In Times Like This, What do you do?
Our readers know that we have been decidedly negative on the price of equities for over a month now. The equity markets opened sharply down today and then had a…
IWM: Do Small Caps Have Small Hopes?
On Friday's airing of Options Action, the Chart Master Carter Braxton Worth took a sharper eye to small-cap stocks. The Russell 2000 is the benchmark index that both professional and…
Equity Market Update
We have been a bit conflicted lately as we think many investors have been as well in the past few months. The accepted market view is that the trade dust-up…
You Bought the Dip… Now What?
Last Friday, Mike suggested that aggressive investors might want to buy the dip after a big beatdown that took place across the equity complex. The US and Chinese governments were…
Are Interest Rates About to Bite?
On 11-September-2018, we changed our short-term minds on interest rates. The bond market has had us particularly concerned throughout the year. After a selloff in Q1, long-term government bonds went into a…
Equity Investors Do the Splits
In a normal bull market, most stocks (65+%) rise in price. Of the dozen or so sectors that represent the equity markets, 10 increase in price. Bull markets are what we…
The Equity Markets “Feel” Strong but “Is Something Rotten in the State of Denmark?”
Ever since the 4th of July, the equity markets have found their legs. Prices have moved higher for all the broad popular indexes. But do we have a discernible trend we…
Trade Wars Don’t Matter! Who Knew?
Well, at least that is what the market is telling us. On Thursday 05-July-2018, the S&P500 rose 0.82%. On Friday, the day the new tariffs went into effect, the S&P500…
Equity Market Puzzle | Nearing a Resolution or Still Buying Time
The equity markets are giving people fits these days. Just when you think the bulls are in control, price takes a smack down. Just when you think that smack down is…
What Just Happened ? | Did Something Change Yesterday?
Yesterday, we witnessed a number of seemingly random events. This got us to thinking, was there any common cause for what happened or are these simply a cluster of random…