VRA Weekly Update: J Powell with the Rare Win. Fed Meeting Bluster & Takeaway; $2.2 Trillion in Additional QE. Buy Buy Buy.

VRA Weekly Update: J Powell with the Rare Win. Fed Meeting Bluster & Takeaway; $2.2 Trillion in Additional QE. Buy Buy Buy.

Good Thursday morning all. As we have covered in previous updates, as bad as J Powells track record is (once his pressers begin the markets immediately start to tank), JP actually scored a win yesterday. When he began speaking the Dow was -309 and Nasdaq -104, but by the close the Dow was -265…

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VRA Weekly Update: Excess Liquidity and Surging Corporate Earnings = Liftoff. Semis Will Lead a major Market Move Higher Into June.

VRA Weekly Update: Excess Liquidity and Surging Corporate Earnings = Liftoff. Semis Will Lead a major Market Move Higher Into June.

Good Thursday morning all. This feels as much like a goldilocks market as I can remember. You know the reasons we’re bullish…the reasons we’ve been aggressively bullish for the last 14 months…but its primarily about two issues. These are the most important two issues of any bull or bear market;

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VRA Weekly Update: Inflation Running Hot. Sell The Rumor, Buy The News. Bear Trap.

VRA Weekly Update: Inflation Running Hot. Sell The Rumor, Buy The News. Bear Trap.

Good Thursday morning all. Another “must watch” monthly economic report was out yesterday as the April CPI came in hot at 0.8% vs consensus estimate of 0.2%. But let’s be real…like the April jobs report, none of these monthly reports are actually “must watch”.

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VRA Weekly Update: Bullish Consolidation Into Q1 Earnings. Jamie Dimon Joins the VRA as Hard Core Bulls.

VRA Weekly Update: Bullish Consolidation Into Q1 Earnings. Jamie Dimon Joins the VRA as Hard Core Bulls.

Good Thursday morning all. Yesterday marked the 3rd straight day of less than great internals with negative across the board in A/D and volume, while the bright spot continued to be new 52 week high/lows at 341 new highs to just 39 new lows.

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VRA Weekly Update: Q2 Market Melt-Up, Here We Come.

VRA Weekly Update: Q2 Market Melt-Up, Here We Come.

Good Thursday morning all. Reminder that markets are closed tomorrow for Good Friday. First quarter 2021 is now in the books. As Tyler covered on our VRA Podcast yesterday, how remarkable that the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 each had “lightning fast” 10% corrections,

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VRA Weekly Update: SPACs in Focus. Chinese Stocks Under US Regulators Microscope. VRA Market Notes.

VRA Weekly Update: SPACs in Focus. Chinese Stocks Under US Regulators Microscope. VRA Market Notes.

Good Thursday morning all. Market softness continued yesterday, following a solid open with good internals, as mid-day selling pressure took the Dow from +320 to slightly negative at the close. Nasdaq weakness was pervasive throughout the day, taking the index -2% at the close.

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VRA Weekly Blog Update: We Remain Cautious.

VRA Weekly Blog Update: We Remain Cautious.

Good Friday afternoon all, Tyler here with you for today’s update. As Kip mentioned in yesterday’s update the VRA Investing System has been downgraded from 10/12 screens bullish to 9/12 screens bullish. We have been at 10/12 screens bullish since June 19th,

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