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Assessing Credit Spreads

When I think about bonds, credit spreads are always at the top of my mind because they provide an excellent gauge of market health.

We simply measure the yield difference between a Treasury bond and a High-yield bond with the same maturity.

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October 15, 2024
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It's Time for Software

Technology stocks have been underperforming for the last three months.

However, when I dive beneath the surface looking for relative strength, software stocks catch my attention.

Here you have the Software ETF $IGV on the cusp of breaking...

October 8, 2024
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Record Week for China

Chinese equities are surging like never before in history.

The iShares China Large-Cap ETF $FXI rallied over 18%, marking its best week ever.

We call this a "momentum thrust". Such extreme readings often precede rallies...

September 27, 2024
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Silver Is Breaking Out!

Precious metals continue to show strength as both gold and silver hit new highs in today's session.

First, it was gold leading the charge, and now silver is making its move.

Let’s take a look at this silver futures chart:

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September 24, 2024
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Gold Continues to Shine

Gold has been getting a lot of attention lately as it presses against its highest levels in history.

This is an exciting time to be a gold enthusiast.

Just look at what the price is doing.

Here's a long-term chart of gold breaking...

September 12, 2024
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Financials in Focus

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @AlfCharts

As equity markets continue to repair the damage from April’s correction, we continue to find more and more stocks -- and groups of stocks -- that we want to be buying.

A growing...

May 9, 2024
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Failed Breakouts Everywhere

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @AlfCharts

2024 is far from being like 2023. 

While we’ve experienced some healthy sector rotation, the first quarter was characterized by waning momentum.

With these long-standing...

April 19, 2024
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Materials Break Out

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @Alfcharts

A major theme we've witnessed in recent weeks is a shift in leadership as sector rotation continues to spread across the US equity market.

One could argue it is more a general...

March 28, 2024
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Growth vs. Value at a Crossroads

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @Alfcharts

One of the major themes we’re monitoring closely right now is the Growth vs Value relationship.

While Growth has dominated for the past couple of quarters, the technical setup...

March 14, 2024
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A Deep Dive on Industrials

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @Alfcharts

In today's post, we're talking about a group of stocks that have emerged as the 'Generals' of the current bull market.

You are thinking, “it must be tech.”

It’s not.

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March 5, 2024
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Do or Die Time

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @Alfcharts

When assessing the overall market, we are always asking a lot of the same questions. One of the more common ones is, "how are the laggards doing?"

Many times, these will be the...

February 28, 2024
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Offense Versus Defense

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @Alfcharts

As we exit the best three-month period for the stock market, we're looking to our risk appetite indicators to help us determine the next directional move.

The charts below are all...

February 10, 2024
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Follow the Flow (01-16-2024)

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @sstrazza and Alfonso Depablos @Alfcharts

This is one of our favorite bottom-up scans: Follow the Flow.

In this note, we simply create a universe of stocks that experienced the most unusual options...

January 16, 2024
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Four Charts Worth Watching

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @AlfCharts

In today's post, we’ll discuss the importance of four key indexes and what they can tell us about the future direction of the overall market.

All these groups provide an excellent...

January 11, 2024
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Clues From JPMorgan

From the Desk of Alfonso Depablos @AlfCharts

When we talk about market bellwethers, we are referring to large-cap equities that indicate the broader market's future direction.

These stocks often have a heavy weighting in the...

January 9, 2024
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