Tue July 26, 2022

Discretionary looks close to bottoming out vs. Staples

The stall out and pullback in US Equities has accelerated further given $WMT’s profit warning and subsequent 8% + drop on Tuesday.  $NDX has taken the lead on this decline...

Fri April 8, 2022

Stocks Struggle in The First Week of the Second Quarter

The market had a down week in the face of a hawkish tone from several Fed speeches and events that make it look like the bond market may have been...

Fri April 8, 2022

“Finkle Is Einhorn?!”- Fed Hawkish Rhetoric Explained, Granny Shots Updated

We pay heed to the market adage “don’t fight the Fed.” While Dudley is no longer a Fed member, many believe he is communicating a message from the Fed. But...

Wed April 6, 2022

GRANNY SHOTS: April 2022 Update

We have updated our Granny Shots stock list for April 2022. There have been nine stocks removed from the list and there have been seven stocks added. Our Granny Shots...

Wed April 6, 2022

Updating "Granny Shots" adding 7 names, deleting 9 -- seasonals favor inflection in "Pure Growth" + further upside in "Quality Defensive"

We publish on a 3-day a week schedule: Monday SKIP TUESDAY Wednesday SKIP THURSDAY Friday STRATEGY: UPDATING "GRANNY SHOTS" ADDING 7 NAMES, DELETING 9 -- SEASONALS FAVOR INFLECTION IN "PURE...

Fri January 14, 2022

Markets Have Another Choppy Week and Rotation Continues, Financials Have Rough Friday After Big Bank Earnings

The S&P 500 closed at 4,662.85 down from 4677.03 . The VIX settled at $19.19  and didn’t get too far above $20 this week.Powell’s testimony assuaged markets somewhat, but they...

Fri January 14, 2022

Omicron turning COVID into flu (rest of year) per Bill Gates. Bond market priced in a March hike, so stocks need to get used to this

I WILL BE ON VACATION FROM 1/17 TO 1/25, A LATE CHRISTMAS VACATIONWE WILL STILL PUBLISH OUR COVID-19 DAILY COMMENTARY (THANKS TIRELESS KEN)MARKET COMMENTARY WILL RESUME 1/26 STRATEGY: OMICRON TURNING...

Thu November 4, 2021

Ongoing Melt-Up in Stocks broadening

Technical Strategy Video (Recorded Thursday, November 4th): https://vimeo. com/642492084/92c3587911 Melt-up in US Stocks continuing to spread to different sectors, with Industrials, Retailing and many Hotels pushing back to new...

Wed November 3, 2021

Granny Shot Technicals: Recent additions

Technical Strategy Video (Recorded Wednesday, November 3rd): https://vimeo. com/642099958/45d96ffb65 AAP, AZO, KLAC are the most bullish technically right now given their recent parabolic price action. While all are overbought,...

Tue October 26, 2021

Q4 2021 Rebalancing of Granny Shots

We have updated our Granny Shots portfolio for the third quarter. There have been nine stocks removed from the list and there have been thirteen stocks added. Our Granny Shots...

Tue October 26, 2021

Delta-plus is a non-issue in USA, so far... Energy + Bitcoin most logical YE strategies

We publish on a 4-day a week schedule: Monday Tuesday Wednesday SKIP THURSDAY Friday STRATEGY: DELTA-PLUS IS A NON-ISSUE IN USA, SO FAR… ENERGY + BITCOIN MOST LOGICAL YE STRATEGIES...

Mon October 25, 2021

3 anecdotal signs COVID-19 might be closer to "endemic" than consensus believes = positive bias. Re-balance Granny Shots --> +13 adds, -9 deletes. YTD outperforms +404bp

The 7D avg in cases is down to 69,331 and as we noted last week, this is looking to be on track for 50,000 by the end of the month. ...