Is the Light of Positive Employment Data Pointing to a Safe Harbor for Stocks?
Ahead of today's Employment Report (NFP), we took a look yesterday at the S&P 500's (SPX) performance on Fridays over the last year in...
August Seasonality: Strong And Weak Trending Stocks
A new month is here. So it’s time to take a look at some stocks and ETFs that show strong and weak seasonality trends...
A Field Guide to Unemployment Friday Stock Performance
Despite (or because of) the punishment stocks sustained Thursday, many traders, active investors and market observers seem relatively well-assured equity markets won't sustain anything...
S&P 500 Study: Bounces Follow Drops In Market Breadth
Today's stock market plunge raises the prospect of buying when the crowd is panicking. I'm not ready to make any broader comments about the...
Is Margin Debt Flashing A Major Warning Sign For Stocks?
NYSE margin debt for June just came out and it surged 5.9% from May and is now just 0.3% away from the March peak....
Melting Up: How Will A Positive 2nd Quarter GDP Print Impact Stocks?
Are Q1's Frigid Economic Performance And Resulting Fears of Recession About to Thaw in Light of a Sunny 2nd Quarter GDP Print? Will the...
Potential Warning Signs For Investors
There have been some interesting developments in the markets during the past few weeks.  They could be signaling some warning signs, so I’d like...
Semiconductors: Is the Charge About to Die?
In striking contrast to 2014's dominant theme of "record low volatility" and the numbingly granular tedium with which it has been analyzed, some US...
Why Higher Stock Market Highs Matter
One of the most important traits of successful traders and investors is they think in probabilities. Markets have many moving parts and thus take...
Follow The Leader: What’s Next For The Nasdaq 100?
If you haven't noticed, large cap tech stocks have been on fire of late. And there's no better measure for this sector than the...