What does the 15% reduction in trading volume tell us?
If you’ve noticed, on many of the cable business and news channels these days, the talking heads rambling on-and-on about the latest “scandal” of the current election cycle aren’t in their normal seats — there’s a large number of hosts on vacation these last couple of weeks and it’s like a game of musical chairs at many of the channels.
The reason is clear — not a lot happens in the market these last two weeks of August, and the trading volumes are reflecting that reality. But the market is still open, trades still happen, but with lower trading volumes can come volatility. We’re prepared for that with our positions in Tematica Investing and Tematica Pro, and we give you some insights into what’s happening on the economics side of the equation here in the Monday Morning Kickoff.
In This Week’s Monday Morning Kickoff
- Slowing Trading Volumes – how it impacts your strategy
As we’ve been saying over the last few weeks, the back half of August tends to be rather slow with a markedly noticed drop in trading volumes. What it means for any market gains we see the next two weeks (or market loses) Read More >> - THIRD QUARTER EARNINGS EXPECTATIONS
Consensus expectations call for quarterly earnings to jump more than 6% in the last quarter of 2016 compared to the September quarter — are they looking at the same data we’re looking at? Read More >> - HOW MANY ARE LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM?
While the American Dream probably isn’t what is used to be, the white picket fence in front of the 4-bedroom colonial still to some extent reflects the health of our economy. The July Housing Starts report is due this week and we’re looking for a couple of key data points. Read More >>
All that plus a full list of earnings reports we’ll be watching through our thematic lens, in this week’s Monday Morning Kickoff. Click below to download the full report:
