Tag: stock market analysis
Federal Reserve Meeting: Why The Fed Won’t Raise Rates Until 2016
The S&P 500 has once again powered to all-time highs. Yesterday it reached an intraday high of 2125 before pulling back. There is an FOMC...
Top Trading Links: Market Cycles, Setups, and All Time Highs
The stock market’s resilience has been amazing. The Russell 2000 (RUT) and S&P 500 (SPX) made new all time highs this week and the...
Investors: Don’t Fight The Stock Buybacks
An interesting anecdote on Twitter recently prompted the need for further discussion about stock buybacks, along with the concomitant benefits and costs to shareholders.
"Stocks...
S&P 500 Nears All Time Highs: Chart Implications
As I type, the S&P 500 is within one point of its all time highs set back in February. The question now is whether...
Relative Strength Breakout For Emerging Markets (EEM)?
For the past 5 years, the Emerging Markets have been caught in a sideways price channel. And the net result has been an outsized underperformance of...
Is This Cycle Foreshadowing A Turning Point In The Market?
While market cycles aren't one of the primary tools I use when applying technical analysis to the market, cycle work is still a useful tool...
Is The S&P 500 Forming A Bearish Rising Wedge Pattern?
Technical analysis of stocks and other financial markets is admittedly a "fuzzy" craft.
Identifying technical patterns is not that dissimilar from gazing at the clouds:...
Market Breadth Indicators Mixed As Stocks Near Highs
Back on April 1, I posted a series of charts looking at the overall health of the markets in terms of the S&P 500...
Top Trading Links: Putting The Markets In Perspective
It’s a critical time for market participants to keep an open mind. That aphorism is sage advice, to an extent. When trades and markets...
German DAX Down 5.5 Percent For The Week: Warning Sign?
When looking across the global equity markets, it's easy to get caught up in the day to day news. But when looking at longer term...
