While the technicians continue to see downtrends and consolidations, the market is now headed higher for the intermediate term. By the time the technicians have their price “confirmation” the rally will be mostly over and it will be time to…
We don’t think the market has bottomed. We clearly have not priced in a recession – David Spika, CIO GuideStone Capital Management (quoted in “Investors Fear Quick End To Rally” [SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED], Karen Langley, WSJ B1 Everybody knows it’s a…
Sentimentrader had a fascinating chart out today showing that the number of articles mentioning “bear market rally” is double the number during the March 2020 COVID Crash. I’m noticing that even bulls think this is only a bear market rally….
The market has reached extreme oversold conditions from which powerful rallies almost always arise. Two weeks ago, Jason Goepfert pointed out that there had only been 18 similar days since 1984 in which more than 29% of stocks on the…
Monday after the close I suggested that the NASDAQ’s rally off last week’s lows might be petering out due to rising interest rates and resistance at the 50 DMA. Tuesday’s 1.95% rise in the NASDAQ combined with the continued rise…
The powerful three day rally from Tuesday through Thursday has generated a lot of excitement and speculation that the bottom may be in. The NASDAQ is up more than 1,000 points (8%) over that span. Grant Hawkridge tweeted a nice…
IMO a decisive break below and failure to reclaim $390 would mean that the bull market is likely over. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it happen this week – Top Gun Financial, November 30 Tuesday night I wrote that…
The bullish sentiment for a year end rally is palpable. The Russell 2000 Small Caps ETF (IWM) closed up 49 cents (0.21%) on average volume Tuesday – hardly a convincing move – and yet the Twitter technicians were jumping over…
The great hedge fund manager David Tepper of Appaloosa Management gave an extended interview [CNBC Pro Subscription Required] to Scott Wapner on Friday’s Fast Money Halftime Report on CNBC. The key takeaway in my opinion is that interest rates will…
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