Archive for January, 2013

  • Inflection Point or Half-Way Mark?
    Posted by on January 28th, 2013 at 1:22 pm, Comments: 0

    The $SPY daily chart above has vertical lines to indicate times when the market has traded above an 8-period moving average for 16 consecutive days. [...]

  • Marketview: Recognize the Good Times
    Posted by on January 26th, 2013 at 6:05 pm, Comments: 0

    A former colleague of mine was fond of saying, “The real money is in the move after the move.” Meaning that, in a serious trend, [...]

  • AAPL Large Gap Down: Historical Precedence
    Posted by on January 24th, 2013 at 5:02 am, Comments: 0

    $AAPL will open with a large gap down after missing earnings last night.  With such an enormous trading range in the after-hours session, it’s impossible [...]

  • Global Uncertainties (France Attacks)
    Posted by on January 23rd, 2013 at 12:26 pm, Comments: 0

    Several weeks ago we wrote about geopolitical issues that could turn into the big macro stories of 2013 (Geopolitical Simmering).  The event which catalyzed first [...]

  • Marketview: Pressing Highs
    Posted by on January 19th, 2013 at 2:39 pm, Comments: 0

    Despite the fact that the market felt as if it went nowhere, we managed to digest gains and make new highs. Going out on the [...]

  • How to Separate Winning and Losing Stocks in Under a Minute (using free tools)
    Posted by on January 17th, 2013 at 5:00 pm, Comments: 0

    There is a tremendous amount of disagreement over how to conduct analysis of the stock market. The entrenched beliefs involved argue their superiority with religious [...]

  • Crowdsourcing the Fed
    Posted by on January 14th, 2013 at 10:54 am, Comments: 0

    Little known fact: there was a time when covering the Federal Reserve meant you stared at a photograph of Paul Volcker for a couple of [...]

  • Marketview: Future Dated Facts
    Posted by on January 12th, 2013 at 4:26 pm, Comments: 0

    The economic calendar was quiet and earnings season started with $AA announcing inline with expectations.  A very subdued week of equity markets digesting gains.  No [...]

  • Fade Your Friends
    Posted by on January 11th, 2013 at 6:09 am, Comments: 0

    There seems to be some out there who equate the presumed mis-judgement of others with actual insight.  Or more specifically, because they disagreed with someone [...]

  • Marketview: Bear Carnage
    Posted by on January 5th, 2013 at 4:15 pm, Comments: 0

    Crazy holiday shortened week.  At the 11th hour and 59th minute there was a deal struck to avoid the fiscal cliff and the market opened [...]