This piece originally appeared as the August 2016 edition of the J. Lyons Fund Management, Inc. Newsletter at www.jlfmi.com. Re-examining the evidence, in favor of…
The S&P 500 is on a rare streak of closes near a 52-week high; can this bull run continue or will gravity take over? The…
Regional banks have been on a run of late, but are encountering resistance stemming from 2011. Over the course of the post-February stock rally, the…
Short-term rates are testing their near-term and looong-term downtrends. “Test Week” concludes with a look at the interest rates. In late July, we noted the…
Unlike many of the sentiment indicators we’ve looked at recently, traders on one options exchange recently exhibited a record show of nervousness. We’ve written a…
As the Olympics were kicking off, the Brazilian Bovespa scored a key breakout; with the Games wrapped up, the index is testing that breakout point.…
After breaking out of a massive cup-&-handle formation last month, REITs have returned to test that breakout level. Early on in the week, a theme…
The German DAX scored a big technical breakout 2 weeks ago; it is now undergoing a critical test of that breakout level. As U.S. equity-centric…
Near-term volatility expectations are currently on a stretch of unprecedentedly low levels. About a month ago, we began to take note of investor complacency creeping…
Utility stocks have been unusually responsive to key chart levels recently. As money managers who rely quite a bit on the charts, it’s always comforting…