Will the Bear Stock Market Continuará?

Mish Schneider | January 2, 2019

In 2007, the first Continuará convention was held in Uruguay for fans of comics, role-playing games, fantasy and strategy games.

The convention lasted only four years.

The translation of Continuará is “to be continued.”

To start 2019, I choose this …


2018 Stock Market: Auld Lang Syne

Mish Schneider | December 23, 2018

After writing hundreds of Daily blogs in 2018, it is with both joy and sadness that I write the last one for the year.

I wish to thank all my devoted readers and those financial publishing services who reprint my …


Can the Market Be Saved?

Mish Schneider | December 20, 2018

Thousands of years ago, the tyrant Mahishasura, part demon and part buffalo, asked for immortality.

In his quest for immortality he added, “No man shall kill me.”

In his rage and pride, he nearly destroyed the earth.

The lords Brahma, …


Santa’s Reindeer Rally Gets Hung Up

Mish Schneider | December 19, 2018

One might say that Jerome Powell ended the potential Santa rally into year-end.

Or one might say that Powell keeps the bull’s hope alive, given the “dovish rate hike.”

Or, one might say that the market has been weak all …


Will The Bulls See More Than A Cheshire Cat’s Grin?

Mish Schneider | December 18, 2018

Allegedly, the Cheshire cat was named after a county in England that had an abundance of milk and cream.

Hence, the cats grinned in response to the abundance.

Then, Lewis Carrol used the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland.

He …


Putting Biotechnology Under A Microscope

Mish Schneider | December 17, 2018

First, I would like to thank Geoff and Keith for filling in for me while I was busy in New York receiving an award for the “Best Stock Tip of 2018” from RealVision.

If you are new to the blog, …


If It Looks Like Bear, and Acts Like A Bear...

Geoff Bysshe | December 16, 2018

The commonly excepted definition of a bear market is misleading and dangerous.

“Bear Market” implies it’s dangerous to buy stocks, but based on the commonly excepted definition of a bear market, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes aren’t …


Is Tesla Really Heading for Orbit?

Keith Schneider | December 13, 2018

The almost 1 trillion-dollar farm bill was passed by Congress yesterday, but it was passed over by the markets as all the key indexes closed mostly flat.

The exception was the Russell 2000 I(WM), which was unhappy and closed down-1.41%.  …


Bullish Pattern Thwarted by Tweets and Tariffs

Geoff Bysshe | December 12, 2018

There’s a lot of green on the screen today, but it probably didn’t feel like a very bullish day.

Given a very unusual bullish pattern in the QQQ, I’m disappointed that the A.M. strength didn’t hold in that index. I’ll …


Sharks in the Channels

Keith Schneider | December 11, 2018

Equity Markets did today pretty much exactly what they have been doing since early October, reversing big moves, especially on the opening.  So here is the current winning formula …. if there is a big gap or vicious intraday move, …