Top Advisors Corner August 25, 2017 at 08:11 AM
Everyone knows about annual seasonality, and has heard of “Sell in May and go away”. That slogan persists even though actual seasonal strength typically peaks in August, but nothing good rhymes with August... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 24, 2017 at 06:00 PM
While the U.S. markets have seen reduced breadth and increased volatility over the last month, there are pockets of strength overseas that are worth investigating. But first, let’s recap the recent action in the U.S... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 16, 2017 at 10:54 AM
SPX Monitoring purposes; Neutral. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Covered short 8/11/17 at 23.15; loss 4.28; Short GDX @ 22.20 on 8/7/17 Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Neutral. On yesterday’s commentary we said, “The Equity Put/Call ratio closed at .94 Friday; reading ... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 11, 2017 at 04:45 PM
When the market enters a corrective pattern, I like to compare the current move to previous corrections. I’ve written before about how corrections can make you feel, but in this case let’s remove the emotion and simply review the facts... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 11, 2017 at 01:15 PM
The stock market’s quick selloff on August 10, 2017 came as traders got reintroduced to the concept of “event risk” after a long period of extreme quiet. And like bad drivers during the first snowfall of winter, there was a lot of relearning going on about how the market works... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 09, 2017 at 08:18 AM
SPX Monitoring purposes; Neutral. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Short GDX @ 22.20 on 8/7/17 Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Neutral. The Equity Put/Call ratio closed at .77 yesterday and reading ... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 07, 2017 at 10:47 AM
Everyone has heard the old saying about “Sell in May and go away,” but history shows that the period of seasonal strength actually ends around August 1. But it is tougher to come up with a catchy rhyming phrase for that... Read More
Top Advisors Corner August 01, 2017 at 11:09 AM
SPX Monitoring purposes; Covered short on 7/6 at 2409.75=gain 1.2%; Short SPX 6/26/17 at 2439.07. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Neutral Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Neutral. 21 day moving averages of the Equity put/call ratio reached bearish levels near ... Read More
