MET
MetLife, Inc.
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**Post Open**
It is another world this morning.  We stopped bombing Iran, and are reported to have another cease-fire in place for now.  Oil has dropped significantly and even interest rates are lower while all of the indices initially indicated a strong open this morning.  As we neared the open, the indices narrowed their earlier enthusiasm to near even.  Making any prediction near impossible. The VIX is lower near the 17.75 level so we may get some sort of rally and many will sell into it fearing a return of the really dreadful signal we got on Friday. As you recall, we opened the day on Friday withing reach of ending the week even or perhaps higher for the week and then Friday afternoon dropped the bottom out on the day and we ended the week much lower than last week.  That falloff on Friday flipped the market from the rally last Monday & Tuesday with some enthusiasm coming into this really BIG earnings week into one that looked to be heading lower. The 20DMA is below the 50DMA on bother the SPY & QQQ and the daily price is below both of those, so we are already down and should be positioned to bounce and rise from here. Whenever the day ends like it did on Friday it gives me a lot of anxiety and a strong tendency to dump and sit back and wait. That is what markets do, they frustrate us mentally and convince us and others to throw in the towel. I didn't do that but I also did not sleep well this weekend. The market is fighting this morning with MSFT, META, AMZN & AAPL ho report this week all in the green this morning. Both MSFT & MET are showing some nice positive moves. Is that a good move or not, I am unsure, but I am going to sit it out and see..
Both AMD and NVDA who were up nicely earlier are getting pummeled this morning in sharp reversals. Both of them ended last week looking better than much of tech, but are getting whipping this morning. MU is modestly red and MRVL is near even now 30 minutes after the open. My thinking is we need to clear out some more panic selling and later this morning the market may well resume some positive trajectory or at least post some sideways movement as we work to recover once more from the harsh selling on Friday. The fundamental news for tech remains very positive so if the air clears a bit we will come out of this roaring. Accumulate on dips like Friday. The economy is good as well so we need to play the long game and not let the day to day swings distract us.

**Post Open**
It is another world this morning.  We stopped bombing Iran, and are reported to have another cease-fire in place for now.  Oil has dropped significantly and even interest rates are lower while all of the indices initially indicated a strong open this morning.  As we neared the open, the indices narrowed their earlier enthusiasm to near even.  Making any prediction near impossible. The VIX is lower near the 17.75 level so we may get some sort of rally and many will sell into it fearing a return of the really dreadful signal we got on Friday. As you recall, we opened the day on Friday withing reach of ending the week even or perhaps higher for the week and then Friday afternoon dropped the bottom out on the day and we ended the week much lower than last week.  That falloff on Friday flipped the market from the rally last Monday & Tuesday with some enthusiasm coming into this really BIG earnings week into one that looked to be heading lower. The 20DMA is below the 50DMA on bother the SPY & QQQ and the daily price is below both of those, so we are already down and should be positioned to bounce and rise from here. Whenever the day ends like it did on Friday it gives me a lot of anxiety and a strong tendency to dump and sit back and wait. That is what markets do, they frustrate us mentally and convince us and others to throw in the towel. I didn't do that but I also did not sleep well this weekend. The market is fighting this morning with MSFT, META, AMZN & AAPL ho report this week all in the green this morning. Both MSFT & MET are showing some nice positive moves. Is that a good move or not, I am unsure, but I am going to sit it out and see..
Both AMD and NVDA who were up nicely earlier are getting pummeled this morning in sharp reversals. Both of them ended last week looking better than much of tech, but are getting whipping this morning. MU is modestly red and MRVL is near even now 30 minutes after the open. My thinking is we need to clear out some more panic selling and later this morning the market may well resume some positive trajectory or at least post some sideways movement as we work to recover once more from the harsh selling on Friday. The fundamental news for tech remains very positive so if the air clears a bit we will come out of this roaring. Accumulate on dips like Friday. The economy is good as well so we need to play the long game and not let the day to day swings distract us.