Market On Open, Thursday 15 August
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Q3 Holding Up Pretty Good So Far
by Alex King
Things remaining on the horizon to ruin everyone’s day in Q3:
- Jobs data
- Jackson Hole Powell Speech
- Nvidia Earnings
- September
So far the market has shrugged off the third-highest volatility spike in the history of the Vix with nary a backward glance - that is one powerful bull market. It has also sailed through a solid but unexciting PPI and CPI print. This is all very impressive stuff. So the question is, where now? Will we see the seasonal weakness in September, or not?
The charts we publish here daily can be used to plan hedging, stop-losses, profit-taking orders, you name it. Let's dive in and see how markets stand as of Friday's close, before the opioid drip begins again on Sunday night.
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