While reviewing the 11 S&P 500 sectors and identifying stronger charts in the pile, it’s hard to find a better setup than the Utilities sector. The XLU chart also provides a textbook example of big base breaking on improving relative strength.
Emerging Markets Overextended
Three Takes on the Presidential Cycle
This past Monday, I asked three experts on the Presidential Cycle - Bruce Fraser, Jeff Hirsch, and Tom McClellan - to share their take on market trends around the election season. They delivered in a big way, and the result was a masterclass in how to learn from market history.
Bearish Divergence for Consumer Discretionary
As I paged through the S&P 500 charts during my normal weekend review, I started to identify some consistent patterns in the leadership sectors of Consumer Discretionary and Technology. Today I’ll share with you how I bucket these charts by their patterns, and why the Consumer Discretionary Sector SPDR (XLY) is likely the most important chart to watch.
The Emergence of Small Caps
The Benefits of a Consistent Imperfect Routine
A consistent imperfect routine is way better than an inconsistent perfect routine.
When I've worked with investors that are new to technical analysis, I often find that they spend too much time trying to perfect their analytical approach on a particular chart, and way too little time determining which chart they should be looking at in the first place!
Can We Remain Above Fifty Percent?
Implications of a Stronger Dollar
Lighter Volume Does Not Mean Market Top!
Be Mindful the Rest of the Time
Years ago, my wife and I were really into a TV show called The Biggest Loser. If you’ve never heard of it, the general premise was essentially a couple of personal trainers and fitness experts were featured on the show every week helping a group of people struggling with weight loss and body image. Over the course of the season you would see these individuals go through a dramatic multi-month transformation 30 minutes at a time, as they developed better habits and unwound destructive ones. Overall, it was pretty enjoyable to see people improve their lives, many of whom had come from very dark places not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually.