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Robot Monster wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:30 pm
jason2459 wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:06 pm Here's to a soaring month! :beer

SP500 up 5.25%
Nasdaq up 6.82%
Dow up 2.05%
And even the R2k up 4.92%
Apparently, it's the biggest monthly rally since November.
Wow! And to think that we'll be able to tell our grandchildren that we were there!
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And we just hit 15,000 posts in this thread!
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Robot Monster wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:30 pm
jason2459 wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:06 pm Here's to a soaring month! :beer

SP500 up 5.25%
Nasdaq up 6.82%
Dow up 2.05%
And even the R2k up 4.92%
Apparently, it's the biggest monthly rally since November.
Best month in the last six months happens - oh - about every six months or so on average. :D
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stocknoob4111 wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:24 pm sell in May started early, it's still Apr 30 :annoyed
I'm glad I'm not alone in selling some last week.
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1. Is there a conclusion I am supposed to reach from that tweet, or it is just an observation along the lines of "water is wet" ?

2. While futures are an unreliable predictor (especially this past week), they are pointing toward some soaring on Monday morning.
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CurlyDave wrote: Sun May 02, 2021 8:47 pm
1. Is there a conclusion I am supposed to reach from that tweet, or it is just an observation along the lines of "water is wet" ?
Glad that I wasn’t the only one with that reaction to the tweet ….
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First commenter on Twitter makes a good point: this would be interesting if 40% of revenue (S&P 500) wasn’t derived from international markets.
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mrspock wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 12:42 am
First commenter on Twitter makes a good point: this would be interesting if 40% of revenue (S&P 500) wasn’t derived from international markets.
The only thing the graph really tells me is that the proportion of the GDP attributable to stock companies as opposed to sole proprietors, or private companies has grown over time. If we had some reasonably accurate way to value non-stock issuing enterprises and add that value to the total capitalization line it might show that GDP/Total enterprise value was more nearly constant.

Or it might show that GDP/Market Capitalization can always be calculated but the ratio might have no meaning at all. Sort of like taking GDP/Total mosquito population of the US. I can always calculate that ratio (might have to make some bold assumptions) but it might not produce a meaningful result.
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Back on topic: Futures are SOARING....let's hope it translates tomorrow!

:moneybag :moneybag :moneybag
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mrspock wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 3:06 am Back on topic: Futures are SOARING....let's hope it translates tomorrow!

:moneybag :moneybag :moneybag
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CurlyDave wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 8:32 am
mrspock wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 3:06 am Back on topic: Futures are SOARING....let's hope it translates tomorrow!

:moneybag :moneybag :moneybag
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Stinky wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 8:46 am
...S&P holding over 4200.
Losing altitude...
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Apple +1.76%, and while on the subject of Apple, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate everyone who didn't sell 10M of its shares last year.
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Tim_in_GA wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 4:11 pm And we just hit 15,000 posts in this thread!
That was a major resistance level - now that the post count has broken through it, it'll soar to 20,000 in no time!
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Robot Monster wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:30 pm
jason2459 wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:06 pm Here's to a soaring month! :beer

SP500 up 5.25%
Nasdaq up 6.82%
Dow up 2.05%
And even the R2k up 4.92%
Apparently, it's the biggest monthly rally since November.
Sadly, these results were somewhat muted for Canucks, as the USD fell 2.5% against the Loonie.
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canadianbacon wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 10:15 am
Robot Monster wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:30 pm
jason2459 wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:06 pm Here's to a soaring month! :beer

SP500 up 5.25%
Nasdaq up 6.82%
Dow up 2.05%
And even the R2k up 4.92%
Apparently, it's the biggest monthly rally since November.
Sadly, these results were somewhat muted for Canucks, as the USD fell 2.5% against the Loonie.
According to the Economist's Big Mac Index, the Canadian dollar was 7% undervalued against the US dollar in December 2020, so seems like the US dollar took a step lessening that discrepancy.
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I am still very confused by how the hell the stock market is up. It doesn't make economic sense but then again economics doesn't make economics sense.

Just gonna stay the course etc. But very confused/jittery.
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Faisal wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 11:03 am I am still very confused by how the hell the stock market is up. It doesn't make economic sense but then again economics doesn't make economics sense.

Just gonna stay the course etc. But very confused/jittery.
May 2021 reopenings make more sense then May 2020 everything closing and markets sky rocketing.
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Faisal wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 11:03 am I am still very confused by how the hell the stock market is up. It doesn't make economic sense but then again economics doesn't make economics sense.

Just gonna stay the course etc. But very confused/jittery.
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Faisal wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 11:03 am I am still very confused by how the hell the stock market is up. It doesn't make economic sense but then again economics doesn't make economics sense.

Just gonna stay the course etc. But very confused/jittery.
Inflation. If housing prices are rising, some of the money would also flow into stocks.
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Faisal wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 11:03 am I am still very confused by how the hell the stock market is up. It doesn't make economic sense but then again economics doesn't make economics sense.

