Top Advisors Corner February 27, 2022 at 07:49 PM
What if the Federal Reserve backs down from raising interest rates? And what if the Ukraine market meltdown was the bottom in stocks? The fact is that, given the amount of short-covering that we saw in the last few days and the huge explosion in bearish sentiment, nothing would s... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 24, 2022 at 02:11 PM
Stocks have entered a bear market. As I've noted over the past few weeks, the likelihood of increasing volatility in the markets has increased. Of course, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia accelerated the situation... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 23, 2022 at 01:47 PM
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Covered 1/24/22 open 4356.32=7.57%; Short SPX 1/11/22 at 4713.07. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Neutral. Panic forms at bottoms of markets... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 20, 2022 at 02:16 AM
The Federal Reserve's move toward raising interest rates has created a difficult set of market conditions in which trader indecision is causing a trendless, stop-and-go, nearly-impossible-to-trade market... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 17, 2022 at 01:00 PM
When I first introduced this comparison chart of tin prices (inverted) versus the Dollar Index here back in June 2021, I noted that "The US Dollar Index is headed for a multi-month uptrend, if you can believe the message from tin prices... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 16, 2022 at 02:20 PM
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Covered 1/24/22 open 4356.32=7.57%; Short SPX 1/11/22 at 4713.07. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 12, 2022 at 06:26 PM
The Federal Reserve may find itself in a tight spot given its upcoming interest increases, especially its timing, which may be coinciding with a slowing U.S. economy and rising geopolitical tensions... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 09, 2022 at 02:47 PM
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Covered 1/24/22 open 4356.32=7.57%; Short SPX 1/11/22 at 4713.07. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Neutral. We updated this chart from yesterday... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 07, 2022 at 12:45 AM
The skies surely turned darker for stock traders on February 4, 2022 as a surprisingly strong employment report led to a major selloff in the bond market, which in turn pushed stocks lower. The bounce I predicted last week certain came and then went... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 04, 2022 at 07:24 PM
All prices are really exchange rates. Sometimes we exchange dollars for bananas, or shares of XYZ Corp. for dollars. But one could come up with a theoretical price series of bananas per share of XYZ Corp., and it would be just as valid for analysis as any other comparison... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 03, 2022 at 02:11 PM
Advisors know that setting the right expectations with clients is critical. Investment performance can be an awkward conversation when there isn't clarity between the advisor and client on what the investment benchmark is... Read More
Top Advisors Corner February 02, 2022 at 01:48 PM
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Covered 1/24/22 open 4356.32=7.57%; Short SPX 1/11/22 at 4713.07. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Neutral. Above is an hourly chart of the SPY... Read More