Key indices across the U.S. equity market are testing their uptrend lines stemming from the February lows. It’s only fitting that today’s Chart Of The…
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Traders Quickly Get Comfortable With Stocks Again
Short-term volatility expectations plummeted during Wednesday’s post-Federal Reserve meeting stock market rally. As readers are likely aware, our biggest concern regarding stocks going into September…
Stocks Suffer Unprecedented Volatility Shock
Following a record tight 2-month trading range, the stock market exploded with 3 consecutive 1%+ moves; what’s next? Following our myriad of “narrowest range ever!” posts…
Is The Selloff Over — Or Just Getting Started?
Multiple 90% Down Volume Days in quick succession have often marked the culmination of selloffs – but not always. We’ve covered the topic of “90% Volume…
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Friday’s stock market plunge was greater than the entire range of the previous 40 days. With today’s impressive rebound in stocks, Friday’s selloff seems like…
Is This Widely Ignored Indicator Signaling Investor Complacency?
There has been a recent spike in the number of Unchanged Issues which has, at times, signaled too much investor complacency in the past. As…
This Sentiment Reading Is Not Like The Others
Options data from the International Securities Exchange does not corroborate the frothy readings seen in most other sentiment measures. We’ve mentioned several times in several…
Stocks’ Trading Range Now Beyond Compare
Over the past 40 days, the Dow has traded in its tightest range in at least 100 years. About 2 months ago, the large cap…
Is September Really So Bad For Stocks?
September has historically gotten a bad rap in the stock market; has it really been that bad? Most investors are probably somewhat aware, either through…
An ‘Appealing’ Market
This piece originally appeared as the August 2016 edition of the J. Lyons Fund Management, Inc. Newsletter at www.jlfmi.com. Re-examining the evidence, in favor of…