This piece originally appeared as the August issue of the J. Lyons Fund Management, Inc. Newsletter at www.jlfmi.com. Over the past few months, we have…
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What Happens After A Crash?
Our posts this week have dealt with analyzing the aftermath of the recent historic events that have unfolded in the stock market. However, of all…
Flurry Of 90% Down Days: Capitulation Or Caution?
Three 90% Down Days in 2 weeks may signal brighter longer-term prospects…but not without heightened risk in the near-term. One theme coming out of our…
Odds Favor A Year-End Rally…After A New Low
August 6-month lows have had a tendency to be broken in the coming months, prior to a year-end bounce. After getting kicked in the teeth…
What Does Last Week’s Record Bounce Mean For Stocks?
Last week was certainly a historic one in the markets. Given Monday’s mini-crash, somewhat lost in it all (except for the bulls) was the fact…
Volatility Of Volatility Flies Off The Charts
The Volatility Index of the VIX just crushed its previous record high. We’ve spent the week pointing out some of the eye-opening readings dished out…
Four Straight 1% Down Days: FOURtune Or FOURwarned?
Rare four straight 1% drops in the S&P 500 have mostly occurred at bottoms of some significance…with a few notable exceptions. Our last several posts…
August 24 – A True Market Washout
It doesn’t happen too often, but occasionally we witness a true stock market “washout”. That is, a selloff marked by extremely one-sided (to the downside) trading…
New Highs Tie Record For Futility
The absence of ANY New Highs today also contributed to a dubious trendline break. Apparently it took the dog days of summer to break the…
Was The Most Important Line In The Equity Market Just Broken?
The post-2009 UP trendline in the broad Value Line Geometric Composite was violated today. Most technicians and chartists have what they consider their important levels…