The “average stock” index is testing its post-2009 uptrend. Some junctures are more significant than others in the markets. Coming into the week, it didn’t immediately…
Complacency is finally abating as options traders ramp up their put buying. On Tuesday, we noted that the sentiment climate had finally shifted away from…
The 4-month rally in bond yields may soon hit a snag in the form of potential chart resistance. Today, we unleashed a veritable barrage of…
Despite an unseasonably calm stock market, relative near-term volatility expectations have jumped to the 3rd highest level in their 3-year history. It’s no secret that…
The frightful performance of the health care sector could find imminent relief at a key chart juncture – if temporarily. If there is one sector…
For just the 2nd time in 10 years, both stocks AND bonds are hitting 3-month lows. This week, stocks began to exhibit some of the…
Like their small-cap counterparts, mid-cap stocks have broken through a potentially important support level. We’ve mentioned quite a bit lately about how well the major…
The Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index has violated (for now) the 2 key uptrend lines that we recently identified. A main theme recently among both our…
After successful tests of its broken multi-decade downtrend, Japan’s Nikkei 225 has a chance to commence a new upleg. We’ve been pointing out the thinning…
Despite the recent resilience of the major averages, the only market segment residing at new highs on Friday was the Toy industry. Following more than…