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 …


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 …


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

Mish Schneider |

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 …


Inside and Narrow $QQQ $IWM $SPY

Mish Schneider | May 10, 2012

Most notable feature of the day is the second inside day in NASDAQ (QQQ). With its completely neutral slope on the 50 DMA the warning phase has not accelerated, but at the same time is no longer considered "weak". So, …