to levels seen at the start of the pandemic. Amazon surpassed Microsoft as the most popular long … Read more
MARKETS Hedge funds are betting that the Federal Reserve will continue to discuss aggressive hikes at Jackson Hole discussion this Friday. Market makers are looking for continued tough Fed stance on inflation. Funds are investing in weekly market rally… Funds have placed large shorts across futures for a key overnight rate that moves in … Read more
MARKETS S&P 500 headed for worst day in nearly 2 months as the Market is looking for a change in direction on Federal Reserve hawkish rate hikes NYSE decliners leading advancers 5-1 in market sell-off as U.S. stocks down Monday as fears of aggressive interest rate hikes returned to Wall Street. Our data shows 2,450 … Read more
FACTS On average, hedge funds contribute more to stock market efficiency than most other institutional investors such as mutual funds, banks and insurance companies. Hedge Funds improve efficiency by exploiting mispricing Hedge funds exploit different of areas of the markets, which include price, dividends, or even regulation. The most common form of profit is arbitrage/ … Read more