Thu March 14

Commercial Airliners: Getting Ahead of Headwinds

At the February 2024 Singapore Airshow, COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) made a play to break into the global civil aviation market. The state-owned enterprise brought its C919 to...

Tue February 6

Europe and China both look to be close to temporary outperformance vs. US

DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THE TOP PERFORMING STOCKS WITHIN TECHNOLOGY AND THE BROADER MARKET CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DISCUSSED TOPICS OF 2024.   PERFORMANCE DISPARITY HAS REACHED EXTREME LEVELS.  YET,...

Tue December 5, 2023

FSI Sector Allocation - December 2023 Update

Please CLICK HERE to download the December sector allocation report in PDF format. After experiencing three consecutive months of decline in August, September, and October, the market sharply rebounded in...

Mon October 23, 2023

Uncertainty dominates macro headlines, sidelining investors. 162 S&P 500 report this week, biggest week of 3Q23 season.

We discuss: There are widening uncertainties around Israel-Gaza, Washington, rates and EPS season.  This explains why investors are sidelined but we need to be mindful that markets bottom on bad...

Wed September 13, 2023

Market internals worsening despite indices holding up

US EQUITY INDICES AND TREASURY YIELDS REMAIN QUITE CHOPPY, BUT THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE REMAINS LOWER OVER THE FINAL COUPLE WEEKS OF SEPTEMBER.  TREASURY YIELDS LOOK LIKELY TO BREAK...

Thu August 24, 2023

Stock Prices During Recent Labor Strikes

On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, UPS workers – specifically, members of the Teamsters union – formally voted to approve a new contract that would include significant pay raises, an end...

Wed July 26, 2023

Industrials and Banks save the day despite Tech weakness post FOMC

MARKETS HAVE ENTERED A WINDOW FOR POTENTIAL SHORT-TERM TREND CHANGE, BUT DO NOT EXPECT MUCH SELLING UNTIL AUGUST.  NEAR-TERM, AN SPX-4500-4620 RANGE MIGHT HOLD INTO LAST COUPLE DAYS OF JULY...

Wed June 14, 2023

Divergences Likely to Persist

Well, it seems that the ball game is over, and the bulls have clearly won.  Inflation is dead, the Fed should be easing anytime soon, the expected recession has been...

Fri June 9, 2023

Stocks Officially Enter New Bull Market

“A lot of people, when they get negative on the market, put 50% in cash, but unfortunately a lot of times when you get to that position, it’s just about...

Thu June 8, 2023

DJ Transportation Avg. & NYSE AD line have also broken out

TREND BULLISH - EXPECT RALLY UP TO SPX 4325 BEFORE POSSIBLE MINOR STALLOUT.  PULLBACKS SHOULD BE BUYABLE WHEN THEY OCCUR FOR ADDITIONAL STRENGTH IN JUNE. A late day rally let...

Wed June 7, 2023

Financials and Energy strength are encouraging for SPX rally

TREND BULLISH- EXPECT RALLY UP TO SPX 4325 INTO END OF WEEK BEFORE POSSIBLE MINOR STALLOUT; PULLBACKS SHOULD BE BUYABLE WHEN THEY OCCUR FOR ADDITIONAL STRENGTH IN JUNE. Wednesday’s minor...

Mon June 5, 2023

Market breadth expanding as 8 of 11 sectors above 20dma (vs 2 last month). 4 reasons "fresh capital” should invest in Industrials. 17 stock ideas.

As we move into the second week of June, our confidence that S&P 500 will gain >20% in 2023 has increased. The decisive upside breakout last week helps, as are...