by Jesse Colombo | Dec 18, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy
With all of the incessant market gyrations this year, most traders and investors are going into the end of the year extremely confused. The simple charts I’ve been watching and showing help to make sense of the noise and show a big picture point of view. In October,...
by John Coumarianos | Dec 18, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy
Chances are your financial advisor believes in two related intellectual theories that you should question them about. In a recent article, the excellent columnist Brett Arends wrote about the two theories governing most financial advisors – the efficient markets...
by Lance Roberts | Dec 18, 2018 | alerts, Crashes, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Kevin Wilson recently penned a piece for Seeking Alpha that made a great point about where the markets are currently. To wit: “Famous market observer Art Cashin mentioned a metaphor in October 2017 that resonated with me. He said (words to the effect that) at that...
by Lance Roberts | Dec 14, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
On Tuesday, we put on a small S&P 500 trading position for an oversold bounce. At first, it didn’t work and we were almost stopped out, but a late day rally kept us in the position. Wednesday was a different picture as stocks rocketed out of the gate on more...
by Lance Roberts | Dec 11, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice, Secular Bulls/Bears
All of sudden….volatility. Well, that is what it seems like anyway after several years of a steady grind higher in the markets. However, despite the pickup in volatility, the breaks of previous bullish trends, and a reversal in Central Bank policy, it is still widely...
by Michael Markowski | Dec 10, 2018 | alerts, Extra Cat, Secular Bulls/Bears
Thursday December 6th may have been the final day in the life of the secular bull market. Based on the S&P 500’s price and volume on the December 6th close and the December 7th open as depicted in the chart below it appears that the bull market which began in...
