Tag: stock market analysis
S&P 500 Technical Update: Will Opex Bring New Highs?
Another mini-pullback, another buy the dip rally? Monday's price action felt a lot like more of the same. Although we won't know until we get...
Financial Market Overview: Is Banco Espirito Santo A Canary In The...
We saw the U.S. equity markets retreat from their all-time highs (except the Nasdaq Composite which still has yet to break it’s 2000 all-time high!)....
Is Investors Intelligence Poll Sounding Contrarian Alarm?
We’ve been seeing some very extreme readings from the Investors Intelligence polls lately and today I want to dig in and see what it...
Large Cap Stocks Redefining “Risk-On” In 2014
Despite a quick wave of uncertainty and renewed European bank fears, U.S. equities continue to show resiliency in the face of selling. Especially large cap...
Asset Managers Hint At Return Of Retail Investors
Last month I proposed the hypothesis that behind the divergent signals we’ve been seeing in the market are retail investors (small business owners and middle...
Stocks Shake Off Losses But Risk Aversion On Watch
As U.S. equities prepared for a gap down at the open, investors were greeted with an assortment of headlines blaming anything from worries about weak earnings to...
Why Crude Oil Is Back On Investors’ Radars
The ups and downs of Crude Oil prices can provide a pretty good barometer of what to expect from the general market. Last August, I drew our...
S&P 500 Update: BTD Stock Pullbacks In Focus
Since the February lows, stocks have seen several shallow pullbacks. Most pullbacks have lasted 2 to 4 days, while the lone outlier lasted 7 days....
Is Low Volume Signaling An End To The Bull Market?
One of the long used bearish points during this bull market has been volume is light. The thinking is that low volume is a...
Happy Days Are Here Again… Or Are They?
“Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth … Clap along if you know what happiness is to you.” – Pharrell Williams
Happy...