Despite the major averages’ continued drift near all-time highs, volume moving into advancing stocks has been historically light. About a month ago, we noted some…
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The Trump Card
Perhaps ironically, the stock market may be more inclined to undergo a long-needed unwind of its excesses and in quicker fashion under the new,…
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Are Materials Stocks Building Foundation For Major Breakout?
A potentially bullish long-term pattern has developed in the basic materials sector. Among the main beneficiaries of the post-election “Trump Trade” has been anything related…
The “Other” Dow Theory Is Waving A Red Flag
While the Dow Industrials remain near all-time highs, the Utilities are well off of their highs; this has signaled trouble in the past. …
Does Stocks’ Buoyant January Mean Smooth Sailing For 2017?
The S&P 500 never traded below its 2016 closing price during January; prior such cases have been very positive harbingers…mostly. January was an…
Big Test For Small ‘Risk-On’ Leader
Small-Cap Pure Value stocks – a fair barometer of investor risk appetite – are testing key support. As affirmation of a rising stock market, one…
Will Record Short VIX Position Backfire On Speculators?
Speculators (a.k.a., “dumb money”?) are holding their largest net-short position in the history of the VIX futures contract. Every week, the CFTC releases their Commitment…
Global Stocks Breaking Decade-Long Resistance
The Global Dow Index has broken above its post-2007 downtrend. One theme we highlighted coming into 2017 was the potential chart resistance facing many global…
Another Chance To Hop Aboard The FTSE Bus?
The UK’s FTSE-100 Index is testing the level from which it broke out to all-time highs a month ago. Our final Chart Of The Day,…