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SPX -2.85, 7,135, pulled
back in a one-day bull flag pattern.
Breadth weakened again as decliners led on the NYSE and NASDAQ
exchanges. Volume was below average. VIX closed higher, a sign that
institutions added hedges before earnings from mega-caps AMZN, GOOGL, META
and MSFT.
The FOMC
left rates unchanged as expected. I was disappointed to hear media ask speculative
questions, that some might call drivel, rather than focus on monetary
policy. I appreciated that Chair Powell,
in his final press conference as Chair, did a focus his comments on issues that
dealt with monetary policy. A point he
made more than once was that the Fed independence issue was about monetary policy
not being influenced by politics. Well
done Chair Powell!
After
hours: GOOGL +25.35, +7.24%, AMZN +7.21,
+2.74% and MSFT +1.43, +0.34%
on positive earnings while META -46.92 -7.01%
moved lower on a negative earnings reaction.
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EPS
season Day 12: NXPI GNRC STX SBUX V FFIV ADP VRSK TMUS BIIB IEX HUM PSX
VLTO LII MDLZ EXE FICO APH ABBV YUM GRMN VMC ETR WM EQR BKNG closed
higher on a positive EPS reaction. TER HOOD GEHC REGN ODFL CSGP IR ACGL EME SWK PPG BXP FE
ESS WELL OMC CTSH OKE EXR closed lower after a negative EPS
reaction.
AME AOS APD BAX BLDR BMY BR
CAH CARR CAT CI COP DTE FTI FTV HSY HUBB ICE IP IRM ITW KIM LH LHX LKQ LLY MA
MLM MO MRK PH PWR RCL SO SW TAP TROW TT TXT VLO WTW XEL report EPS Thursday
BMO.
17 more SPX companies report after the close for 59 total on Thursday. Thursday AMC: AAPL AES AIG AJG AMGN CLX CPT DXCM FSLR GDDY LNT MHK RMD SNDK SYK WDC WY
There are 156 companies or 31.2%
of SPX companies scheduled to report Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
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NVDA -3.92, -1.84%, on
123.7 million shares.
MU +14.17, +2.81%, open
higher on Wednesday and closed near Tuesday’s high.
SPX
advancers: NXPI GNRC
INTC STX CNC LITE SBUX V FFIV GD ADP MCHP.
SPX
decliners: TER HOOD
GEHC PODD BF/B CHTR COIN REGN BAX ODFL.
SPY below average volume of 41.8 million
shares.
VIX +0.98 17.83,
NDX -1.01% bounced above Tuesday’s candle.
DJI, 48,861, -0.57% continued
in a bull flag pullback
Mega caps AVGO, AMZN, TSM, WMT, GOOGL rose and AAPL, META, BRK/B, TSLA, MSFT, NVDA fell on Wednesday.
Up: QQQ,
Down: SPY, DIA, IWM
The SPY
MFC green line was flat at 97, price-action
is a pause day and is short-term bullish. -0.6.
Three
of eleven
sectors (44.2%) were higher on Wednesday led by XLE, XLK and XLF.
50
of 100
NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.
65 NDX stocks are above their 30
DMA: ROST, MRVL, ARM, AMD, CSX,
FAST, ODFL, AMZN, INTC, KLAC, MAR, MPWR, STX, WDC, CSCO, ADI, MCHP, TXN, AMAT,
AVGO, GOOGL, LRCX, MELI, AAPL, FER, MU, NVDA, NXPI, SBUX, META, MNST, ABNB,
CDNS, PYPL, QCOM, SNPS, DASH, MSFT, MSTR, TTWO, APP, DDOG, PANW, CRWD, FTNT, MDB,
FANG, BKR, KDP, AEP, CEG, LIN, TSLA, ADBE, CPRT, KHC, MDLZ, PEP,
NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday
Moving Above 30 DMA = 7
ADP,
COST, EA, PAYX, ROP, TRI, VRSK,
Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
CCEP,
ISRG,
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