Equities Meet Mother Nature

Keith Schneider | January 26, 2020

The outbreak of a nasty virus that started in China has spread from animals to humans and now the financial markets. Equities actually sold off, hitting Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan the hardest. Not surprising, since those markets have …


Bears Grizzled and Going Vegan

Keith Schneider | January 19, 2020

US Equities made mincemeat (for those vegans’ please substitute meat with a BYND burger) of the bears as last Friday’s bearish engulfing pattern failed with equities again roaring to new highs.

All key U.S. equity indexes are now up on …


Cane Looking Able

Keith Schneider | January 12, 2020

US Equity markets rejected a gap to new highs and closed on Friday with a bearish engulfing pattern. Engulfing patterns are notoriously unreliable except when they are not. This is similar in concept to the October seasonal where several devastating …


Gold On Fire

Keith Schneider | January 5, 2020

The new decade started on a tear with U.S. equities (led by the NASDAQ 100) making all-time highs yet again, but it backed off by Friday’s close.

The retracement was in response to news of President Trump ordering the killing …


This Year's January Trend Trade Even More Critical

Keith Schneider | December 29, 2019

The Dow, the SPY, and the QQQ all hit new all-time highs up another +.75% on average and look frothy.

Emerging markets and precious metals broke out of classic chart patterns to the upside and look poised for more.

The …


TSLA Shorts Throwing in the Towel

Keith Schneider | December 22, 2019

Nothing like an impeachment of the President to fuel the markets to new highs. Talking about counter intuitive, Tesla hit also all-time highs and closed out the week over $400, destroying short sellers who have lost billions in one of …


Handoff to Emerging Markets

Keith Schneider | December 15, 2019

Equity markets blasted higher this week with virtually all global equities joining the party.  Markets loved the good employment report in the US (unemployment levels at 3.5%) and of course a truce in the trade war with China. The excellent …


Will The Small Caps Take The Lead?

Geoff Bysshe | December 8, 2019

After a two-day correction back to its breakout level, the IWM vaulted to new 52-week highs on the back of an employment report that surprised even the most bullish analysts.

Last week’s price action revealed some very interesting shifts in …


Enjoy the Froth

Keith Schneider | December 1, 2019

US Equities once again shrugged off added geopolitical stress with several benchmark indexes hitting new highs this week.

This week new tensions appeared after Trump signed a bill supporting Hong Kong protestors. Henry Kissinger, 96, former secretary of State, relic/icon …


Small Caps Lag

Keith Schneider | November 24, 2019

US Equities once again shrugged off the drama unfolding on the Congressional stage by closing down less than -.5%.for the week.

A possible trade deal with China offset the bad Juju of the impeachment hearings. That is good performance after …