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Don't Ignore This Chart!2w ago
A (pair) Trade Idea in Consumer Discretionary
Looking at the daily Relative Rotation Graph for US sectors, we can see that Consumer Discretionary is inside the improving quadrant and about to cross over into leading at a strong RRG-Heading. For the near-term, this makes XLY a sector to keep an eye on Read More
Art's Charts2w ago
Ranking and Categorizing Dozens of Key ETFs into Five Chart Groups
Today I am breaking my ETF chart list into five groups and showing these groups in order of performance, strongest to weakest. After analyzing and comparing these price charts, five clear groups emerged. First, there are ETFs with very strong uptrends that look very extended Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley2w ago
Consumer Strength Is Real, PLUS A Personal Announcement
Market Recap for Wednesday, August 28, 2019 10 of 11 sectors advanced in a broad-based rally on Wednesday that carried the Dow Jones higher by 1%. The small cap Russell 2000, a major laggard in 2019, rose 1.15% in a rare day of outperformance. Energy (XLE, +1 Read More
DecisionPoint2w ago
DP Mid-Week Alert: Volatility Still a Problem
The DecisionPoint Scoreboards are still very bearish; in spite of a recovery this week so far (1.43% higher for the SPX), the charts aren't favorable. I've analyzed volatility, breadth and our indicators and was only able to find one note of positivity Read More
Top Advisors Corner2w ago
Tim Ord: The Ord Oracle August 27, 2019
SPX Monitoring purposes; Sold SPX on 8/27/19 at 2869.16= gain .77; long 8/23/19 at 2847.60. Monitor purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 1/29/19 at 21.96. Long Term Trend SPX monitor purposes; Sold SPX 7/5/19 & 2990.41= gain 2.63% Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley2w ago
Volatility And Treasury Yields: The Two Beasts Of Burden
Market Recap for Tuesday, August 27, 2019 U.S. equities were strong out of the gate on Tuesday, but had little follow-through as sellers re-emerged. Early gains on our major indices quickly vanished and these key indices were left trying to minimize losses into the close Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!2w ago
Costco Crazy!
Costco (COST) continues to outpace most of the retail space with strong price action. While Tuesday was a weaker market overall, Costco, by contrast, was able to cleanly break above a small area of resistance Read More
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Martin Pring's Market Roundup2w ago
When The Crowd Screams Recession, Technicians Should Prepare For A Bull Market
Support Holds in an Oversold Market Most Sectors Still Experiencing Rising Peaks and Troughs Last week, I pointed out that the stock market faced a challenge at its recent lows Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley2w ago
Here's The Driving Force Behind My Bullishness
Market Recap for Monday, August 26, 2019 All eleven sectors advanced on Monday as U.S. equities staged a rally following Friday's selloff. It wasn't overly impressive in my view as most of the gains came at the opening bell Read More
The MEM Edge2w ago
An “All-American” Pocket Of Strength In An Otherwise Tough Market.
There’s nothing quite like a warm pumpkin spice latte (or a cold brew with a bucket of wings) to help ward off the anxiety of investing in the current markets. With August shaping up to be the most volatile month of the year, I’m gonna wager that U.S Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!2w ago
A Stable Stock in an Unstable Market
The pickings are getting slim as the broader market destabilizes. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 remain above their 200-day SMAs, but the S&P Mid-Cap 400 and Russell 2000 are below these key moving averages Read More
RRG Charts2w ago
What do you want from me?
Rumour has it that a new show will be launching soon on StockCharts TV. The focus for this weekly 30-minute adventure will be on sectors, with yours truly as the host/presenter for this program (so you can count on a healthy dose of RRG-related content) Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley2w ago
Trade War Escalates, Key Price Support Revisited
Market Recap for Friday, August 23, 2019 Friday was another trade war disaster. It's almost as if we're getting numb to it. Dow Jones down 600. Ho-hum Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!2w ago
Copper Pipe Is Failing - Don't Get Flooded!
Copper continues to be an indicator of global macro trends. Like a bad movie, the plot keeps getting worse. Below is a chart of the big miners going back to November 2018. There's no magic reason for selecting that date other than it was 200 days ago Read More
The Canadian Technician2w ago
A Wobbly World - Market Review
Another week, another lower close. With four weeks of lower closes, the trend continues to be down. While we have made higher lows the last two weeks, it now appears that the early August low will be tested Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
SPY and QQQ Hit the Canvas - Again
Stocks were hit hard in early August with SPY and QQQ falling six to seven percent in six days. These declines started from new highs in late July, which is when these prizefighters were at peak performance Read More
Analyzing India3w ago
Week Ahead: Intermittent Pullbacks Likely; Broader Structure Continues To Remain Tentative
The past week generally went along the anticipated lines. The broader structure of the markets continued to be weak; it faced severe volatility during the past trading days and faced heavy selling pressure at higher levels Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
Trick or Treat for Global Equities?
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Martin Pring's Market Roundup on Wednesday, August 21st at 9:36pm ET. During my many decades in this business, I have never heard of a recession so well-advertised as the one we are witnessing currently Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
Introducing "WealthWise Women" and the Pink Line
Last week, Mary Ellen McGonagle and I had the pleasure of speaking at The Money Show as part of the "Women on Wealth" panel, where we discussed how we can bring women to the "investment table" through education, engagement and empowerment Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
Here's to the Future!
