Bearish Bet

The odds that the Fed would cut were already quite low and the news Tuesday of some progress on China trade makes it even more unlikely.

Try if you will to mute out the news, but the indicators are heading into the Fed-meeting in no man's land.

Tesla is tanking Robin Hood accounts.

Prices on consumer purchases, excluding food and energy, rose by 0.25% in April, the most since October 2017, a report from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis shows. The Federal Reserve monitors this price index on 'core' consumer purchases when setting benchmark U.S. interest rates.

Some traders have speculated that China might liquidate its $1.1 trillion of U.S. Treasury bonds as a way of striking back against President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from the country. But such a scenario might hide the real urgency: The Chinese government might need the cash, according to the wealth manager deVere Group.

Tesla short sellers are renewing their revolt against Tesla after a recent capital raise initially sent the stock rallying.

Shortseller Andrew Left says Jumia's post IPO stock jump is built on fraud.

Mark Hulbert says gold market contrarians remain on the sidelines, patiently waiting for the timers' aggressive bearishness.

Rob Isbitts says we need to remember that, at some point, the market will return to its unfinished business from late last year.

Will the market fall in coming weeks? Well, it could, writes Mark Hulbert. But don't blame declining trade volume.