We've all had these mornings.

Let me recommend @Tomisacatperson as a follow. Like many of us, he is refugee from the bird site, and a good dude all around.

@Cosmichomicide I'm sure Harlan already is.

@TheNewsOwl This is how I prefer my bats, though I will agree many species are excellent at eating insects, and deserve our thanks.

Katie Porter sums it up very well. #CoSoPolitics

@BrentSullivan Good luck to you, and good luck to us all. I'm only a few years behind you.

@BosmangBeratna Yep. Thomas is a criminal who lied his way onto the Supreme Court, and he and his wife have grifted their way to a fortune. The fact that he's not in prison is further proof that God is blind.

From @GasBuddyGuy on Twitter: "According to GasBuddy data, weekly (Sun-Sat) US gasoline demand rose 1.4% from the prior week and was 0.5% above the four week moving average. We model consumption at 8.71 million barrels per day.. My take: This is not what you see in a slowing economy. #CoSoEconomics

"Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly has been claiming thousands of dollars annually from a shuttered real estate firm" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/16/clarence-thomas-has-been-claiming-thousands-of-dollars-annually-from-a-shuttered-real-estate-firm.html

Supreme Court temporarily blocks abortion pill restrictions https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/14/supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-abortion-pill-restrictions.html

Food for thought if you're in the market for a car ... #CoSoFinance

Something to think about.

Market confusion. Earlier, I posted a chart showing that most S&P 500 stocks were below their 50-day moving averages. But let's look shorter term. More than 93% of all S&P 500 stocks were recently above their 10-day MA. This is a bullish, and rare, thrust in market breadth. When it's happened before, the S&P 500 was higher a year later 23 of 24 times and up 18.4% on average. #CoSoFinance

From CNBC's Carl Quintanilla: ".. 30 companies have reported; 90% so far beat on EPS, the highest post-Week 1 surprise statistic back to at least 2012."
- B of A, on earnings season

My take: This earnings season is supposed to be dismal. That may mean expectations are very low, and so easy to beat. #CoSoFinance

Ladies and gentlemen, the next leg of the #Commodity bull market has barely begun. #CoSoFinance

The S&P 500 strikes me as wishy-washy lately, but here's something that might be bearish: the S&P 500 is currently higher than where it was in November. HOWEVER, back then, >90% of members were above their 50-day moving average. Now, just 55% are above their 50-day moving average. The 50-day is the dividing line between intermediate bullish and bearish trends. #CoSoFinance