Stock heatmap by FinViz.com Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:46:05 GMT Sector Overview Today’s stock market presents a robust landscape for tech enthusiasts, with significant gains observed across multiple sectors. Communication services stand out prominently, driven by impressive performances from industry titans. 🚀 GOOG and META: Riding High A remarkable uptick for GOOG (+2.28%) and META … Read more
The European indices are closing mixed, with the German DAX and UK’s FTSE 100 unchanged and France’s CAC, Spain’s Ibex, and Italy’s FTSE MIB all higher. For the week, the major indices are all closing sharply higher. A snapshot of the day shows German Dax unchanged France’s CAC, +0.44% UK’s FTSE 100 -0.06% Spain’s Ibex, … Read more
The weekly oil rig count from Baker Hughes is showing: Oil rig +1 at 411 Gasoline -1 at 123 Total rigs -1 at 539 The price of oil is trading is trading up $0.10 at $63.98. The price remains below its 100 day moving average at $64.89 keeping bearish bias versus the daily moving averages … Read more
High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not … Read more
The GBPUSD bottomed this week on Tuesday near 1.32594. The Bank of England on Wednesday cut rates by 25 basis points but it was a hawkish cut as the MPC vote was 5– 4, not as high as the 7-2 expected. The price moved up to the 100 day moving average on Wednesday. On Thursday, … Read more
Yesterday in a post, I spoke about the messy AUDUSD chart (see post here). The view has not changed much today. It is still messy. Neverthess, even amongst the ups and downs, the markets will leave little nuggets from the charts that traders can use to defing the bias, the risk and the targets. In … Read more
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Pres. team is expanding the search for the new Fed chair. According to the article: New Fed chair contenders added: Former St. Louis Fed President James Bullard and former Bush adviser Marc Sumerlin have been added to the list of roughly 10 candidates. Other top candidates: Kevin … Read more
The NASDAQ index led the market higher today and this week, closing at yet another record high and extending to a new intraday high, surpassing the high price from July 31 at 21457.48. The high price today reached 21464.53. The S&P also moved higher but closed just below its prior record high at 6389.77. The … Read more
The US dollar is closing the day mostly higher. The one exception is a modest decline versus the GBP (which was the strongest currency this week). The Feds Musalem was more hawkish compared to other Fed members post the US jobs report. He is still concerned about the impact from tariffs on inflation good where … Read more
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Putin told US envoy Witkoff he would agree to a cease-fire if Ukraine withdrew forces from all of Ukraine’s Eastern Donestk region. How bad do Ukraine and Russia want peace? This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com. fbs.mobi
