Top Advisors Corner

February 2023

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Real Problems in Real Estate

by Joe Duarte

The correction in stock prices may be gathering steam, and the potential for a full-blown liquidity crisis seems to be rising. The reason may be that several big players in commercial real estate have recently defaulted on billions of dollars' worth of loans... Read More 

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There is Less Junk Than There Used To Be

by Tom McClellan

Last week, I wrote about the Advance-Decline data for "high yield" bonds, which are reported every day by FINRA at this website... Read More 

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Uptrend Shakes as Liquidity Dries Up; Bond Market Panics, Stocks Can't Take the Heat

by Joe Duarte

Something happened to the markets around Valentine's Day which could reverse the recent uptrend... Read More 

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HY Bond A-D Line Showing Liquidity Problem

by Tom McClellan

Early in 2023, the S&P 500 broke out above the year-long downtrend line that everyone has been watching, and it has been struggling a little bit in February 2023 trying to extend that breakout... Read More 

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The Ord Oracle February 15, 2023

by Tim Ord

SPX Monitoring Purposes: Long SPX on 2/6/23 at 4110.98. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Neutral. Yesterday we said, "We posted this chart back in early January... Read More 

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When the Market Moves, Think of Robots Pulling the Strings

by Joe Duarte

The bears are getting louder as stocks consolidate recent gains. But the market's current price consolidation behavior, until proven otherwise, is quite normal, especially after a nearly 20% rally in the S&P 500 index ($SPX) since the October 2022 bottom... Read More 

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Golden Cross Carries Some Little-Known Magic

by Tom McClellan

On February 2, 2023, the S&P 500 index completed what is known by technical analysts as a "Golden Cross", which is when the 50-day simple moving average crosses above the 200-day one... Read More 

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The Ord Oracle February 7, 2023

by Tim Ord

SPX Monitoring Purposes: Long SPX on 2/6/23 at 4110.98. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Neutral. The bottom window is the 10-day average of the TRIN. A 10-day average of the TRIN above 1... Read More 

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If This is a Bull Market, the Dip Buyers Will Reappear

by Joe Duarte

There are loud voices on Wall Street who continue to talk about bear markets. In my opinion, that's a good thing. That's because bull markets climb walls of worry, and the higher this rally goes, the more the bears seem to growl... Read More 

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Gold Breakdown

by Tom McClellan

Last week, I wrote about how the Price Oscillator for gold futures had gotten up to a really high level and turned down, which was a bearish signal... Read More 

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The Ord Oracle January 31, 2023

by Tim Ord

SPX Monitoring Purposes: Sold long SPX 1/27/23 at 4070.56 = Gain 6.51%; Long on 12/20/22 at 3821.62. The top window is the cumulative GDX Up Down Volume percent with a 200-day average, and the bottom window is the cumulative GDX Advance/Decline percent with a 200-day average... Read More