The Ugliest Chart In Equity Land: Small Cap Growth One great thing about markets is that at any given time you’ll find no shortage of…
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V-Bottom Update: Current Cycle Still Following The Template On August 19, we noted that given the recent action in the stock market, “V-Bottoms” were still…
Equal Weight S&P 500 Starting To Lag – Shades of 2007? Another divergence post? Yes, sorry, we know it is getting mundane. However, we post…
Is the duration of the small cap divergence a concern? We have commented on many occasions about the importance of broad participation of stocks and…
ChOTD-7/11/14 High ISE Equity Call/Put Readings On Down Market Days Have Preceded Drawdowns
Today’s ChOTD looks at the International Securities Exchange (ISE) Equity Call/Put Ratio. For those unfamiliar, ISE presents options ratios a bit differently than most exchanges.…
ChOTD-7/9/14 S&P 500 Days Above 200, 500-Day Moving Averages: Current Streak In Rarified Air
Plenty of folks in the financial blogosphere and media have discussed the S&P 500’s current streak above its 200-day moving average. We thought we’d add…
ChOTD-6/18/14 S&P 500 Average True Range: Volatility Measure Lowest Since February 2007
Touching on the pervasive “low-volatility” theme, today’s ChOTD looks at the Average True Range of the S&P 500 since 2007. Average True Range is a…
Charts Of The Week: Why Recent Index Highs *LOOK* Like Fitting Tops On The Charts
This week we presented a series of charts outlining how recent index highs pass the so-called market top “look test”. By that we mean that…
ChOTD-6/5/14 Why The Recent Highs *LOOK* Like A Fitting Top: S&P 500 Edition
Continuing our series on why recent index highs pass the so-called market top “look test”, today we look at the S&P 500 (previously we looked…
StOTD-5/27/14 S&P 500 @ 52-Week High, NYSE 5-Day Volume @ 52-Week Low
On Friday, May 23, the S&P 500 closed at a 52-week high while the 5-day average volume on the NYSE closed at a 52-week low…