Tag: S&P 500

(18 January 2026) Stocks ended the week slightly lower as investors pondered the future of the Fed's independence after Trump's latest comments about Fed Chair Jerome Powell.  Despite the pullback, the S&P 500 did manage to make new intraday highs although it fell a bit short of the 7000 level. This sideways consolidation is not unexpected given the current mix of planetary influences. The dominant influence is still the triple conjunction of Sun-Mars-Venus on January 9.  My study suggested that this is a bullish influence that can last for several...