Top Advisors Corner December 29, 2023 at 03:19 PM
The Russell 2000 Index has been performing quite well lately, rising 26% since the Oct. 27 low. This has resulted in a lot of performance chasing, with traders piling into IWM, the iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 29, 2023 at 02:56 PM
Editor's note: This week's issue of Joe Duarte's Smart Money Trading Strategy Weekly is being produced early due to the New Year's holiday. Happy New Year to everyone... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 27, 2023 at 10:49 AM
SPX Monitoring purposes: Long SPX December 15, 2023 at 4719.19. Gain since December 20, 2022: 26.8%. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Long GDX on October 9, 2020 at 40.78. We updated the above chart from last Thursday... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 21, 2023 at 07:39 PM
High-yield bonds tend to trade more like the stock market than like treasury bonds, and what's more is that these high yield or "junk" bonds are terribly sensitive to liquidity conditions. That sensitivity works both ways... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 20, 2023 at 07:57 PM
Editor's note: This week's issue of Joe Duarte's Smart Money Trading Strategy Weekly is being produced early due to the Christmas Holidays. Good holiday wishes to everyone. Worried and Watchful... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 17, 2023 at 07:33 PM
Yogi Berra once said: "It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much." It's easy to lose one's focus when everyone is talking, especially after big moves in the markets and the uncertainty they often create... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 15, 2023 at 04:55 PM
Enthusiasm is needed to drive an uptrend, but sometimes enthusiasm can go too far. That is why technical analysts like to use various sentiment indicators and surveys, in order to see when all the buyers who are going to get in have already done so... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 12, 2023 at 02:58 PM
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Sold 11/29/23 at 4550.58 = gain 10.52%; long SPX 10/27/23 at 4117.37. Gain Since 12/20/22: 26.8%. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Above is the monthly SPX. The bottom window is the SPX/VIX ratio... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 10, 2023 at 09:53 PM
Next week could make or break the Santa rally. The Fed meets on 12/12 and 13, and CPI and PPI are due out simultaneously. As a result, it wouldn't a bad idea to review portfolios carefully, to consider taking some profits and to game out some potential ways to hedge... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 08, 2023 at 01:42 PM
I like analogues, and, for that matter, just about anything which can give me the answers ahead of time... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 06, 2023 at 02:00 PM
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Sold 11/29/23 at 4550.58 = gain 10.52%; Long SPX 10/27/23 at 4117.37. Gain Since 12/20/22: 26.8%. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78... Read More
Top Advisors Corner December 03, 2023 at 07:58 PM
The Santa Claus rally has left the station and is barreling down the tracks, as the Federal Reserve is on hold... Read More
