For the second Friday in a row, the Nasdaq put in a rally that, under the surface, was not as impressive as its headline gain…
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Could Stocks AND Bonds Be Topping?
There is always a small but vocal contingent of market pundits calling for a stock market top. In the past few years, there has been…
Less Than Meets The Eye In Nasdaq Rally?
It’s a day removed from Friday’s all-time high in the Nasdaq but we posted a couple Charts Of The Day today that had folks wondering…
Home In The Range: A Rare Streak For The Dow
We’ve dedicated several recent posts to the narrow trading range that has characterized U.S. stocks of late. This will (likely) be the final one on…
Smart Money Options Indicator Now ‘Off The Charts’ Bearish
We have mentioned the put/call ratio of open interest on S&P 100 (OEX) options a handful of times over the past 6 months or so.…
U.S. Stocks Still Spinning Their Wheels
We have spent quite a bit of ink in this blog recently covering various aspects, and potential implications of the ongoing range in the U.S.…
Value Stocks Get Their Turn To Shine
In early February we highlighted the emerging strength in small and mid-cap growth stocks. After languishing for over a year, they finally experienced breakouts, of…
Similar S&P 500 Ranges Have Always Resulted In New Highs, But…
Yesterday, we looked at the unusual uptick in stock market volatility despite its recent range-bound behavior. Today, we look at the S&P 500′s recent range…
Despite Range Bound Market, Stock Volatility Expanding
In a post last week, we discussed the recent uptick in stock market volatility as measured by the number of 1% up and down days…
Stocks Near Highs But Retail Trading Subdued
We have covered many of the popular and not-so-popular stock market sentiment indicators over the past several months. With the exception of some very short-term…