TBTF Banks: Setting Up A Different Kind of Stress Test
With a single exception, the major money center banks and bank holding companies we checked in on at the market's February bottom (here) are...
Citifail: How the Fed Confirmed What the Market Already Knows
Following yesterday's close, the Fed released the final installment of its annual stress test (the CCAR) of the 30 largest TBTF "systemically significant" banking institutions...
TWTR Technical Support Coming Into View
There was no denying the momentum for Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) heading into, and out of, its IPO offering. But as the calendar flipped to...
S&P 500 Sector Analysis: A Harmonic Deconstruction
The S&P 500 revisited and lapsed beneath December/January resistance near 1850 last Friday, briefly wobbling back into negative territory on the year before aggressively...
S&P 500 Update: Technical Support Levels In Focus
Yesterday, the markets confirmed that the markets are in a state of chop. Some could say that a smack down is in the offing,...
Chartology: XLB, XLV, IBB, ISIS, GILD, BAC, SCTY, MSFT, EUR/USD
Here's a small slice of those charts I'm looking at as another trading week wraps up.
Market Cap Relative Strength
Relative strength across market capitalization remains...
AMZN Technical Update: Breaking Down The Recovery Rally
Amazon's stock rose almost 5 percent into its January 30 earnings report. Considering that this followed a week of sideways chop, it's fair to...
Chartology: IBB, SPY, ISIS, SOX, AAPL, BAC, USDJPY, GLD
As today's session closes out on the benchmark S&P 500 (SPX) as an indecisive spinning top candlestick with bulls failing to press yesterday's attainment...
Retail Sector Underperformance Continues: How Long Until It Matters Again?
Back in January, I wrote about Retail Sector underperformance and why it was worth watching. It turned out to be a good “tell” of...
S&P 500 Technical Update: Stay Focused On The Price Action
Quick question and thought before we dig into the S&P 500 price action. What do you want to see happen to the stock market...
