Critical 5 Days Coming Up for the Bulls
What a wonderful three days it’s been for the bulls since I posted Yet ANOTHER Potential Low last week at the bottom. In fact, it has been one of the most powerful rallies off of a low in history in terms of the number of stocks advancing and declining along with their volume. That gives us a very overbought market in the short-term, but one that just emerging from being very oversold intermediate-term. After such strong thrusts off a bottom, […]
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Date: February 18, 2016
Yet ANOTHER Potential Low
For the second time in a week, stocks are trying to hammer out at least a trading low. Market action has not been good this whole quarter, but lately it has become so bad that it could be approaching washed out. February’s decline isn’t surprising given that down 5% months like we had in January typically lead to another lower month, but it has been on the ugly side for the bulls. It now looks like the major indices have […]
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Date: February 12, 2016
Another Potential Low
The major stock indices took it on the chin to begin the new week, following through from Friday’s decline. Coming in to the week, I said that unlike the previous week, it was now time for the bulls to take a stand. If they didn’t then a full re-test of the January low was likely up next, something that makes me a little uncomfortable because it shouldn’t be this quick. Should this test fail and the S&P 500 close below […]
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Date: February 9, 2016
Panic Buying Seen Off January Low… Will It Matter???
On January 22nd and January 29th, an extremely rare occurrence was seen in the stock market; something that had only happened 9 times since 1971. Over a span of five days, there were two days where 90% of the trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange took place in stocks that were up on the day. 90% volume days are nothing new to analysts. They have been watched since the days of Jesse Livermore in the 1920s. However, two […]
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Date: February 4, 2016
Stocks Continue to Dance Just Like 2008
On January 21st, I put out this piece calling for the internal or momentum low. That was the bottom where stocks stopped going down in accelerated fashion and the majority of the damage was done. Typically, that’s not the low where the strong rally begins. That’s later. In this case, from a low in March and then into Q2. http://www.investfortomorrow.com/newsletter/CurrentStreet$marts20160121.pdf I know I have beaten the proverbial dead horse when I say that 2016 looks nothing like 2008 from an […]
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Date: February 3, 2016
What Would Ray Dalio Say Now?
All I heard Friday was how “surprised” everyone was with the magnitude of the rally. If people were paying attention, it was anything but a shock. I spoke about the internal or momentum low being hammered in the very day it happened and regardless of what it would lead to, stocks had to rally first. And rally they have! Friday’s activity saw the second 90% up day in volume over a one week span. Historically, that has been very bullish, […]
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Date: February 1, 2016
2016 Continues to Look Like 2008
Several weeks ago when I was ranting how 2016 looks nothing like 2008, 2016 not a 2008 Redux and later The One Comp to 2008 that Does Hold Water I compared the January 2008 period to that of 2016. It’s a comp that continues to make the rounds so here it is updated, yet again. If this comp continues to work, which they seldom do to fruition, here’s what’s coming next. Remember, the January 2008 decline was 20% all in […]
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Date: January 29, 2016
Will the Doves Assume Control of the Fed Today?
It doesn’t even feel like the world has recovered from the hangover left by Janet Yellen and the Fed after their ill-fated and poorly timed December interest rate hike, but now, it’s FOMC announcement day again. However, unlike December when a rate increase was widely expected, the Fed is not going to take any action today. The Fed’s post-announcement commentary is what everyone will sink their teeth into for clues of future rate hikes or the committee’s possible move back […]
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Date: January 27, 2016
Internal Bottom Confirmed but Volatility FAR from Over
Last week I wrote about the internal or momentum low being put in on Wednesday. Thursday’s action was essentially a stand off between the bulls and bears although the bulls had to be pleased that stocks stopped going down. Friday was the big point gainer for the bulls, but there wasn’t much upside after the big gap opening. Assuming I remain correct in my assessment of the bottom, stocks usually see a day or two of red before exceeding Friday’s […]
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Date: January 25, 2016
Internal or Momentum Bottom Being Hammered In
Stocks continue to be very volatile, one of the primary casualties of higher interest rates, but certainly from the dislocations in the energy market, which has seen an epic and historic collapse. I imagine that the large oil-based sovereign wealth funds in Norway, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar have been massive sellers of global equities this month to continue to fund their social programs in the face of imploding energy prices. The relentless and indiscriminate selling has all the hallmarks […]
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Date: January 21, 2016
