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RRG Charts2w ago
Sector Spotlight: Yield Curve Supports Further Strength for Stocks
On the first 2022 edition of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, I look back at rotations that happened over the holiday period and then address the monthly charts that completed in December Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley2w ago
The Great Divide Presents Big Problems....and a Wild Prediction for Apple (AAPL)
Today is just the latest example of the massive divide taking place in U.S. equities right now. There was major rotation throughout 2021 and we're seeing more of the same here in early 2022 Read More
DecisionPoint2w ago
DP TV: Participation Sickly Across the Board
On this episode of DecisionPoint, after reviewing the current market conditions and price charts, Carl shares a new spreadsheet summary that displays the Silver Cross Index (SCI) and Golden Cross Index (GCI) percentages for all of the sectors and major markets Read More
Mish's Market Minute2w ago
Can the Major Indices Avoid Rangebound Trading?
After a roller coaster start to a new year with major indices having a choppy Monday morning, each has closed positive showing traders optimism for the beginning of 2022 Read More
Top Advisors Corner2w ago
At the Edge of Chaos: Possible Trouble Ahead for Stocks as Recent Index Highs Unconfirmed by Market Breadth
The headlines blared the new highs on the S&P 500, but the market's breadth, although not completely falling apart, has been lagging behind. And the combination of a breadth divergence with the Fed's taper lurking in the near future makes me a bit worried Read More
Analyzing India2w ago
Week Ahead: Coming Days May See NIFTY Consolidating with Positive Bias; These Sectors May Do Relatively Better
Except for some intermittent consolidation, the previous five trading days largely saw the markets advancing and extending their technical pullbacks on the anticipated lines Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
Three Stocks to Watch as We Head into the New Year
While it was a banner year for the markets, 2021 ended with a whimper as uncertainty surrounding the impact of a surge in Omicron cases, coupled with inflation fears and a monetary policy shift, pushed defensive stocks higher Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
It Could Be a Very Rough Start to 2022
When it comes to stock market performance, it's not always about reality. Many times, perceived problems can be a bigger problem than actual problems Read More
The Mindful Investor3w ago
Ten Questions to Ask Yourself at Year-End
The week between Christmas and New Year's is a special week for me. I actually call it "Power Week", and it is basically a week-long process of taking a step back from the "flickering ticks" of day-to-day life to focus on the long-term Read More
The Canadian Technician3w ago
One of the Greatest Rallies of All Time
In one of the greatest stock rallies ever, 2021 will go up in history as an easy market to make money. The chart opened on the lows, closed on the highs and never had a 10% pullback Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
Ready for New RRG Rotations into 2022
Here we are, on the last day of the year, writing my last ChartWatchers newsletter contribution for 2021. By the time you are reading this, it will be 2022. So let me kick off by.. Read More
Top Advisors Corner3w ago
Investors Still Don't Like GLD and IAU
As 2021 winds down, gold prices are starting to perk up again a little bit. But this very slight rise is still not having any effect on the public's willingness to own gold bullion ETFs Read More
Stock Talk with Joe Rabil3w ago
Learn the Key Details About MACD & ADX
In this week's special edition of Stock Talk with Joe Rabil, Joe discusses MACD and ADX in detail, defining how they are calculated and why there may be some lag in them when volatility increases Read More
RRG Charts3w ago
Three Groups to Watch Inside the Materials Sector
Over the past several weeks, the materials sector has continued to improve very gradually and is now on the verge of crossing over into the leading quadrant Read More
Top Advisors Corner3w ago
The Ord Oracle December 28, 2021
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Sold long 12/21/21 at 4649.23=gain 1.8%; long SPX 11/30/21 at 4566.97. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Neutral The second window up from the bottom is the VVIX/VIX ratio Read More
Analyzing India3w ago
Week Ahead: NIFTY Placed at Key Juncture; RRG Chart Shows Likely Outperformance from These Pockets
Over the past five days, the Indian equity markets struggled to maintain their closing levels from the previous week. The beginning of the week was on a steeply negative note; the following four trading days after that were spent recouping from those lower levels Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
Does the Sun Shine in December?
