RMi Pre-opening: It ain’t over until the fat lady, Ms. Econ sings

April 6, 2026 7:46am

The phrase is a colloquial idiom, cautioning against assuming the outcome before it is officially concluded.

Having started a new Q, BIG econs are set to be released; CPI, PCE as oil pricing is being churned by 5- weeks of conflict

With a chance of a ceasefire and a possible end to uncertainty?

Pre-open signals: watch the flow and act accordingly re BUYS

Never leave retail investor uninformed … I say what others won’t, so you can KNOW what others can’t!

Say/write less, mean more …

Thursday’s RMi Closing Bell: Late and lucky sector knee jerk reaction! … https://www.regmedinvestors.com/articles/14370

I chose to speak-up when many analysts, brokers and commentators have shut-up!

Remember that overnight action in futures don't necessarily translate into actual trading in today’s regular stock market session.

Thursday: The pre-open Dow futures are DOWN -0.13% or (-60 points), the S&P futures are UP +0.08% or (+5 points) and the Nasdaq futures are UP +0.34% or (+83 pints)

• U.S. stock futures are low and mixed on Monday, 4/6
• European equities and bourses finished mixed and in negative territory
• Asia Pacific markets traded mixed

Economic Data: It’s still all about oil pricing and

• 10:00 am             ISM Services

Henry’omics: We need to more than consider the market’s setting to grasp the micro re “our” universe of cell and gene therapy companies

• Friday was a market holiday
• Thursday: The Dow closed DOWN -61.07 points or -0.13%, the S&P closed UP +7.37 points or +0.11% while the Nasdaq closed UP +38.234 points or +0.18%
• Wednesday: The Dow closed UP +223.86 points or +0.48%, the S&P closed UP +46.80 points or +0.72% while the Nasdaq closed UP +250.319 points or +1.16%
• Tuesday: The Dow closed UP +1,125.37 points or +2.49%, the S&P closed UP +184.80 points or +2.91% while the Nasdaq closed UP +795.988 points or +3.83%
• Monday: The Dow closed UP +49.50 points or +0.11%, the S&P closed DOWN -25.13 points or -0.39% while the Nasdaq closed DOWN -153.716 points or -0.73%

• Last week: the S&P advanced +3.4%, the Dow rose +3% and the Nasdaq dived -1.59%
• The previous week: the S&P sank -2%, the Dow fell -3% and the Nasdaq ascended +4.4%

Q2/26 – 1 neutral, 1 positive closes and 1 holiday

• Q1 – March – 9 positive and 13 negative closes
• February – 1 market holiday, 11 positive and 8 negative closes
• January – 2 holiday, 2 neutral, 9 negative and 9 positive closes 

Companies in my headlights – It’s your decision; I provide ideas and context

I post about “indication intelligence” looking toward investment conferences … to assist investors with insight into sector vulnerabilities and strengths.  A dictionary definition of “indicate” refers to something less than a certainty; an indication could be a signal of being oversold or overbought, a recommendation, or grounds for inferring or a basis for believing.

The BOTTOM LINE: Welcome to my world of defining the “grey’ in our universe!

Stock futures were rising on Monday … after the long weekend.

• With markets digesting President Trump’s latest threats against Iran and hopes for peace.

The litany of maybes:

• The U.S. and regional mediators are pushing for a 45-day cease-fire that could ultimately end the war.
• The U.S. and Iran had received a draft peace plan mediated by Pakistan, Reuters reported, which would involve an immediate ceasefire. However, neither side has publicly confirmed the existence of such a proposal or their willingness to accept it.
• The U.S. and regional mediators are pushing for a 45-day cease-fire that could ultimately end the war, The Wall Street Journal reported early Monday.
• However. the chances remain slim, according to officials familiar with the matter.
• Monday technically marks the end of a 10-day deadline Trump gave Iran last month to make a deal and open the Strait of Hormuz.
• Another however, Trump wrote “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. ET!” in a social-media post, and told The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. would destroy all of Iran’s power plants if the crucial waterway wasn’t reopened by Tuesday evening. <Barron’s>

Welcome to my world of defining the “grey’ in our universe!

• I hate to be so negative or contrarian but, this is a NO spin zone and facts and truth are its products; I can always be WRONG but, I am mostly EARLY!
• if I wanted to be liked, I wouldn’t have been an analyst/journalist.

April – 1st week

• 4/3 – Friday was a market holiday
• 4/2 - Thursday closed neutral with 19 incliners, 19 decliners and 2 flats
• 4/1 – Wednesday closed positive with 29 incliners, 8 decliners and 3 flats

March – 5th week

• 3/31 – Tuesday closed positive with 36 incliners, 2 decliners and 2 flats
• 3/30 - Monday closed negative with 12 incliners, 26 decliners and 2 flats

March – 4th week:

• 3/27 – Friday closed negative with 1 incliner, 36 decliners and 3 flats
• 3/26 – Thursday closed negative with 15 incliner, 22 decliners and 3 flats
• 3/25 – Wednesday closed positive with 30 incliners, 5 decliners and 5 flats
• 3/24 – Tuesday closed negative with 11 incliner, 26 decliners and 3 flats
• 3/23 - Monday closed positive with 26 incliners, 12 decliners and 2 flats

As the leading voice of cell and gene therapy investors; I am NOT always a doom and gloom analyst/journalist but a man who has been “there” (BUY, SELL, VC and multiple operating roles) with the gray hair and a readership following with real numbers to prove it!

• I am more frequently right than consequentially wrong; if I wanted to be liked, I wouldn’t have been an analyst/journalist.

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