Top Advisors Corner June 30, 2017 at 10:00 AM
The 28-year record high spread between 10-year T-Notes and German 10-year “bunds” is finally starting to narrow just a bit. This is a warning that the great bull market in stock prices from the 2009 low is in its last stages. But it is not done yet... Read More
Top Advisors Corner June 30, 2017 at 08:30 AM
"The average long-term experience in investing is never surprising, but the short-term experience is always surprising." -Charles Ellis I have spent much of my career working with long-term investors to generate ideas and manage risk using technical analysis... Read More
Top Advisors Corner June 28, 2017 at 08:08 AM
SPX Monitoring purposes; Short SPX 6/26/17 at 2439.07. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 6/22/17 at 22.36 Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Neutral. On Yesterday’s report we said, “The top window is the three day average of the Equity Put/Call ratio... Read More
Top Advisors Corner June 23, 2017 at 06:15 PM
June 23, 2017 A quiet market is one of the hallmarks of a price top, when no one seems to care enough about risk to move the market very much in either direction... Read More
Top Advisors Corner June 23, 2017 at 10:00 AM
Today I answer your question, has Oil bottomed? Let’s review the $WTIC chart I designed for an interview in early June. Key Points... 1. Top Box-WTIC is NOT trading opposite of the US Dollar-see red box 2. Second Box-WTIC is trading with an inverse .77 correlation to the SPX 3... Read More
Top Advisors Corner June 21, 2017 at 10:19 AM
SPX Monitoring purposes; Short SPX 6/19/17 at 2453.46. Monitoring purposes GOLD: neutral. Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Neutral. Today the SPY gap down and left an open gap. Today’s decline tested yesterday’s gap up... Read More
Top Advisors Corner June 15, 2017 at 12:03 PM
When the normally inverse correlation between the VIX Index and the SP500 gets crazy, if offers us a great message. That is the point behind this week’s chart, which is based on a great observation by Jesse Felder of www.TheFelderReport.com... Read More
Top Advisors Corner June 14, 2017 at 02:37 PM
“The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.” -John Tukey I recently attended the Bloomberg Buy-side Forum in New York where I appeared on a panel on the future of the Buy-side Analyst... Read More
Top Advisors Corner June 14, 2017 at 09:06 AM
SPX Monitoring purposes; Sold long SPX 5/23/17 at 2398.42 = +1.76%; Long SPX 5/17/17 at 2357.03. Monitoring purposes GOLD: neutral. Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Neutral. Above is a two hour chart of the SPY. To bottom window is the 10 period moving average of the TRIN... Read More
Top Advisors Corner June 08, 2017 at 10:50 AM
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Top Advisors Corner June 02, 2017 at 08:30 AM
The VIX is a supposed “volatility index”, but it does not really measure actual volatility. Instead, it measures what options traders think about volatility... Read More
Top Advisors Corner June 01, 2017 at 10:48 AM
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” -Saint Augustine With the prevalence of ETFs covering global markets, as well as improved access to global exchanges, there are more opportunities than ever to create a broadly diversified portfolio... Read More