DecisionPoint

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About the author: is a veteran technical analyst who has been actively engaged in market analysis since 1981. A pioneer in the creation of online technical resources, he was president and founder of DecisionPoint.com, one of the premier market timing and technical analysis websites on the web. DecisionPoint specializes in stock market indicators and charting. Since DecisionPoint merged with StockCharts.com in 2013, Carl has served a consulting technical analyst and blog contributor. Learn More

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About the author: is a co-founder of the DecisionPoint.com website along with her father, Carl Swenlin. She launched the DecisionPoint daily blog in 2009 alongside Carl and now serves as a consulting technical analyst and blog contributor at StockCharts.com. Erin is an active Member of the CMT Association. She holds a Master's degree in Information Resource Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology as well as a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Southern California. Learn More

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S&P 500 Earnings Results Are In for 2024 Q1 and Market Is Still Overvalued

by Carl Swenlin

S&P 500 earnings are in for 2024 Q1, and here is our valuation analysis...Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Deflation...a Possibility?

by Erin Swenlin

Today's DP Trading Room was jam packed! The lead story is definitely the fact that deflation is another possibility that many are not talking about. We don't know if it will be the final outcome, but we have a link that discusses this possibility: https://hoisington...Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Carl's Grab Bag! - Chipotle (CMG), NVDA, Bahnsen & Hussman

by Erin Swenlin

Carl brings out his "Grab Bag" during today's free DecisionPoint Trading Room! He gives us a read on Chipotle's (CMG) 50:1 split. He talks about NVDA's strangle hold on the market and gives us homework to read recent articles from David Bahnsen (https://thebahnsengroup...Read More 

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Deja Dot.com Disaster?

by Carl Swenlin

Today on Fox Business' Varney & Company, David Bahnsen (The Bahnsen Group) was asked if the current market reminded him of the Dot.com Bubble. He said it did, but not the part about all those worthless dot.com companies that went bust...Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Natural Gas (UNG) Bearish Again?

by Erin Swenlin

Carl and Erin return to the trading room showing you the charts you need to see to start your week! Carl covered the market trends and condition to start the program. He also covers Bitcoin, Dollar, Gold, Silver, Gold Miners, Bonds, Yields and Crude Oil...Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Equal-Weight Losing Against Cap-Weight SPY

by Erin Swenlin

Did you know that the equally-weighted RSP is seriously underperforming the cap-weighted SPY? It is losing considerable ground against the SPY and that suggests that if mega-caps fail, so will go the market. Carl shows us charts to prove his point...Read More 

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NVIDIA's Stock Split and Potential Correction

by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

When Nvidia (NVDA) opens on Monday, it will have experienced a 10:1 split, and we should remember that one of the purposes of stock splits is to facilitate distribution...Read More 

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Technology Sector Participation Is Fading

by Carl Swenlin

The Technology Sector (XLK) continues to dominate and drive the rally, but fewer and fewer stocks within the sector are participating in the rally...Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Upside Initiation Climax (Should We Trust It?)

by Erin Swenlin

On today's DecisionPoint Trading Room episode Carl and Erin discuss Friday's "Upside Initiation Climax" and whether it can be trusted. With market follow through tepid, they discuss the implications of this very bullish signal...Read More 

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Textbook Double Top on Silver (SLV)

by Erin Swenlin

Gold is struggling, moving mostly sideways. Silver has technically been moving sideways as well, only it has formed a textbook double top chart pattern. Textbook double tops show even tops and a clear confirmation line delineated at the middle of the "M" formation...Read More