Yesterday's Market Activity The markets rebounded yesterday, recovering from the losses of the previous day. The $S&P 500(.SPX)$ increased by 1%, nearing its record high, while the Dow Jones rose by 0.9%, and the $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ gained 1.3%. This resurgence was widespread, with 459 S&P 500 stocks closing in positive territory. Consumer discretionary (+1.44%) and health care (+1.20%) outperformed the broader market indices, while utilities (+0.13%) and energy (+0.39%) underperformed. Intel (+2.88%) and $Salesforce.com(CRM)$ (+2.69%) led the Dow (+0.87%) higher; Cisco Systems (-0.20%) and $Apple(AAPL)$ (-0.08%) we

Big-Tech’s PerformanceLast two weeks of 2023, market continued new highs, with big-techs taking turns to perform. Meta and Amazon reached new highs for the year this week.As of the close on December 21st, the performance of major technology companies in the past week showed the following changes: $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ $Alphabet(GOOG)$ +6.43%, $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ +6.28%, $Amazon.com(AMZN)$+4.35%, $Microsoft(MSFT)$ +2.08%, and $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ +1.32%, $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ +1.37%,

$Invesco QQQ Trust-ETF(QQQ)$  About 130% gain trading and swinging SPY calls from pullbacks. On Thursday, Wall Street rebounded into positive territory, following a brief dip experienced on Wednesday. ⚠️ Trading tips: looking at calls above 473.5 and dip buying around 470-471 after the PCE data releases at 8:30 am. Can we see the push back to 475 before breaking the all time high with Papa Santa next week? All eyes on PCE data next As expected, dip buyers caused the stock market to rally again in the early trade and is back to the low band of the resistance zone posted for the Tiger community on how to trade the price action. The chart shows a sell-off yesterday. The sell-off brought the stock market below the low ba

Last week, we mentioned that one of the important factors supporting the continued rise of the US stock assets in 2024 is the nearly $6 trillion idle cash reserves (cash assets). Currently, this portion of funds is enjoying a money market yield of over 5%. US Treasury yield curveIf the expectation of a Fed rate cut begins, the short-term benchmark yield of this portion will decrease, and investors may start reallocating this huge amount of funds to other asset categories. The performance of the current interest rate curve indicates that this situation has already begun to emerge.The change in financial liquidity is also a key force influencing the trend of the US stock market, and may even determine whether the Fed needs to cut rates early. This should not be overlooked, especially since w

1. **Cheaper Borrowing, Higher Spending**:  💰 As central banks, including the Fed, lower interest rates, borrowing money becomes cheaper. This sparks increased consumer and business spending and investments, fostering a positive environment for asset prices to thrive.$Vanguard S&P 500 ETF(VOO)$$Invesco QQQ Trust-ETF(QQQ)$ Bullish 2. **Impact on Earnings and Stock Prices* *: 📉 Higher interest rates typically have a negative impact on earnings and stock prices, but with rates expected to remain low in 2023, this potential hurdle for the S&P index is minimized$Invesco QQQ Trust-ETF(QQQ)$  3. **Quick Impact on Stock Marke

Entering into 2023, US Fed rates were standing at 4.5%, $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ at 3800s, with major players predicting that we were all heading into recession and an economic slump. End 2023, US Fed rates are now at 5+%, $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ up about 20%, with recession not in sight and the market still performing at its highest levels. I myself is also guilty of such predictions, slowly selling down as interest rates rose, and losing out on about 10% gains that I could have had should I have held on to the stocks that I sold. Here's some lessons that I learned from this year: 1. Take predictions with a pinch of

S&P 500 to end 2023 up 17% but little gains seen between now and year end: Reuters pollh S. stocks will eke out only marginal gains between now and year end, according to strategists in a Reuters poll on Wednesday, who said inflation and higher interest rates were among the biggest risks for the market. The benchmark S&P 500 index (.SPX) was forecast to end the year at 4,496, about 2.2% above Monday's close of 4,399.77 and up about 17% from end 2022, according to the median forecast of 41 strategists in an Aug. 9-22 Reuters poll. The latest prediction was higher than the 4,150 year-end target in a May poll. Some expect optimism over artificial intelligence that has driven a sharp rally in technology stocks this year to support further market gains, while they said a cooldown in the

