April 8, 2026 7:03am

Oil pricing plunged as futures explode in the cease fire agreement

Some risk is temporarily off the table after President Trump called for a 2-week suspension in hostilities in return for Tehran lifting its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz while potentially blackmailing ship passage through straits

Econs are still looming; CPI, PCE as oil pricing churns by weeks of conflict

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 …

RMi Closing Bell: Portfolio dysmorphia … https://www.regmedinvestors.com/articles/14374

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.

 

Wednesday: The pre-open Dow futures are UP +2.56% or (+1,196 points), the S&P futures are UP +2.64% or (+176 points) and the Nasdaq futures are UP +3.47% or (+846 pints)

  • U.S. stock futures ascended, Wednesday 4/8
  • European equities and bourses soared 4% on cease fire,
  • Asia Pacific markets rose

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

  • 1:05 pm               San Francisco President Mary Daly speaks                                                            
  • 2:00 pm               Minutes of Fed's May FOMC meeting     

 

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

  • Tuesday: The Dow closed DOWN -85.42 points or -0.18%, the S&P closed UP +5.02 points or +0.08% while the Nasdaq closed UP +21.512 points or +0.10%
  • Monday: The Dow closed UP +163.70 points or +0.35%, the S&P closed UP +29.28 points or +0.44% while the Nasdaq closed UP +117.155 points or +0.54%
  • 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%
  • 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 negative, 2 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.

  • ALL, enjoy highs but ... be ready for lulls i.e., declines

 

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

One word – temporary … don’t trust … verify

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 – 2nd week

  • 4/7 – Tuesday closed negative with 15 incliners, 21 decliners and 4 flats
  • 4/6 - Monday closed positive with 20 incliners, 18 decliners and 2 flats

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

 

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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