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Stocks found new highs with a push from the Fed and Boss Jerome Powell. Rate policy remained the same, but Powell’s unexpectedly not-hawkish demeaner won the hearts of bulls, who ignored hidden warnings.

Stocks rallied yesterday because there is still hope for a happy surprise from the central bank rainmakers in Washington DC. Bitcoin turned heads with a sizable daily rift yesterday… business as normal.

Stocks gained yesterday driven higher by AI-rooted tech shares. Homebuilder sentiment is building… slowly, coming in higher than expected with still a long row to hoe to get back to pre-pandemic levels.

Stocks slumped on Friday closing out a second week of losses for equities as traders grapple with… a stronger than expected economy and a reluctant-to-loosen-up Fed. But beware, according to University of Michigan Sentiment, confidence is slowly waning portending weaker growth.

Stocks declined yesterday after Producer Prices came in a bit hot – too hot for comfort. Retail Sales numbers missed their mark offsetting the troubling inflation news, but traders were not comforted.

Stocks rallied yesterday on news that inflation, still not gone… could have been worse 🤔. Tech stocks helped push the S&P500 to a fresh, all-time high.

Stocks opened the session in the red and desperately clawed its way higher, ultimately falling short of gains. Worries about today’s inflation figure kept the bulls on the sidelines opening the field for a rare outperformance of value stocks.