Drill Down Baby, Drill Down $SPY $IWM $QQQ

Mish Schneider | May 20, 2012

If there were ever a time to preach the importance of a trading plan, it’s now. Unless you have been committed to the short side, as a potential buyer looking for signs of a bottom, no day last week remotely …


What Does Rita Rudner Say? $SPY $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider | May 17, 2012

Friday Quote

“Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: 'This looks much better on.' On what? On fire?” Rita Rudner

As the market gave lots of warning signs that this was …


What Does Rita Rudner Say? $SPY $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider |

Friday Quote

“Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: 'This looks much better on.' On what? On fire?” Rita Rudner

As the market gave lots of warning signs that this was …


Oversold Blues $SPY $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider |

Once again, biggest clue Wednesday, just like Tuesday, was that S&P 500 (SPY) could not clear previous day high. Nor could DIA, QQQ or IWM. So market may be oversold, but the scenarios I have laid out for watching for …


Oversold Blues $SPY $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider | May 16, 2012

Once again, biggest clue Wednesday, just like Tuesday, was that S&P 500 (SPY) could not clear previous day high. Nor could DIA, QQQ or IWM. So market may be oversold, but the scenarios I have laid out for watching for …


$SPY versus $SPY

Mish Schneider |

Biggest clue Tuesday was that S&P 500 (SPY) could not clear previous day high. Nor could DIA or IWM. NASDAQ (QQQ) made a bold attempt with early strength from AMZN, GOOG in particular, but AAPL gave it up the last …


$SPY versus $SPY

Mish Schneider | May 15, 2012

Biggest clue Tuesday was that S&P 500 (SPY) could not clear previous day high. Nor could DIA or IWM. NASDAQ (QQQ) made a bold attempt with early strength from AMZN, GOOG in particular, but AAPL gave it up the last …


You Were Warned $SPY $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider |

A bit hard to short the market at these levels as far as risk is concerned which means a good time to brush up on what constitutes a bottom signal to buy while we stay mainly in cash. Market has …


You Were Warned $SPY $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider | May 14, 2012

A bit hard to short the market at these levels as far as risk is concerned which means a good time to brush up on what constitutes a bottom signal to buy while we stay mainly in cash. Market has …


Want the Good News or Bad News First? $SPY $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider | May 13, 2012

We came back from vacation to one of the toughest weeks I can remember. Warning phase, it was a stock pickers, hit and run market leaving both bears and bulls holding the bag way too often. I began the week …