[Stock market's sharp sell-off looks like 'profit taking,' says Fundstrat's Tom Lee] Tom Lee, Fundstrat, joins 'Closing Bell' to offer his bullish take on the markets as the rally begins losing steam. $S&P 500(.SPX)$ $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ $DJIA(.DJI)$

$S&P 500(.SPX)$ $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ I trimmed my overweight in $WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund(DGRW)$ and some Covid gains in $EnLink Midstream LLC(ENLC)$ . I’ve doubled my cash position and cash has also gone from 1% to 2% of my portfolio (but 6% in mmf). (Saving some for taxes and new Roth IRA contribution). I’m a DGI investor with a 4.8% portfolio yield. I’m usually about 5-6% cash, but gains naturally lower an idle cash position on an allocation percentage.When a market spikes higher like this one, there’s data that shows it finishes the 12 months later up doub

$NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ $Nasdaq100 Bull 3X ETF(TQQQ)$ $Nasdaq100 Bear 3X ETF(SQQQ)$ $Invesco QQQ Trust-ETF(QQQ)$ $NASDAQ 100(NDX)$ The official inflation data from BLS lowballs real inflation by at least 33-50% from looking at goods & services data for last 2.5 decades[real world prices].Which is why you have to have all your money in hard assets[real estate, stocks, commodities]or you will be wiped out in debasement! The BLS and FED have made 14 changes to how it measures inflation since 1981 [and every change to get official inflation number lower]. No dou

Swooshed. $Nasdaq100 Bull 3X ETF(TQQQ)$  When it comes to markets, there hasn't been much to complain about for the last two months. Stocks on Friday capped their eighth-straight week of gains. For the S&P 500, it's the longest weekly winning streak since November 2017.  This morning, investors got more good news about inflation, with the personal consumption expenditures index, or PCE, declining by 0.1% from October to November. It's the first month-to-month decline in the index since April 2020. The core version of the PCE, which excludes food and energy and is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve, was up 3.2% from a year ago, below economists' forecast for a 3.4% rise.  A muted reaction from s

$S&P 500(.SPX)$ $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ $Apple(AAPL)$ is about 10% of the SPY which is the S&P 500 and $Invesco QQQ Trust-ETF(QQQ)$ $NASDAQ 100(NDX)$ . The Federal Government has over 6 million employees (Civil Service, Postal and four military branches) that are participants in the Federal Retirement TSP Plan. Every participant contributes 5 to 15% of their gross salary into the TSP every two weeks with the Federal Government matching an additional 5% of salary. Although there are several investments to choose from the overwhelming majo

$NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ $Nasdaq100 Bull 3X ETF(TQQQ)$ $Nasdaq100 Bear 3X ETF(SQQQ)$ $Invesco QQQ Trust-ETF(QQQ)$ $NASDAQ 100(NDX)$ Good to know that one of the very few analysts who correctly called the bull market is also recognising that the market is perhaps getting a little too greedy at the moment. I share the same view, still bullish, but am certainly paying more attention to valuations and themes for 2024 rather than just buy-and-hold.Lots of money still sitting in money market funds too. Certainly possible that markets could go higher.I am thinking mayb

$NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ $Nasdaq100 Bull 3X ETF(TQQQ)$ $Nasdaq100 Bear 3X ETF(SQQQ)$ $Invesco QQQ Trust-ETF(QQQ)$ $NASDAQ 100(NDX)$ I am worried about the consumer driven economy because:- Credit card debt is nearly at all time highs- Savings for the average consumer are nearly tapped out (the savings rate numbers are skewed by the large amount of cash held by the top 10%)- Buy now and pay later is at an all time high and typically not monitored by credit agencies- There is a mindset that "I can keep spending and if something goes wrong, the government will bail