Key Takeaway: Indexes made new highs last week, but rally participation has been lackluster. Faltering industry groups and global market trends can make index-level...
I've always wondered -- can publicly traded advisory and consulting services recommend the purchase of their own stock to their clients? There's probably a rule against this. Certainly, it would be in an ethical gray area.
Honestly, very little is currently moving up in commodities. For quite some time now we've been updating our stance on the commodity cycle and what we think of it. But over the past few months, the market has been messy, to say the least. In this kind...
Our Top 10 report was just published. In this weekly note, we highlight 10 of the most important charts or themes we're currently seeing in asset classes around the world.
We have been adamant about our view that we are in a rather messy environment. For this reason, we've been approaching markets with caution for months now.
This week we're looking for a long setup in the Financial Services sector. Slowly, we're seeing a resolution in trend in the names that we've been tracking. And this is one of them.
We retired our "Five Bull Market Barometers" in mid-July to make room for a new weekly post that's focused on the three most important charts for the week ahead...
The weight of the evidence is neutral and we’ve been discussing how it has been and remains a messy environment for stocks. We can see this in our Risk On/Risk Off Ratio which has been consolidating...
Every so often I like to put on some delta neutral credit spreads to balance out the portfolio a bit. It's all about diversifying the books so that I'm not solely reliant on direction or volatility. We've got positions on currently that will benefit...
There's nothing more gratifying than watching our youngsters graduate to the next level, cheering on athletes who advance through the ranks, or enjoying the ride of our investments moving from "small cap" to "large cap" during our hold.