Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Friday delivered gains which regained real body support across lead indices.  Trading volume was light, but given the gains this wasn't too worrisome. In the case of the NASDAQ, there was a...

The following graphs of the U.S. Major Sectors show that, for the most part, investing has remained defensive for a one-year period, with Energy taking the leading role.My latest post of late February...

It will be another busy week for the market, with plenty of headline risk given developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict over the weekend. The news already had the weekend, Dow trading down over...

The Bespoke Report from Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 noted all the bearish metrics (as you’d expect), but Paul Hickey and his team did also note that— given the start of the year 2022 and the...

US equity markets are likely to remain volatile during the coming week as investor focus remains squarely on the Russia-Ukraine war which escalated during the weekend, dimming hopes of a negotiated...

Stocks on Wall Street ended sharply higher on Friday to close out a volatile week of trading, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average notching its biggest one-day gain since November 2020. The week...

At the beginning of the week, investors worried as the market sold off. Then Thursday, the major indices made a large gap lower igniting many to believe we had entered the beginning of a bear...

Most interesting chart this week: Chris Kimble of Kimble Charting Solutions is an excellent technician. He published this chart on Friday and it quickly caught my attention. In my opinion, if you want...

After weeks of heavy selling, the NASDAQ has formed a bullish reversal pattern. Will the rally attempt have legs?Continue reading to discover four simple, reliable signals to know when the market may...

Before major market pullbacks, it is common to see internal market disconnections or divergences. And they often go on for much longer than investors think they will. Today we look at high yield junk...

Whipsaws Dominate Market Action, More Volatility ExpectedVolatility VIX) has spiked in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While the pundits and talking heads debate the causes, what went...

The compressed daily S&P 500 Index (SPX) chart below depicts what trades look like based on a variety of market and political news reports (rumors), depending on their scale of perceived...

Opportunities abound in the oil patch, here are three stocks we like:Global markets plunged sharply after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Any thoughts that this might be a minor...

Russia invades Ukraine and US stocks rally?!?!This has to be some kind of gigantic mistake, right? Luckily for readers, I published a post week before last entitled "Why stocks could actually rally...