Sunday, July 22, 2018

Monday Morning Chartology


The Morning Call

7/23/18

The Market
         
    Technical

            Importantly, the S&P has made a fourth higher high, suggesting continued momentum to the upside and that, at the very least, it will challenge its all-time high.



            The long bond got pounded on Friday after making three unsuccessful attempts to push through the upper boundary of its short term downtrend.  Adding to this negative pin action, it closed right on its 200 day moving average.  Follow through now becomes important.



            The dollar spent last week recovering to its recent high only to bounce off it on Friday.  This is still a strong chart.



                           
            Gold remains the ugliest chart on the block.  About the only good thing that can be said is that managed to trade back above the lower boundary of its short term downtrend.  Nonetheless, it certainly appears to be going lower with the lower boundary of its intermediate term trading range as the next stop.



            The VIX wandered aimlessly near the bottom of its short term trading range.  Meaning portfolio insurance is cheap and stocks have lost some momentum.



    Fundamental

       Headlines

      
           

    News on Stocks in Our Portfolios
 
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB): Q2 EPS of $0.43 in-line.
Revenue of $8.3B (+11.3% Y/Y) misses by $60M.
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) declares $0.50/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.
V.F. Corp (NYSE:VFC): Q1 EPS of $0.43 beats by $0.10.
Revenue of $2.79B (+22.9% Y/Y) beats by $110M.
V.F. Corp (NYSE:VFC) declares $0.46/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) declares $1.01/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT): Q4 EPS of $1.13 beats by $0.05.
Revenue of $30.09B (+17.5% Y/Y) beats by $860M.

Economics

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What I am reading today

           

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