The Mindful Investor w/ David Keller, CMT

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About the author: , CMT is Chief Market Strategist at StockCharts.com, where he helps investors minimize behavioral biases through technical analysis. He is a frequent host on StockCharts TV, and he relates mindfulness techniques to investor decision making in his blog, The Mindful Investor. David is also President and Chief Strategist at Sierra Alpha Research LLC, a boutique investment research firm focused on managing risk through market awareness. He combines the strengths of technical analysis, behavioral finance, and data visualization to identify investment opportunities and enrich relationships between advisors and clients. Learn More

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Could the QQQ Turn Dramatically Lower?

by David Keller

There is no denying the strength of the bullish primary trend for stocks off the April low. The Nasdaq 100 index continues to make new all-time highs, closing just under $480 on Friday after gaining about 3.5% over the last week...Read More 

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Tracking the Three Signs of the Bear

by David Keller

There is no denying that the primary trend for the S&P 500 remains bullish as we push to the end of Q2 2024...Read More 

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Hindenburg Omen Flashes Initial Sell Signal

by David Keller

While the S&P 500 did manage to finish the week above tactical support at 5250, one of the most widely-followed macro technical indicators recently registered an initial sell signal for the second time in 2024...Read More 

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Dow Theory Flashes Bear Signal

by David Keller

Dow Theory is based on the foundational work of Charles Dow, considered the "Father of Technical Analysis...Read More 

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The One Chart to Watch as S&P 500 Makes New All-Time Highs

by David Keller

As the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 have once again made new all-time highs, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has briefly broken above the 40,000 level for the first time, how should we think about further upside for our equity benchmarks? There are two general ways to play a chart...Read More 

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Three Breadth Indicators to Confirm a Bullish Market Trend

by David Keller

There's no denying the strength the major averages have displayed off their April lows. The S&P 500 finished the week within a rounding error of the previous all-time high around 5250...Read More 

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The Bull Case for Buffett's Biggest Holding

by David Keller

As investors flock to Omaha, Nebraska in their annual pilgrimage to learn from the great Warren Buffett, it seems an opportune time to reflect on the technical evidence for Berkshire's biggest holding, Apple (AAPL)...Read More 

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S&P 500 Makes a New All-Time High By End of June?

by David Keller

We've been covering the signs of weakness for stocks, from the bearish divergences in March, to the mega-cap growth stocks breaking through their 50-day moving averages, to even the dramatic increase in volatility often associated with major market tops...Read More 

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Breakdown in Mega-Cap Growth Confirms Bear Phase

by David Keller

While our major equity benchmarks showed incredible strength in Q1 2024, breadth conditions have been deteriorating since mid-March...Read More 

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S&P 500 Flashes Major Topping Signals

by David Keller

Toward the bottom of my Mindful Investor LIVE ChartList, there is a series of charts that rarely generate signals...Read More