Episode 291: Ides of March

About this episode

David and Ian discuss market trends including bullish engulfing candles, S&P performance, and the relationship between oil and energy prices.

In this week's episode David and Ian discuss the bullish engulfing candles witnessed on Monday, but no follow-through in sight with the S&P back below 6800. They also discuss the relationship between oil and energy prices, when else have we seen Financials be the worst performer to start the year, breadth deterioration, what it means if XLP breaks down while outperforming the rest of the market on a relative basis, fixed income and interest rates, international equities, and what is...

People in this episode

Hosts: David Zarling, Ian McMillan

Topics covered

• bullish engulfing candles
• S&P performance
• oil and energy prices
• Financials performance
• breadth deterioration
• fixed income and interest rates
• international equities

Keywords

• bullish engulfing candles
• S&P
• oil prices
• Financials
• breadth deterioration
• fixed income
• interest rates
• international equities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: S&P, XLP, Financials, international equities

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