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Mike Paulenoff

This AM's Spotlight: HD, July Crude Oil & SPY

Good Tuesday Morning, MPTraders!  May 19, 2026: What's on my mind this morning (besides appreciating that I was NOT called for Jury Duty for today!):-- Two trading sessions until Wednesday eve's NVDA Earnings Report...-- The NVDA Earnings reaction (Jensen making the rounds on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business) on Thursday will take the markets into Kevin Warsh's Federal Reserve swearing-in ceremony on Friday afternoon... -- Home Depot Earnings are a big nothingburger for investors this AM, which keeps the stock under pressure and in its bear phase (see below)...

AT&T's Turnaround Worked — That May Be the Problem

The restructuring is behind it. The dividend is rebuilt. The crowd may have already reflected the story.There was a time, not long ago, when ATT was the stock investors loved to criticize.The bloated media acquisition. The dividend cut that broke a decades-long streak of payouts. The balance sheet that looked like it belonged to a different era of corporate ambition. For income investors in particular, ATT became a cautionary tale — the blue chip that forgot what made it blue.And then, methodically, the company fixed it.The media assets were divested. The balance sheet was restructured.

Market Still Over Support

Over the long weekend, the market continued to push higher in a very sloppy pattern but managed to push to new highs. This is making the green count the more likely path at this point in time. With that said, I am still leaving the white count on the table for the time being. However, from a practical standpoint, it does not make too much of a difference other than how much higher this can extend.

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