Transportation Sector, First to Fall, First to Rise?

Mish Schneider | February 4, 2016

Monkey to Man-Elvis Costello

In trying to find more analogies to the current market conditions and the monkey, today let’s study the various ways monkey move.

Monkeys walk, lope, run, climb, pounce, and leap. If monkeys have many ways to …


Swing Trading Different Asset Classes

Mish Schneider | February 3, 2016

Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree..

In the children’s song, the monkeys are teasing Mr. Alligator that he can’t catch them. However, Mr. Alligator comes along quiet as can be and snaps that monkey out that tree.

Last night, …


How to Trade A Volatile Market

Mish Schneider | February 2, 2016

Monkey Business

Next Monday begins the Year of the Monkey in Chinese New Year. This recurs every 12 years. Last Year of the Monkey was in 2004.

I checked back to how the S&P 500 did in 2004 to see …


Bottom or Bounce: A Few of My Favorite Clues

Mish Schneider | February 1, 2016

Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring

When the dog bites, when the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things…

First, thanks to my assistant Jonathan Griffin, for writing the daily in my absence.

Secondly, …


Low Growth Good For Stocks?

Mish Schneider | January 29, 2016

Why the GDP matters

**Tonight’s Commentary was written by Jonathan Griffin Assistant Director of Trading Education and research.

The US GDP expanded at the lower rate in Q4 than in any other quarter of 2015. The GDP expanded at a …


Why You Should Care About The Big Cap Pops and Drops

Mish Schneider | January 28, 2016

Can FB save the bulls?

**Tonight’s Commentary was written by Jonathan Griffin Assistant Director of Trading Education and research.

Now that earnings season is back in full swing, we have to be extra careful in our trading as the markets …


Fed Up with the FED?

Mish Schneider | January 27, 2016

Only the worst weakest Family Member rallied.

**Tonight’s Commentary was written by Jonathan Griffin Assistant Director of Trading Education and research.

We all waited with our eyes glued to the screens for the FOMC rate decision during Wednesday’s action. Would …


These Will Base Quickly and Fly If the Market Holds

Mish Schneider | January 26, 2016

Monkey See, Monkey Do!

After my rendition of “Straighten Up and Fly Right” where the monkey (market) choked (stopped) the buzzard (the selloff), was Tuesday payday?

TLTs, the Interest Rate ETF rose (meaning yields declined) yet again. With the Federal …


Which way will the market fly with a monkey on its back?

Mish Schneider | January 25, 2016

“Straighten Up and Fly Right!”

I can’t think of any song title more perfect to describe the current sentiment of investors. Furthermore, the first line of the song (written by Nat King Cole) is:

“The buzzard took a monkey for …


Has The Probability of a Market Bottom Improved?

Mish Schneider | January 23, 2016

China, Interest Rates and Oil, Oh My!

All we have as traders are our skills and discipline. Some have more skill and less discipline. Others have more discipline and less skill.

Regardless, what virtually none of us have (I say …