DecisionPoint December 31, 2014 at 06:07 PM
As we close out 2014 and prepare to toast in the New Year, I thought it would be interesting to research one of the companies that produces champagne. Turns out one of the largest producers of champagne and other alcoholic beverages is LVMH - Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMUY)... Read More
DecisionPoint December 29, 2014 at 05:12 PM
My last two articles have been about crude oil, so I thought I should give it a rest, but as I cast about for possible topics for a new article, crude is still the most interesting to me... Read More
DecisionPoint December 26, 2014 at 07:28 PM
In general, price has been consolidating in a slightly elevated trend. The holiday week has been uneventful as far as market action, although we did see a Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) crossover on the SPY... Read More
DecisionPoint December 22, 2014 at 05:18 PM
A few weeks ago we looked at the possibility that the Energy SPDR (XLE) was setting up for a double bottom, which, unfortunately did not happen... Read More
DecisionPoint December 19, 2014 at 06:56 PM
After two days of a strong rally, the market paused today, likely digesting the big move. Additionally, we usually see flat market action on options expiration days accompanied by high volume. The strange spike from the last 10 minutes yesterday held up so it wasn't a mistake... Read More
DecisionPoint December 18, 2014 at 05:12 PM
We all want to find the best available investment opportunities, but sometimes it isn't that easy. With the market turning around and a bottom forming on the recent correction, many are looking for a way to get in... Read More
DecisionPoint December 15, 2014 at 03:06 PM
One of our favorite analysis methods is to compare price to one of its moving averages. It is not infallible, but it is thoroughly objective... Read More
DecisionPoint December 12, 2014 at 05:55 PM
The market opened down today and quickly took out Wednesday's lows. There was an attempt at consolidation, but it finally broke down to close very near the lows for the day. SPY has declined about -3.8% from the all-time high reached last week... Read More
DecisionPoint December 09, 2014 at 07:04 PM
As of 8/21/2014 Gold has been on a DecisionPoint Intermediate-term Trend Model SELL signal. Reason being that the 20-EMA crossed below the 50-EMA on 8/21/14 while the 50-EMA was below the 200-EMA... Read More
DecisionPoint December 05, 2014 at 07:21 PM
Yesterday I was able to annotate very short-term trend lines on the 10-minute bar chart. A bearish ascending wedge is visible and while price broke below in the 20 minutes of trading it did manage to close above. I don't think that this is the execution of this pattern... Read More
DecisionPoint December 02, 2014 at 07:09 PM
We have been watching intermediate- and long-term market conditions using our DecisionPoint indicator sets and DecisionPoint Chart Gallery. Longer-term indicators have been overbought for some time... Read More
DecisionPoint December 01, 2014 at 07:07 PM
The energy sector has gotten pretty beaten up, and we were wondering if a buying opportunity might present in the near future. After looking at the chart we see that there is the possibility of a double bottom... Read More
