ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/ Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000. Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:13:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-onetwentytwo_icon-32x32.png ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/ 32 32 Tech Stocks Keep Winning, Market Breadth Failing https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/27/tech-stocks-keep-winning-market-breadth-failing/ https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/27/tech-stocks-keep-winning-market-breadth-failing/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:24:07 +0000 https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/?p=83947 The Market Breadth Summary The Stock Market Summary High tech stocks keep winning as AI leadership carries the sector and the headline indices, but market breadth keeps failing including a steep downtrend all month. In the prior week, the AI trade hit a short speed bump on AI safety concerns, but last week’s rally confirmed ... Read more

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]]> https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/27/tech-stocks-keep-winning-market-breadth-failing/feed/ 0 Fed Rate Hike Punishes Market Breadth While AI Stocks Rebound https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/21/fed-rate-hike-punishes-market-breadth-while-ai-stocks-rebound/ https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/21/fed-rate-hike-punishes-market-breadth-while-ai-stocks-rebound/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:39:23 +0000 https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/?p=83851 The Market Breadth Summary: Punished The Stock Market Summary The Federal Reserve actually did it. America’s central bank channeled Kevin Warsh’s previous jawboning into an actual rate hike. The Fed’s first such move since 2023 was well-priced by the Fed fund futures market, but the stock market was initially caught off-guard. The rate hike punished ... Read more

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]]> https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/21/fed-rate-hike-punishes-market-breadth-while-ai-stocks-rebound/feed/ 0 Market Breadth’s Latest Warning As Oil, Inflation and Rates Rise https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/14/market-breadths-latest-warning-as-oil-inflation-and-rates-rise/ https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/14/market-breadths-latest-warning-as-oil-inflation-and-rates-rise/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:01:08 +0000 https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/?p=83750 The Market Breadth Summary: Latest Warning The Stock Market Summary Rising oil prices dominated the trading backdrop last week. Soaring oil prices helped emphasize inflation fears and bolstered higher bond yields (rates). While the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ survived tests of critical support thanks in large part to strong rebounds in AI-related stocks, small ... Read more

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]]> https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/14/market-breadths-latest-warning-as-oil-inflation-and-rates-rise/feed/ 0 Higher Rates Nearly Broke Market Breadth As Divergences Widened https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/06/higher-rates-nearly-broke-market-breadth-as-divergences-widened/ https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/06/higher-rates-nearly-broke-market-breadth-as-divergences-widened/#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:24:53 +0000 https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/?p=83664 The Market Breadth Summary: Nearly Broke The Stock Market Summary I am surprised that the stock market ended the week as well as it did given that early in the week rising interest rates nearly broke market breadth. Rising treasury yields followed higher oil prices and a worldwide sell-off in sovereign debt. The benchmark U.S. ... Read more

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]]> https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/09/06/higher-rates-nearly-broke-market-breadth-as-divergences-widened/feed/ 0 Market Breadth Broke Sharply from the S&P 500: What Nvidia, the Fed, Retail and Small Caps Revealed https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/08/30/market-breadth-broke-sharply-from-sp-500-what-nvidia-fed-retail-small-caps-revealed/ https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/2026/08/30/market-breadth-broke-sharply-from-sp-500-what-nvidia-fed-retail-small-caps-revealed/#respond Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:36:06 +0000 https://drduru.com/onetwentytwo/?p=83561 The Market Breadth Summary: Broke Sharply The Stock Market Summary The S&P 500 rose fractionally for the week and hid some large market catalysts under the surface. Market breadth broke sharply from the S&P 500 with a large loss and return to the bottom of a trading range. A bearish breakdown in small caps provided ... Read more

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