Banks Fairly Valued and Contributing to Market Strength

Continuing last week’s strength, Financials and Technology led the market again today. Banks were up nearly +2% intraday, although they lost some of their steam when put-option trades in Financial ETFs reached 4-month highs.  Last week, they roared ahead +7%, and they are now up more than +20% year-to-date.

This Could be THE Week

The S&P 500 really cut it close today.  Much like last Friday’s measly comeback for +0.1% gain for the week, it gained +0.22 points, up a whopping +0.016%.

The Continuing Conundrum

It's a Conundrum

Stocks are finally showing a willingness to ease up on their bull run, if for no other reasons than to do some much-needed technical consolidation and to digest the latest news. You might say they are pausing to take in the view from these lofty heights—especially the Nasdaq, which hasn’t seen this level since 2000...when it was moving rapidly in the other direction.

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