The running metaphors for Nike $NKE stock are too obvious, so I'll do my best to avoid them. However, it cannot be denied that last week's monster gap higher coming out of earnings has launched the stock around the final turn and it is now sprinting...
Consumer Discretionaries have been a great indicator of market strength for a long time. This has been the best performing sector off the 2009 lows by a long shot, nearly doubling the performance of Tech, which has also been a monster. Discretionaries...
Continuing with a theme that emerged for us this week, we're taking recent volatility climbs as a gift to help us get through a typically slow summer trading period. Weeks like this one -- just ahead of a holiday week -- are the...
Over the last month we've spoken about weakness in small and mid-caps and the sectors we want to be involved in on both the long and short side. In healthy market environments we see sector rotation keep the broader market afloat as leaders correct...
In 2017 we saw an acceleration of the decade-long trend of growth outperforming value, and after further deterioration in this ratio to start the year, the weight of the evidence is suggesting...
I feel like the recent minor skirmishes in U.S. stocks over the past week have been a nice little gift for premium sellers heading into what is a traditionally the slowest period of the calendar year. With the Independence Day holiday on the horizon,...
Every time the stock market rallies over any significant period, we're bound to see the "most shorted stocks" chart come out of the woodwork with an ominous caption like "presented without...
Last week, Tom Bruni penned a post titled Global ETF Carnage Continues, highlighting how ETFs representing stock markets around the world have been getting hurt by US...
As a result of the labor intensive process needed to maintain the Chartbook Notes and their lack of use by the majority of members, we have decided to discontinue this feature. We will be adding new tools...
One of the most valuable parts of our research process in the US is our multi-timeframe analysis of the Dow 30 components. By analyzing 30 of the largest companies in the US markets we can quickly gain an understanding of the index's underlying trend...
If you're like me, you think ATM charges are a crime. And one of the worst offenders is Chase, part of JP Morgan's umbrella. It's time we make them pay us back for all the ATM fees they've stolen from us for the privilege of having access to...
One of the most valuable parts of our research process in the US is our multi-timeframe analysis of the Dow 30 components. By analyzing 30 of the largest companies in the US markets we can quickly gain an understanding of the index's underlying trend...
Over the last two months the Rupee has rallied against several of the most widely traded currencies in the world, including the US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, Yen, and Australian Dollar. With that said, the Rupee's rally versus the US Dollar was...
Dollar strength has wreaked havoc on the group of ETFs that many people use to gain exposure to global equity markets. One downside of many of these ETFs is that they own the assets of the...
AMD has had a tremendous run off this April's lows, where it bottomed out around $9.00. Today, it's trading north of $16. That's a greater than 75% move in about 11 weeks. Wow.
But we have some very important technical and supply-and-demand...
The Nifty Energy Index is hitting 2.5-month highs relative to the Nifty 500, lead by Reliance Industries Ltd. which makes up 50% of the index and is making all-time highs. With a component making up that large a percentage of the index, it's...
Google is making a run at a big fat round number - 1200 -- which would also be a new all-time high, and time is of the essence to get aboard what could be a rocket ship ride much, much higher. We don't have much time to waste so I'll just cut right to...
