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My wife said to me the other day that I looked uptight. (She can read me like a book. She knows what I am thinking before I do.) I asked her what she meant. She said, "You get really uncomfortable when you are making too much money." That's so right. If prices are falling and I am losing money...
Those that follow my personal account on Twitter will be familiar with my weekly S&P 500 #ChartStorm in which I pick out 10 charts on the S&P 500 to tweet. Typically I'll pick a couple of themes to explore with the charts, but sometimes it's just a selection of charts that will add t...
A couple weeks ago, we wrote about the stock price charts of the Big 5 turning parabolic into the Twilight Zone. The melt-up in Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Google (GOOG) (GOOGL), and Facebook (FB) has accentuated in August, led by Apple, which became the first $2 trillion ma...
Shortest Bear Market In History The bulls accomplished their task this week of pushing the S&P 500 index back to "all-time" highs. "The S&P 500 set a new record high this week for the first time since Feb. 19, surging an eye-popping 51% from its March 23 closing low of 2,237 to...
The Nasdaq 100 (NDX) jumped another 3.5% this week, increasing 2020 gains to 32.3%. Amazon (AMZN) gained 4.3% during the week, boosting y-t-d gains to 77.8% - and market capitalization to $1.626 TN. Apple (AAPL) surged 8.2% this week, increasing 2020 gains to 69.4%. Apple's market capitalizati...
While all of us have been impacted by the coronavirus to some degree, none have been hurt more than the lower /middle class and small-/medium-size businesses. Our government needs to act immediately and provide the needed funds and relief to minimize, or at least delay, the damage. However, po...
"As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession." - Bo Bennett There are many issues investors are monitoring these days. In the investment world, it is an ongoing process. We are always looking around for something lurking in the w...
Purpose I look at the high frequency weekly indicators because while they can be very noisy, they provide a good nowcast of the economy and will telegraph the maintenance or change in the economy well before monthly or quarterly data is available. They are also an excellent way to "mark yo...
A number of technical indicators are saying it may be time for a reversal of the dollar weakness phase, Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal said during today's Daily Briefing. Pal said that signs of reversal made a lot of other markets slightly unsettled, including gold, certain equities, and s...
Some investors are choosing to continue to ignore the market signals, despite the warning signs growing louder as the stock market is not only sick; it is on life support. Over the past few weeks, I have been laying out and building a narrative on the dangers in this equity market, and the pot...