Top Advisors Corner April 30, 2015 at 12:37 PM
Stagnant economic recovery - (or even retreat) continues characterizing America's economy; while analysts and even the FOMC, acknowledge this (how can they not); while not delving into the cause... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 30, 2015 at 09:04 AM
We are now in the second term of President Obama’s term in office. While the Presidential Cycle Pattern shows similarities among all presidential terms in the stock market’s behavior, it is poorly appreciated how the 2nd term is often different from the first in its character... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 30, 2015 at 08:14 AM
Rationales & Targets So, Nasdaq hit a new all time record high. Or did it? Given everything is more expensive 15 years later, we’d argue that a new record high lies quite a bit down the road... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 30, 2015 at 08:14 AM
Monitoring purposes SPX: Short SPX on close (4/29/15) at 2106.85. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Flat Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat The pattern that could be forming since the March 26 low is a “Three Drive to Top” pattern... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 24, 2015 at 02:30 AM
April 23, 2015 We focus a lot on the Advance-Decline (A-D) data, which is the basis for the McClellan Oscillator and Summation Index plus other indicators. But we also like to watch what the Up Volume (UV) and Down Volume (DV) numbers are doing... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 22, 2015 at 05:45 AM
Monitoring purposes SPX: Flat. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Short GDX on 4/22/15 at 19.40; stop 20.26. Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat Chart 1 Timers Digest recorded the Ord Oracle #6 in performance for 3 months updated March 9, 2015... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 21, 2015 at 01:30 AM
We last contributed before spring-break, to be precise on the 27th of March. We were arguing that this time was different, that markets differed from the 2000 and 2007 tops. Cyclicals stocks (e.g... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 21, 2015 at 01:15 AM
Get near the top and sellers come in. Get to the bottom and buyers come in. Five months of sideways action does not feel good as there's always frustration felt by everyone. One week the bulls feel good, the next week the bears feel good. But it doesn't last for anyone... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 17, 2015 at 02:00 PM
The April 15 income tax filing deadline came this week, and so taxes are on the minds of a lot of Americans. As Arthur Laffer noted 3 decades ago, it reaally is possible to set tax rates too high such that it actually hurts the economy. We appear to be in such a condition now... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 16, 2015 at 01:31 PM
Monitoring purposes SPX: Flat. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Short GDX on 4/7/15 at 19.22; stop 21.26. Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat The market is extended by our measures (see page two) but does not mean a pull back will happen here but it could... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 16, 2015 at 01:14 PM
Overall, the action was solid today. The S&P 500 neared 2119, approaching a breakout, but it wasn't meant to be. One the 60-minute short-term index charts hit 70 RSI, that was the end of the rally for the day. The market pulled back over the last 20 minutes... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 14, 2015 at 11:26 AM
Reveals Price Fluctuation Linear Regression Slope Lines can provide a visual interpretation of price that is far superior to any moving average... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 13, 2015 at 04:31 PM
Beware the 'Ides of April' - might be pertinent for investors; as tax-time has not been a March, but April filing deadline for years (other than corporate)... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 10, 2015 at 03:45 PM
Who Is In Control Of XOM Price Market Participants Revealed On Stock Charts With oil prices still fluctuating around 45-50 dollars, many retail and technical traders have been attempting to sell short big name oil stocks as well as small cap oil stocks... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 09, 2015 at 11:28 AM
Monitoring purposes SPX: Short SPX on 4/7/15 at 2076.33. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Short GDX on 4/7/15 at 19.22; stop 21.26. Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat On Monday the Equity put/call ratio closed at .50 (twice as many calls as puts)... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 07, 2015 at 01:18 PM
With Friday's jobs report number nothing short of terrible (i.e., less than half the job creation than was expected), the futures went into free-fall on Monday. The Dow futures were down over 200 points, while the S&P 500 was down over 20 points... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 04, 2015 at 01:22 PM
Average True Range Indicator Analysis ATR can be highly useful for technical traders who trade stocks, and stock or index options. It can work similarly to implied volatility and thus is particularly useful for options traders... Read More
Top Advisors Corner April 02, 2015 at 12:35 PM
Monitoring purposes SPX; Flat. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Gold ETF GLD long at 173.59 on 9/21/11 Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat Here is our take over the next several days. Tomorrow is the day before Good Friday and according to history has an73% chance of being an up day... Read More
