Mixed Signals Blur Market Rally

Mish Schneider | January 21, 2016

Was today’s action “Journey of the Sorcerer” or the “Best of My Love”?

Not only has my Economic Modern Family been hit with a weak stock market environment, they’ve also lost not one but two music icons.

After the sad …


Two Rules to Trade By In a "Too" Volatile Market

Mish Schneider | January 20, 2016

This “Too” Shall Pass.

Too, one of my favorite homonyms, is a word I see too often on Twitter. Too has two meanings.

Adverb-

1.to a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible; excessively

  • in addition; also
  • “The market …


    Is This the Bottom? 5 Signs It Could Be

    Mish Schneider | January 19, 2016

    Will the market drink pulp fiction or the real juice?

    It seems a hard case to make that the market has bottomed. Given the issues with the Granddad Russell 2000s and Granny Retail, best we can say right now is …


    Monkeys & January Calendar Ranges-7 Trades

    Mish Schneider | January 16, 2016

    The best part of last week is that we now have a 10-day trading range for January. This means we can use the low set on Friday as THE LOW to trade against. We can use the high set on …


    How To Trade Bear Market Rallies

    Mish Schneider | January 14, 2016

    Last night, I included 4 “tells” that would help me (and hopefully you as well), determine if the worst is over.

    Let’s review:

  • QQQs if can hold the 23 month by end of January, good clue that worst is over-January

  • The Russell 2000's Blood to NASDAQ's Wine

    Mish Schneider | January 13, 2016

    If you believe that amidst the bloody falling knife of the Russell 2000 there’s still a reason to pop a cork on a vintage bottle of wine, Nasdaq is the best potential fruit of the vine to imbibe.

    Furthest from …


    Market Takes Cialis But NASDAQ Is Such a Tease!

    Mish Schneider | January 12, 2016

    NASDAQ is like the sexy single aunt who comes to visit the Economic Modern Family, seducing them all into thinking they too have sex appeal.

    When QQQs come around, the family start to compete for her attention. Then, after she …


    Don't want to be a richer man? Buy before it's time.

    Mish Schneider | January 11, 2016

    Waking up to the news of David Bowie’s death saddened us all. It also served as a somber reminder that life is truly ephemeral.

    Perhaps fortuitous and certainly in context to the end of a life, I spent the day …


    Bright Phases in a Nasty Week

    Mish Schneider | January 9, 2016

    After last week’s market demise, I decided to take a quick inventory of the 6 phases and which instruments remain in positive ones versus the plethora of ones in bearish phases.

    Furthermore, I did another quick inventory of those instruments …


    My Megatrend Stocks Got Way Cheaper. Now What?

    Mish Schneider | January 7, 2016

    In 1962 Peter, Paul and Mary recorded the song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”

    Written by the late activist Pete Seeger, he repeats the question of where have all the flowers gone, substituting flowers for young girls, husbands, soldiers …