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Our Market Intelligence Hub provides an organized, curated collection of publicly available market tools, research, and news sources that support our strategic insights. Many of the authors also use X to release timely commentary.
Federal Reserve Calendar provides dates for speeches, meetings, and official announcements from the US Federal Reserve. As a great resources to understanding the Fed Reserve and other Central Banks policy stances be sure to bookmark InTouch Capital Markets’ Central Bank Hawks and Doves Cheat Sheet.
For a clear visual of how investors are forecasting the Federal Reserves interest rate policies bookmark the CME FedWatch Tool which provides real-time probabilities of changes to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s target rate.
Briefing’s Economic Calendar highlights key economic data releases and events. Similarly, the Forex Factory Calendar details global macroeconomic event schedules and date releases. These both provide links with relevant historical data and commentary.
Market Scholars’ David Settle conducts a daily Market Forecast on Youtube providing a technical analysis perspective on the broad equity, bond and currency markets.
A good Market Breadth indicator for identifying market bottoms is the percentage of stocks trading above their 20-Day Moving Average. We specifically look for buying opportunities when less than 20% of stocks are trading above their 20-Day Moving Average.
The McClellan Summation Index and the McClellan Oscillator help identify if markets are trading at momentum extremes (NYMO of +/- 80) and determine direction of investor money flow (NYSI direction).
Larry McMillan’s Option Strategist Blog is a valuable, weekly source for Put/Call Ratio updates, VIX term structure analysis, and Market Breadth buy/sell signals.
We use an Earnings Calendar to watch for negative stock performance after a company provides solid earnings and future guidance. This reaction is often short-lived. Many times sell offs provide good longer term entries.
Many sites offer Dividend Calendars, but TipRanks Ex-Dividend Date Calendar’s free version is simiple to navigate. Its Earnings and News Calendars are also great. Remember, stocks often rise up to and fall after Ex-Dividend dates.
Stock Trader’s Almanac author, Jeff Hirsch’s blog reveals much of the data behind and the signals for his Tactical Seasonal Switching Strategy.
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