It's wild how gambling was almost a virtue in 2021. In 2026, it's condemned by almost everyone.

Has the $VIX broken its rate of trend? Does it matter? I mull it over.. @stockcharts articles.stockcharts...

The ratio to the S&P 500 fell by the most since March 2020. Augur Infinity augurdigest.com/p/au...

Wow look at Jack and Arnold @TheMasters But Michael Jordan is the highest-paid athlete of all time. Sportico via Lev Akabas @soberlook thedailyshot.com/sub...

Look how close $SMH is to a record high

Solid $COST March sales: $28.4B (+11.3% YoY). 🛒 Adjusting for gas/FX, comps rose 6.2% (U.S. +6.2%). While headline numbers look huge, the Easter shift adds some noise. 🐣 • Total Comps: +9.4% • E-comm: +23.3% 🔥 • YTD Sales: $173.3B (+9.1%)

$IJR small caps is a whisker from a record high.. with oil up ~50% in the past ~6 weeks

Believe it or not, but the average US stock ETF $EQAL is very close to an all-time high

Oil $USO worst day in more than 4 years -10.1%

The stock market just had its best day in 364 calendar days $ACWI +3.15%

S&P 500 up 6 days in a row... longest winning streak since October... first close above the 200dma since March 18. Above the 50dma to boot! $SPY

Software a little sore today.. $PLTR off big. $TSLA lags among mega caps. $SMH +5.6%.. $EWY +9.7%... $EEM +5.3%

The S&P 500 was actually the laggard today

All sectors (sans Energy, Utes) +1.5% or better today. Not bad.

Gold $GLD didn't trade well today

Yields rose all day, but stocks didn't mind.

An exciting overnight, but a snoozer daytime session... narrow S&P 500 range... +2.4% into the close @stockcharts

Fed officials see higher risk in inflation and labor market, while the Iran war clouds outlook: FOMC minutes @seekingalpha

The 2yr yield is currently just 14bps above the Fed Funds Rate That's historically tight - it has averaged +0.3ppts since 1976 @sonusvarghese

Recession this year? Now just a 27% chance on @Kalshi kalshi.com/markets/k...

Best S&P 500 sector ETF YoY? Tech $XLK +59% Energy $XLE close at +55% $XLF among the laggards, with $XLRE $XLV $XLP @koyfincharts

Incredible 1-year performance numbers internationally... South Korea $EWY +190% Peru $EPU +127% Brazil $EWZ +78%

Emerging Markets $EEM +60% YoY

Breadth isn't as strong as it could be $XLE ... and that's just fine with the bulls @stockcharts More from me on the 'new mission' articles.stockcharts...

How high will inflation get this year? Down to 4.0% on @Kalshi kalshi.com/markets/k...

Risk-On Ignites: What the U.S.-Iran Truce Means for Markets My instant @stockcharts takes on the rally that began last week.. and what may lie ahead $SPY $USO $QQQ $MAGS $VIX $DXY $NVDA $TSLA $META articles.stockcharts...

$VIX still > 20 But the 9-day $VIX is below 19... that'll take you back to February

$VEU international stocks +4.2% .. best day in the last 364

Yields rising all day, but that's not stopping stocks

Bunch of memory stocks leading... many at 52wk highs

S&P 500 HoD after a morning consolidation... +2.5%

WTI crude oil didn't even make it to half the real price from mid-2008 from JKempEnergy

$EEM -1.4% from the morning high

$VIX near 22..as oil & yields climb intraday... crypto, stocks off the highs

$SPY -0.5% from a couple hours ago.. not a gap n go in the early going..

$EWY South Korea +10.3% - best day since March 2020... hard to hurdle those April 9, 2025 marks

Hugly bullish morning, but it's not an all-skate @finviz_com

The stock market's best day since a year ago tomorrow $ACWI +3.3% More tk from me about it on @stockcharts today

$EEM +6% $EFA +4% $RTY +3.5% $NDX +3.3% $INDU +3.1% $SPX +2.7%

Fertilizer, Energy stinking it up

Travel stocks ripping

Tech leads Energy awful

SPX forward P/E is now ~19.5x, below the 5-year average ~20.1x and in the sub-6th percentile of the past year’s range. Citadel Rubner Well... back > 20 today

Put options 5-day buying surged in recent days. Citadel Rubner

Gasoline futures now down more than 40 cents, below $2.90 on RBOB. That implies $3.85 at the pump in due time (down 30 cents from the current AAA average)

Will WTI go sub-$90 today?

$MOVE rate vol remains off the boil.. 83 at yesterday's close (probably lower today) @stockcharts

$VIX could be a teenager this morning

Dollar $USD $DXY dumping.. nearly its worst 2-day slump in a year

Bitcoin a little lift here