Tag: stock market analysis
Chartology: Nasdaq 100 Technical Update
By Andrew Nyquist
Over a week and a half ago, I honed in on the Nasdaq 100 and the importance of lateral support around 2775-2800. At...
A Closer Look at the Banks
By Andrew Nyquist
Last weekend I penned a technical piece "Watch the Banks" and wrote the following:
"After topping with other major market indices on Friday September...
The Coming Retiree Crisis
By Jeff Voudrie
I believe that continued historically-low interest rates and highly volatile equity markets are going to result in millions of today’s retirees being forced...
Market Update: Defensives Up, Equities Down, and Risk Flatlining
By Andrew Nyquist
Last week I posted a chartology of the Utilities Sector (XLU) projecting a path higher and stating that outperformance by defensive sectors "...
Media Market Forecast: Positively Sunny with Chance of Torrential Downpour
By Brad Tompkins
If you are trying to determine the current market disposition through popular financial media, you are hearing a great deal of contradiction. For...
Chartology: S&P 500 Breakout Pattern Set for New Highs?
By Andrew Nyquist
After breaking out above the 1420 level, the S&P 500 ran to 1474... and quickly. Most breakouts tend to get a bit euphoric...
Chartology: Nasdaq 100 (NDX) Bounces Off Key Technical Support
By Andrew Nyquist
After slipping out of a mini rising wedge pattern in August, the Nasdaq 100 continued it's ascent higher, forming another more macro rising...
Market Update: Trade Within Your Means
By Andrew Nyquist
I spend a fair amount of time talking about living within your means on a personal finance front. And really, that same respect...
Chartology: Dow Transports Resting on Important Support
The Dow Jones Transportation Average is sitting on an important technical support: the 38.2 percent Fibonacci retracement level. It has already bounced off this level...
China: Potential For a Meaningful Rally
The Shanghai Stock Exchange Index has been in relentless decline since the middle of 2009 and is now near the 200-month SMA. The monthly...