SCHM News and Press, Schwab U.S. Mid Cap From 06/17/24

2024-06-17 22:10:00 ET Summary Elections for the EU parliament are sending shock waves throughout financial markets in Europe. This expectation of a French veto of Monsieur Macron’s party is causing investors to buy German bunds and sell French government bonds, causing an ...

2024-06-17 11:45:00 ET Summary The Russell 2000 fell 1.6% on Friday, was in the red year-to-date, was back where it had first been in January 2021, and was down 18% from its all-time high in November 2021. The Nasdaq Composite eked out the fifth record close in a row on Friday, an...

2024-06-17 10:30:00 ET Summary A flat monthly CPI number (year-over-year unchanged at 3.3% inflation rate) helped prompt a drop in the 10-year yield and fuel enthusiasm that we may see an early fall (September) rate cut. Due to the perception that the month-over-month inflation nu...

2024-06-17 09:15:00 ET Summary It was a good week for Wall Street's bulls seeking to navigate their way through the random onset of new information in the markets. As for the market-moving news the week held, a benign inflation report on Wednesday, 12 June 2024 was perhaps the mos...

2024-06-17 02:45:00 ET Summary For the Russell 2000 EPS growth rate, “ex-Energy”, it looks like the first quarter of ’24 will be the nadir in terms of yoy earnings declines. Many of the big sell-side firms and financial institutions are ratcheting up their num...

2024-06-15 04:00:00 ET Summary NVIDIA has been up 155% year to date; its market cap is over $3 trillion. All previous stock market bubbles share the following in common: a narrow stock market rally that focuses on a small group of stocks in a small sector of the economy that Wall ...

2024-06-14 13:10:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-06-12 02:50:00 ET Summary The financial press is replete with comparisons to the dot-com bubble of 1999–2000. Some say that the Cisco split marked the top of the dot-com bubble. And they allege that the Nvidia split is doing the same. The other problem with the dot...

2024-06-10 22:15:00 ET Summary Because the stock market moved sharply and registered fresh all-time highs in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ, many wonder if they have missed the boat. The issue is that we have three companies with $3 trillion (or very close to it) in market cap, and as...

2024-06-10 09:06:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 index closed up by 1.53 over its previous week's close and even recorded a new record high of 5,354.03 in the middle of the week. The European Central Bank pulled the trigger on implementing a new series of rate cuts in a move aimed a...