Recently, Tom Bowley announced to the StockCharts community that he will soon be returning to his "roots" at EarningsBeats.com. When Tom first approached me with the idea, I let out a big "Woohoo!" Read More
DecisionPoint3w ago
DP WEEKLY WRAP: Inversion Aversion; Failed Double Bottom
The oft-referenced "yield curve" refers to the relationship between the yield of the 10-Year T-Bond and the 2-Year T-Bond Read More
The Traders Journal3w ago
Investing With Metaphors: These Three Are Giants!
A personal secret: investing with metaphors has always enlightened and disciplined me, helping me grow as an individual investor. One of the most fertile areas for applying this axiom has been car collecting since, much like investing, it’s never black and white Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
Bonds, Gold, the PPO and Extreme Conditions
The 20+ YR T-Bond ETF (TLT) and Gold SPDR (GLD) are on a tear, but they are getting stretched by one key metric and could be ripe for a corrective period. There are numerous ways to measure overbought (extended) conditions Read More
The Mindful Investor3w ago
The One Chart: Banking on Breadth
Any time I have a chance to interview other market strategists, I like to ask them about their One Chart. That is, “What’s the one chart that you think is the best tell on the markets right now Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
Large Cap Tech Idles
One of the interesting parts about the markets over the last few weeks has been the quiet price action in the large cap tech names, in contrast to Consumer Staples names like Wal-Mart (WMT) and Target (TGT) being fantastic performers this year Read More
Art's Charts3w ago
State of the Stock Market - Meet Mr. Split
The performance for the S&P 500, S&P Mid-Cap 400 and S&P Small-Cap 600 over the last 3, 6, 9 and 12 months pretty much says it all. The S&P 500 is positive on all four timeframes, the S&P Small-Cap 600 is negative on all and the S&P Mid-Cap 400 is mixed. Mr Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley3w ago
Summing Up The Transportation Group And Its Impact
Market Recap for Thursday, August 22, 2019 U.S. equities began Thursday on mostly a positive note, but reservations from Fed officials and a manufacturing report that showed weakness weighed on sentiment as stocks gave back earlier gains, finishing mixed Read More
Art's Charts3w ago
Technology Could Hold the Key Going Forward
As noted in a separate commentary, the State of the Stock Market is shaky. The Technology sector is holding up, but we are seeing weakness within Finance, Consumer Discretionary, Industrials and Communication Services Read More
Top Advisors Corner3w ago
Tom McClellan: Inverted Yield Curve, and Small Caps
The whole media world is abuzz lately with talk of the inversion in the yield curve and what it means for a potential recession. The track record is mixed there, and there is much debate among academics about whether it is “different this time Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley3w ago
Target And Lowes Deliver The Goods; Equities Surge
Market Recap for Wednesday, August 21, 2019 It was a big day for broadline retail ($DJUSRB, +1.91%) and home improvement ($DJUSHI, +3.68%) as strong earnings from Target (TGT, +20.43%) and Lowes Companies (LOW, +10 Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!3w ago
Here Is a Leading Stock In The Semiconductor Group
Yesterday, I wrote about the Technology sector in my RRG Charts blog, where I discussed how the semiconductor stocks as a group showed relative strength against XLK. For this DITC article, I want to work off that subset of stocks in the technology space Read More
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Martin Pring's Market Roundup3w ago
If It’s Trick Or Treat In The Equity Market, I’ll Take The Treat
Trick or Treat for Global Equities? Several Reliable US Short-Term Indicators Turning Bullish During my many decades in this business, I have never heard of a recession so well-advertised as the one we are witnessing currently Read More
DecisionPoint3w ago
DP Mid-Week Alert: Dow Loses IT PMO Buy - Indicators Moving Bullish
The market continues to churn and consolidate sideways this week. The good news is that our indicators are starting to perk up. As of last Friday, the Dow generated a new IT Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) SELL signal. Basically, the weekly PMO dropped below its signal on Friday Read More
Top Advisors Corner3w ago
Tim Ord: The Ord Oracle August 20, 2019
SPX Monitoring purposes: Sold long SPX on 8/19/19 at 2923.65 = gain 2.67% : long 2847.60 on 8/15/19. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 1/29/19 at 21.96. Long Term Trend SPX monitor purposes: Sold SPX 7/5/19 & 2990.41= gain 2.63% Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley3w ago
Tuesday's Weak Close Has Very Little Impact On Market Outlook
Market Recap for Tuesday, August 20, 2019 It was another day of consolidation for U.S. equities. That's not a bad thing. Let's establish a base, allowing the weak hands to get out before the next push higher. If we break those recent lows, we'll re-evaluate the near-term outlook Read More
RRG Charts3w ago
Strong Rotation for Technology Sector With a Positive RRG-Heading on Semiconductors
On the weekly Relative Rotation Graph, the Technology sector is currently inside the weakening quadrant, but is moving almost vertically up towards the leading quadrant Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!3w ago
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What's the Strongest Industry Group ETF of All?
Taking a top-down approach to the stock market, we can break down the major indexes into sectors, the sectors into industry groups and the industry groups into individual stocks. There are eleven sector SPDRs and three clear leaders Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!3w ago
Are You Pinning Your Hopes On This Stock?
One thing about a wild ride in the indexes - it makes the breakout names so much more difficult to trade expecting followthrough. This week, one of the high-profile IPO names is breaking out to fresh highs. A close on Tuesday above $34.42 would make it the highest close Read More
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