Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Indices closed down 1.49% to 2.09%...

 Indices were under selling pressure due to fear of inflation and potentially hawkish Fed statement.

S&P 500 @ 5035.69, low 5035.31, high 5110.83

RSI @ 43.12

Internals were :

Down volume led by 7.53 to 1 in NYSE & 1.92 to 1 in Nasdaq

Declining stocks led by 4.60 to 1 in NYSE & 2.56 to 1 in Nasdaq

Net new highs were leading by 57 in NYSE & lows by 66 in Nasdaq

VIX UP 6.68% @ 15.65

Oil @ $81.93

Gold @ $2303.90

Canadian $ @ .6249

In my portfolio...Bought BTCC.TO in Toronto @ $11.34

Portfolio AMD GOOG INTC META MSFT NVDA SHOP SOUN BTCC

It is all about Fed statement @ 2 PM, hawkish insert may put more selling pressure....Sell in May could be a reality this year.... AMD earnings did not impress AH crowd....

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

14 comments:

Stocks100 said...


Hi Stocktrader,

Added 100% BTCC.TO @ $10.78 in Toronto

Saleem

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Good luck with more BTCC.TO!

The Bitcoin and gold moves have puzzled me this year given the strong dollar and market.

Stocktrader

Joe said...

Good morning Saleem and stocktrader,

Hope everything is fine with you.

SMCI is down 20%. Is it worth nibble a few shares?

It is so scary to buy the stock.

Joseph

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Joseph,

I don't particularly like the stock because I don't believe in the durability of its competitive edge. I would personally go for something more like AMD if you wanted to buy a dip today.

Stocktrader

Joe said...

Hi Stocktrader,

Thanks for your input

Joseph

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Sold SNAP @ 15.92 to take profits

SNAP remains vulnerable to a slowdown in ad spending if the economy weakens from here.

Stocktrader

Stock Rookie said...

Great job on SNAP profits! Thanks for AMD inputs. I just bought some. Thank you!

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Stock Rookie,

Thank you for the kind words on SNAP - sometimes just realizing all the bad news is already in a stock is better than just expecting good news.

I find the charts of AI and IONQ most interesting as the relative strength recently is starting to show. AMD is still expensive and forward margins are a concern as more chipmakers ramp up their offerings and some ultra big companies bring production in house.

Stocktrader

Stock Rookie said...

Thank you for your thesis. I remembered I made decent money following you and Saleem. I don't know alot about stocks but I follow you both trying to buy whatever you both buy hahaha. Thank you both again! Have a blessed day!

Stock Rookie said...

My current portfolios: META, AAPL, NVDA, AMZN, AMD, ZENV, AMKR, IONQ, FLYW. Looking to buy AI & DCBOnow.

Stocks100 said...


Hi Joseph,

Stocktrader reply is worth following on SMCI....

Saleem

Stocks100 said...


Hi Stocktrader,

Good job on SNAP....35% is pretty good $$$$$

Saleem

Stocks100 said...


Hi Stock rookie,

Pretty good portfolio....

Good luck !

Saleem

Stock Rookie said...

Thank you sir!