While charting is always an interesting look back, it looks like the solar charts have had a bit of shade, with two real peaks and valley's in 2021 Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
Two Intermarket Relationships Worth Monitoring for Early 2022
Last week, I pointed out three charts that had triggered bullish signals and suggested that these characteristics were strong enough to power the market higher. Prices immediately sold off, but have subsequently rebounded Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
Theme of 2021? Market Resilience. Theme for 2022? TBD
When the S&P hit a record high on November 22, then proceeded to fall over 5% in just over a week, a lot of pundits declared the market was dead Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
Sorry, But I Don't Believe in This Santa Claus Rally
It might take more than Old Saint Nick to sustain this current stock market rally. I'm not a believer this year. It reminds me of that catchy holiday tune: "StockCharts is making a chart and I've checked it twice, gonna find out that Wall Street's naughty, not nice Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
Networking Leads and this Stock Could be Next
The Networking ETF (IGN) is leading the market with a solid uptrend and a new high this week. Diving into the group, I found a stock that recently broke out and formed a short-term bullish continuation pattern Read More
The Mindful Investor4w ago
Top Five Charts of 2021
Try to summarize 2021 in one word. "Rotational." "Uncertain." "Volatile." Perhaps all of the above? This year has been all about leadership rotation, with growth names, value stocks and even defensive sectors all spending some time as the strongest performers in a given month Read More
Mish's Market Minute4w ago
Key Areas to Watch This Weekend and Into the New Year
With the holiday weekend upon us, let's take a quick review of Mish's Economic Modern Family for new trends and ideas as we head into the new year. The Family consists of 7 symbols that show a complete view of the overall market Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
These Two Industry Groups Offer Excellent Opportunities
This week in the subscriber-only DecisionPoint Diamond Mine trading room Thursday morning, I found two industry groups to watch Read More
Mish's Market Minute1mo ago
Is Everyone Loading Up on Trades Before Christmas?
High-yield corporate bonds ETF (JNK) cleared its 50-day moving average at $108.24, but sits in a pivotal resistance zone Read More
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Martin Pring's Market Roundup1mo ago
Two Intermarket Relationships Worth Monitoring for Early 2022
Last week, I pointed out three charts that had triggered bullish signals and suggested that these characteristics were strong enough to power the market higher. Prices immediately sold off, but have subsequently rebounded Read More
Top Advisors Corner1mo ago
The Ord Oracle December 21, 2021
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Sold long 12/21/21 at 4649.23=gain 1.8%; long SPX 11/30/21 at 4566.97. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Neutral The chart is a little messy, but this is what I watch throughout the day Read More
RRG Charts1mo ago
Providers and Pharmaceuticals Looking Strong Inside Healthcare
My longer-term outlook for the general market is still based on a continuing uptrend. However, over the last few weeks, defensive sectors picked up on the Relative Rotation Graph against the S&P 500 Read More
Mish's Market Minute1mo ago
Is the Santa Claus Rally Finally Here?
As the year nears its end, we have a lot of ideas to keep watch of. Tuesday's price action could be the late Santa rally people were hoping for Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley1mo ago
Is This Pharma The Next GameStop (GME) Short Squeeze?
It's been quite a volatile ride today, but one pharmaceutical stock has made 5 years' worth of returns in a couple hours. It's what happens when there's a huge imbalance in demand vs. supply on a stock and it breaks out to new highs Read More
DecisionPoint1mo ago
DP TV: Determining Biases in Indexes, Stocks and ETFs
On this special episode of DecisionPoint, Erin explains how you can determine the "bias" of an index, as well as a stock or ETF Read More
Mish's Market Minute1mo ago
Is it Time to Start Range Trading?
Currently, the major indices are trading near the lows of December or, in the case of IWM, near the bottom of its trading range, around $208. With 2021 wrapping up, there is still a lot of uncertainty in the market Read More
Top Advisors Corner1mo ago
At the Edge of Chaos: Are We Nearing a Panic Bottom? If So, Then Santa is Loading the Sled
Don't make big bets just yet. The stock market is treading on thin ice. Fear is running rampant, but several key support levels held last week. That suggests that, as painful as trading was, we may be making a panic bottom in stocks Read More
Analyzing India1mo ago
Week Ahead: Crucial Days Ahead for NIFTY; RRG Chart Shows This Sector Ending Relative Underperformance
In predominantly weak trading days over the entire past week, the Indian equity markets not only violated a few important levels, but also grossly underperformed the global markets. All of the last five trading days remained weak as the NIFTY failed to move past the 17500 level Read More
ChartWatchers1mo ago
In Search of Some Inflation Protection? Check Out These Considerations
Last week, the Federal Reserve announced plans to shift to a tighter monetary policy to allow for interest rate hikes sooner than expected. The move is in an effort to keep inflation from spiraling out of control and was in response to reports of a surge in inflation Read More
The Mindful Investor1mo ago
Bearish Divergence Continues for S&P 500
Something changed on November 5, 2021. The S&P 500 had successfully broken up through the previous resistance level around 4550; early November saw the benchmark continue higher to finally reach 2700 on November 5th Read More
The MEM Edge1mo ago
Markets Close Down, But These Areas are Up!
On this episode of StockCharts TV's The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen reviews where the relative strength is in the markets and shares individual stocks that are expected to remain strong into next year. This video was originally recorded on December 17, 2021 Read More
ChartWatchers1mo ago
See the Growth -- Value Dance on Relative Rotation Graphs
One of the predefined universes/groups on the RRG page is for Growth/Value. Many investors look at this relationship to help them determine whether the market is in a risk-on or risk-off mode. Just pull down the "Groups" selection box and look for Growth / Value Read More
Mish's Market Minute1mo ago
Is the ARKK ETF Showing Big Potential Going into 2022?
While the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) is down 0.3% on Friday's close, Cathy Woods Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) closed over 6% on the day. Additionally, ARKK made a strong close over yesterday's high, showing added strength when compared to the major indices Read More
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