From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

May the Fourth be with you!

We now have the Fed behind us, and there are more bank troubles.

This is worrisome.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

It's Fed Day, and we know the drill...

Up, down, and all around.

These tiny banks have been in trouble for quite some time.

That we know.

The question has been more about whether or not the...

The big story on today's list is that executives from some of the most severely damaged banks are still filing Form 4s.

Here's yesterday's list:

• Texas Capital Bancshares $TCBI
• Zions...

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This is a big day, with the FOMC set to announce an interest rate decision at 2:00 p.m. ET.

We had a late-day bounce yesterday -- typical, as this market loves to levitate.

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The market took a decent dive early today, but after lunch time we saw a decent bounce. Perhaps it was short covering.

We don...

The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a Form 4 filing by Impinj, Inc. $PI director Steve Sanghi.

Sanghi reported a purchase of PI shares worth $1,997,500.

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$SPY bumped right against its Bollinger band yesterday and dropped.

We had a pretty decent-sized move last...

It's that time of the year again.

I keep being told to 'Sell in May and Go Away'.

But...

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The market is still trucking along and going higher.

$SPY does have potential to the February high at 418.31...

Today’s hot list is a long one with many executives rushing to buy shares following the first quarter earnings blackout period.

The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a Form 4 filing by Chicago Pacific Founders.

The firm...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Happy May!

Here we are, and we have another busy week ahead of us.

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The market was full speed ahead today, and this week looks like just a blip on the chart.

At the rate we're going we can see...

I was in New York City most of the week for the annual CMT Symposium.

On Wednesday afternoon I dropped by Fox Business to chat with Liz Claman about the ongoing bull market that is now on Month #11.

My point in the hit was that a lot...

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As far as earnings go, $AMZN and $GOOGL for Big Tech were the weak links.

$QQQ is almost at its peak price.

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That was a stick save by $META, and now we have $AMZN tonight.

$QQQ came...

The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a Form 4 filing by Enphase Energy $ENPH director T.J. Rodgers.

Rodgers, who is the founder of Cypress Semiconductor and also holds a patent for a wine-making press, reported a purchase of...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

If you look under the hood, overall this market is weak.

Without Big Tech, there really isn't too much to talk about, except maybe commodities.