When To Buy In May

Geoff Bysshe | May 1, 2023

The common refrain, “Sell in May…” gives this month a bad rap, but it doesn’t deserve it.

May is historically one of the least volatile months of the year as measured by its closing average return in the S&P500. Since …


Lots of Noise, But What Is The Data Telling Us?
How to Invest in this Economic Scenario!

Keith Schneider | April 30, 2023

Hello Gaugers. Hope you had a good, productive, and profitable week.

There was an abundance of earnings announcements this past week as well as updated economic information.

Can we evaluate how healthy companies are from their earnings announcements? Can we …


Now That “Stagflation” Has Gone Mainstream

Mish Schneider |

This is just one of several headlines about stagflation we have seen this week:

April 27, 2023 TheStreet.com

Stagflation Risks In Focus As U.S. Economy Slows, But Inflation Stays High

"The coveted soft landing is looking increasingly difficult to achieve …


What Can We Expect from Stagflation?

Mish Schneider | April 27, 2023

The PCE rises (although far from the 8% peak).

The GDP falls (is contraction of the economy over?

Meanwhile, stagflation persists along with the trading ranges in indices and many sectors.

Plus, the theory we have been expounding on (a …


How To Trade Big Earnings Gaps

Geoff Bysshe | April 26, 2023

Earnings season is often filled with big gaps, and it's easy to look at them as big opportunities to catch a big move quickly.

However, it's also easy to get burned by entering trades right before the earnings announcement.

Here's …


UPSidedown Earnings Sink Stocks

Geoff Bysshe | April 25, 2023

Weak earnings and even worse conference calls drove UPS (UPS) and First Republic Bank (FRC) down right from the open, then even lower as the day unfolded.

Between these stocks, two of market's primary fears came to the forefront – …


Leaders Lost & Laggards Won

Geoff Bysshe | April 24, 2023

There's a simple professional trader's tactic for anticipating intra-day market reversals near the levels that later become the high or the low of the day.

This tactic worked perfectly at calling today’s high of the day in SPY (and the …


SMH Bulls Are Skating On Thin Ice

Geoff Bysshe | April 23, 2023

Heads up, you wouldn't know it by looking at its daily chart, but the SMH is skating on some very thin ice.

Since the market's lows in October 2022, the SMH has been one of the recent bull rally's earliest …


Our Weekly Insight Can Provide You
The Keys to Unlock New Investment Opportunities

Keith Schneider |

Hi Gaugers. Hope you had a fruitful and prosperous week and are ready for some weekend relaxation in this mid-to late April period.

We’ve got something new for you this week.

Each week we strive to have our Outlook provide …


Gaining an Edge in a Tough Trading Year

Mish Schneider | April 20, 2023

Thursday morning April 20th, I began the day with the crew at the Benzinga PreMarket Prep show.

We (Joel and Mitch) covered a lot.

The focus remains this persistent, rangebound market.

I use many different moving averages consistently through the …