Today’s ChOTD looks at an interesting indicator called the Smart Money Index (as coined by Jason Goepfert at Sentimentrader.com). The indicator tracks the timing of…
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UPDATE (Mission Accomplished): Dubai Stock Mkt Post-Crash Bounce Reaches 61.8% Fibonacci Retracement (+28%)
On June 24, we posted a chart showing the Dubai Stock Market crashing. We also noted that it was approaching its first major support level around…
ChOTD-7/15/14 Railroads: “The Rodney Dangerfield of Stock Market Sectors”
Today’s ChOTD spotlights a sector that has been one of the best performers of the current cyclical bull market – and also one of the…
ChOTD-7/14/14 Stock Market Bucking Weakest Presidential Cycle Stretch (so far)
At the end of March, we noted that the market was entering its historically worst 2-quarter stretch of the Presidential Cycle (Yahoo Finance covered our charts…
UPDATE: Russia RTS Index: Above Short-Term Target; Threatening Long-Term Trend Change
We last mentioned the Russian Stock Market on May 27. Back then, we noted that the RTS Index had reached the short-term target that we…
Commodity Spotlight: iPATH Copper ETN ($JJC): Showing Initial Signs Of Long-Term Bottom
After falling steadily for 3 years, the iPATH Copper ETN ($JJC) is showing some initial signs of forming a potential long-term bottom. First, $JJC bounced…
ChOTD-7/11/14 High ISE Equity Call/Put Readings On Down Market Days Have Preceded Drawdowns
Today’s ChOTD looks at the International Securities Exchange (ISE) Equity Call/Put Ratio. For those unfamiliar, ISE presents options ratios a bit differently than most exchanges.…
Commodity Spotlight: United States Natural Gas $UNG: Testing Major Support Cluster ~ 22.70
Today’s Portugal “surprise” scare served as a reminder that market catalysts often come out of the blue – or at least off the radar. While the…
ChOTD-7/10/14 Portugal Stock Market In Crash Mode, Down 24% From April High
If a stock market crashes and nobody reports on it, is it still a crash? Today’s ChOTD looks at the recent (and ongoing) carnage in…
ChOTD-7/9/14 S&P 500 Days Above 200, 500-Day Moving Averages: Current Streak In Rarified Air
Plenty of folks in the financial blogosphere and media have discussed the S&P 500’s current streak above its 200-day moving average. We thought we’d add…