The Reformed Broker: The Confidence Shock – February 4, 2019

After the large number of indexes/sectors that entered strong seasonality periods last October, subsequent months have been quite quiet, particularly January and February from a positive seasonality stand-point. However, March is very active, so we will gear up then. January was brutal for many sectors, particularly Information Technology, conversely, Energy in Canada had a sterling January. [more]

The VIX remains in the “High Volatility” range and the S&P 500 index was flat as U.S. Unemployment Claims reached almost 30M and new Coronavirus cases oscillate around 30,000 per day. [more]

Since April 2020, CU has been trading in an extensive rectangle between $30 and $37. One year later, in April 2021, the stock began its assault on its upper parameter, but the stock failed to overcome resistance at $37. It seems that some kind of catalyst is needed to get CU “over the hump”. [more]