SMH About to Lead The Market Higher or Lower?

Geoff Bysshe | August 23, 2020

Last week ended on a strong note for the members of the Modern Family who were already leading. The laggards IBB and KRE continue to slip.

Grandpa Russell, IWM, also ended the week on a weak note, but it sits …


A Secret Buy Signal

Geoff Bysshe | August 20, 2020

Today was the first time that the SPY opened lower than the prior day’s low since July 24th. The same is true for the QQQ.

Grandpa Russell did it just last week, but not since July 7th prior to that.…


The Fed: Friend or Foe?

Geoff Bysshe | August 19, 2020

With so much attention being paid to AAPL reaching a valuation of $2 trillion, I decided to see if AAPL’s market cap would make it into the IMF’s list of the world’s richest countries based on GDP.

In fact, it …


Blowout Earnings Report In WMT Benefits Its Competition

Geoff Bysshe | August 18, 2020

There were several market messages in today’s price action.

Starting from the top…

The SPY finally closed at an all-time high, and after what seems like weeks of anticipating this moment…

It closed over the level by fractions of a …


Stocks Like Mondays

Geoff Bysshe | August 17, 2020

It was a quiet news day but Mondays don’t need news to go up.

Today’s image represents the percentage of times that Mondays have closed higher then their Friday close since the March bottom.

It’s also worth noting, that not …


Did you know this about XRT and TLT?

Geoff Bysshe | August 16, 2020

As the S&P 500 struggles to rise a fraction of a percentage point to be able to achieve the status of reclaiming its February all-time high level…

Imagine you could go back to February 19th 2020.

The SPY has just …


If This Line Doesn’t Hold, Stocks May Get Hit

Geoff Bysshe | August 13, 2020

While the media is obsessively focused on cheering for the S&P 500 to close at a new all-time high, the bond market is quietly collapsing.

TLT broke its 50 DMA today and has now had the second worst 5-day slide …


This Base Breakout Should Concern You

Geoff Bysshe | August 12, 2020

Today’s chart is one that every investor should keep an eye on, but most will not because that double bottom base breakout pattern is in a market that has been declining for almost a decade!

However, there’s good reason to …


Mish Warned You About Junk Bonds

Geoff Bysshe | August 11, 2020

Will today’s market tremors shake the QQQ out of its solidly bullish 4-month channel?

On April 14th, the QQQ broke above its 50 DMA (blue line) and began the trend that you see above. A steady trend line with 6 …


Can Put These ETFs In Order?

Geoff Bysshe | August 10, 2020

I’ve got a fun quiz for you today, and the answer may surprise you, as markets often do.

The challenge is simple. The symbols in the image above are not in the correct order of the returns listed.

Without looking …