Upside revenue surprises are their highest in nearly six years, yet investors don't appear to be buying into the rally.

The overall market remains trending higher, but evidence favors the Staples this earnings season.

While seasonality is a concern later this earnings season, statistics favor trading long ahead of earnings for now.

The low inflation along with rising wages has created concerns of a profit squeeze in the second-half, but the results in June suggest improving earnings

At least for now, it is more about what the Fed is doing rather than what the Fed is saying.

Friday's selling of the momentum stocks has put a surprisingly high focus on a crash for a market trading around its high, but we aren't getting a signal for the broader market yet.

There might not be enough new information to bring additional buying into the market after the recent acceleration, but the trends still have room and the technicals lean positive.

Despite earlier signs of fundamental strength, the macroeconomic data softened last week, and the money flow into the market is a concern. Still, the technicals continue to point higher and we must trade accordingly while support holds.

The macroeconomic data is becoming more supportive of a bull market, but sellers have outweighed buyers this spring and that is a near-term risk as the S&P 500 consolidates.

Market psychology suggests the current cycle still has a lot of time left to it, just as one key fundamental data point begins building strength.