Just gonna stay the course etc. But very confused/jittery.
Lay the blame on TINA.
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Faisal wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 11:03 am I am still very confused by how the hell the stock market is up. It doesn't make economic sense but then again economics doesn't make economics sense.

Just gonna stay the course etc. But very confused/jittery.
Huh? Have you been watching earnings the last 2 quarters? $1T-700B Companies are doubling profits, crushing earnings estimates.

Seems pretty rational to me.
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Faisal wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 11:03 am I am still very confused by how the hell the stock market is up. It doesn't make economic sense but then again economics doesn't make economics sense.

Just gonna stay the course etc. But very confused/jittery.
The biggest and the best companies in the US are reporting record profits and revenues. What's confusing about it?
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jay22 wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 1:01 pm The biggest and the best companies in the US are reporting record profits and revenues. What's confusing about it?
it's the rubberband effect, the pandemic stretched everyone to the limit and now the spring back is ferocious... it will last for quite a bit at least domestically.
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The smart money selling into the close. God help us!
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Today smart money rotated into international, the proven winner :sharebeer
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Marseille07 wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 2:56 pm The smart money selling into the close. God help us!
Tamalak wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 3:44 pm Today smart money rotated into international, the proven winner :sharebeer
I hope that the "smart money" stayed the course.
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Another equity market “warning”. From MarketWatch.

The stock market is ‘inching toward euphoria’, warn analysts at BofA

https://on.mktw.net/3aYpDwo
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Stinky wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 9:55 pm Another equity market “warning”. From MarketWatch.

The stock market is ‘inching toward euphoria’, warn analysts at BofA

https://on.mktw.net/3aYpDwo
Oh my.

I wonder what word he uses for the crypto market?
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So not only has stock market capitalization exceeded nominal GDP for the third time (with the last two times eventually resulting in crashes), but bond market capitalization has exceeded nominal GDP for the first time, and also M2 money supply is getting close to reaching (and perhaps exceeding) GDP for the first time?

What happens when all the other lines are over the red line? What happens? Does the red line even matter? I thought we had evolved beyond needing to care about GDP. It sure seems like it.
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Futures just hopped on the elevator. What was that?
This time is the same
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firebirdparts wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 7:34 am Futures just hopped on the elevator. What was that?
Which button was pushed - down or up?
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Stinky wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 7:41 am
firebirdparts wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 7:34 am Futures just hopped on the elevator. What was that?
Which button was pushed - down or up?
Looks like it was down
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watchnerd wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 11:11 am Looks like it was down
To the basement.
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firebirdparts wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 2:09 pm
watchnerd wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 11:11 am Looks like it was down
To the basement.
If we’re in the basement already there must be a lot of sub levels.
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Today is a great day.. for the schiller P/E!
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firebirdparts wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 2:09 pm
watchnerd wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 11:11 am Looks like it was down
To the basement.
Crypto is going to hoover up all the money on the sidelines.
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Bought a bit on todays dip (ie bought as the price from a week or three ago lol). It's nice when you can love both of the two known colors in the universe.
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Futures are up.

Maybe today we’ll get back yesterday’s losses caused by Yellen’s jumbled comments.
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Stinky wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 8:16 am Futures are up.

Maybe today we’ll get back yesterday’s losses caused by Yellen’s jumbled comments.
She said something that moved the markets?

I didn't see anything. I thought it all started with the DAX taking a hit.
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watchnerd wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 8:18 am
Stinky wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 8:16 am Futures are up.

Maybe today we’ll get back yesterday’s losses caused by Yellen’s jumbled comments.
She said something that moved the markets?

I didn't see anything. I thought it all started with the DAX taking a hit.
Read the first few sentences of this article about Yellens comments. Or you can find more news sources that should say the same.

https://on.mktw.net/3nWzSH2
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Stinky wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 8:25 am

Read the first few sentences of this article about Yellens comments. Or you can find more news sources that should say the same.

https://on.mktw.net/3nWzSH2
Sheesh, what a bunch of nervous nellies.

As the article notes, the bond market didn't care.
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More soaring than I expected this morning.

Still not enough to recover all of yesterday's issues, but a nice start.
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Looks like we're coming back to earth somewhat
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Is today the start of a 10 yr. flat market? ;)

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U.S. Jobless Claims Fall More Than Forecast to Pandemic Low!

Consensus was 533 K
Consensus range was 522 K to 575 K ,
Actual is 498 K
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U.S. Futures Steady After Jobless Claims Decline

"The drop in jobless claims to the lowest level since the start of the pandemic bodes well for future employment reports and push yields moderately higher over time." link

A Bloomberg line chart of initial jobless claims since the pandemic really took hold in March 2020. See here--> link
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What's with all the taper talk? This is putting a damper on stocks.
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I have been waiting a long time for a melt up at the close, but it looks like today is the day.
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CurlyDave wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 2:53 pm I have been waiting a long time for a melt up at the close, but it looks like today is the day.
Yay!

Hopefully close above 4200 and say goodbye to it forever!
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