Something Stinks

Keith Schneider | November 21, 2021

Written by Keith Schneider and Donn Goodman

As we come upon the Thanksgiving holiday, there is much to be thankful for, especially being able to get together with friends and family in the post Covid isolation era. I believe that …


Commodities, Especially Softs on Major Breakout!

Keith Schneider | November 14, 2021

By Keith Schneider & Donn Goodman

Are you ready for rising food prices and Thanksgiving?

Ready for even more exorbitant building supplies and a higher cost of building and maintaining a house?

Ready for even more increased costs of travel …


The Market’s Urgent "co·nun·drum"

Keith Schneider | November 7, 2021

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  • a confusing and difficult problem or question:"one of the most difficult conundrums for the experts"
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    Last week we saw a small, but a much needed, significant degree of bipartisan action!

    Even with a few Democrats, and most …


    October, Not So Scary After All

    Keith Schneider | October 31, 2021

    The Stock Market entered October with negative and scary metrics with the Hindenburg Omen (HO) hovering over equities.  We always pay attention to the the HO and other market internals and iner-market relationships during October.  Even though the average October …


    Euphoria or Thrill

    Keith Schneider | October 24, 2021

    Markets continue to behave as they have during other market cycles.

    Two key equity benchmarks (SPY and DIA) made all-time highs.

    The important question to answer is, what stage are we in… is it euphoric?

    Classic market valuation metrics (Buffet …


    Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

    Keith Schneider | October 17, 2021

    I am sure by now you and your family are feeling the effects of rising inflation.  It has manifested itself in just about every aspect of American life…rising food costs, building supplies, housing costs, energy and most of all, good …


    Up, Up & Away…. But for How Long?

    Keith Schneider | October 10, 2021

    After a brief market pause, we got a pullback from short term oversold levels and saw stocks resume their upward trend, partially fueled by a much narrower, large-cap stock rally.

    This leaves the major indexes stuck between their 50 and …


    Soft Commodities Firming and Potentially Explosive

    Keith Schneider | October 3, 2021

    Equity markets closed negative for the month of September led by the NASDAQ 100 (-5.5%) as US markets finally broke a multi-month winning streak.

    Meanwhile the US dollar continued to outperform it peers. In fact, it appears that investors prefer …


    Evergrande Gap: Warning or Missed Opportunity?

    Keith Schneider | September 26, 2021

    Last week began with fears on an Evergrande (China’s leading property developer) debt default fueling a technically damaging gap down. The Monday morning gap put the SPY and QQQ well below their 50-day moving averages (DMA), the IWM well under …


    Stranger Things

    Keith Schneider | September 19, 2021

    Stocks were mostly weaker, led by the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 which were both down about -0.8 % on the week.

    Several things are looming over the market… like the debt ceiling needing to be raised, which is …