After opening significantly lower today following the weak jobs report on Friday, the stock market turned sharply higher, trading up close to 1% before fading…
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In The Presidential Cycle, April May Hold The Key For Year 3
On Tuesday, we discussed the likelihood of the stock market making a new high during the month of April. In this post, we show why…
How Likely Are New Stock Highs In April?
With the month of March and the 1st quarter just about in the books, it’s time to take a peak ahead. Spring has arrived and…
Risk Has Begun To Rein
The following piece was originally posted in J. Lyons Fund Management Inc.’s February Newsletter at www.jlfmi.com. Investment in the riskiest assets has been on a…
Gap Widening Between Stocks & CapEx
Reluctantly, we wade into the economic arena with today’s Chart Of The Day. We have discussed the topic of corporate core capital expenditures (CapEx) on…
This shift in a Smart Money indicator may be negative for stocks
The theory goes that trading done in the stock market early in the day is indicative of the eager and emotional “dumb money” reacting to…
An Odd Breadth Situation
We’ve written about divergences in breadth (i.e., advancing issues vs. declining issues) on several occasions in the past. These such posts have included breadth divergences…
Should Investors Really Be Wary Of The Ides Of March?
The “Ides of March” corresponds to March 15th in the Roman calendar. The term became popularized in Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” in which the emperor…
Despite Dow’s Big Up Day, More Volume In Declining Issues
In a February 27 post (Heavy Selling For Such A Small Loss), we noted that despite a minuscule decline in the S&P 500 the prior…
Unemployment Hits 6-Year Low; Bad News For Stocks? OK, before we get a barrage of hate mail, no, we do not think the drop in…