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Yesterday's rally after Fed minutes pointed out the likelihood of a rate increase was low this spring has been tempered this morning by the realization that stocks just do not go straight up. But as explained in yesterday's Market Direction Outlook, weakness this...
Yesterday's rally despite its strength was wiped out this morning by the rise of the US Dollar and possible geo-political concerns over Russia's Putin's sudden disappearance from public view. My investing strategy notes this morning mentioned the NASDAQ TQQQ....
Yesterday saw a nice opportunity to roll some covered calls and set up positions for the next leg down. I had wondered if investors might try to squeeze a second day out of the rally but it was not to be. S&P Intraday Midday Chart Mar 10 2015 Right from the open...
Another interesting day on the markets. The oil situation certainly hit the market hard this morning as it would appear basically, there is a lot of oil around. So that means soft prices for some time to come. Lots of talking heads today on CNBC discusses oil and most...
The first day of March has historically been somewhat mixed but with a stronger percentage of up days than down. Over the last 8 years the Dow has been down 5 of those years to start off March. The worst start ever was 2009 when it fell 4.2% as the bear market came to...
One of the most important aspects of investing is studying the overall market direction. While pundits talk about how people can just buy a stock and hold it and eventually sell it for a big gain, the reality is quite different. Buying stocks on a whim and hoping it...
The outlook for Tuesday for stocks was basically a repeat of Monday. But note how there was no signals that the market would fall back hard on Tuesday. In other words, the signals were for weakness, with a slight bias lower. Looking at the SPX intraday below,...
Much of the move higher on Thursday was caused by the rally back up in oil. Commodities are like stocks and can easily bounce when sold off. We may be seeing exactly that, a bounce. It's important to realize that and stay cautious. XLF ETF I mentioned last week about...
The market direction on Friday was filled with high volatility and whipsaws. While analysts debated the reasons for the markets being unable to sustain recent rallies, there is no doubt in my opinion that stocks are in trouble. While in general stocks are still...
With the market direction trending at new highs the VIX Index has fallen back below $12.00. In my market direction outlook and investing strategy notes last week I mentioned that I would be starting to buy calls on the VIX Index for Feb 18 expiry at the $14 call...