Thu May 18, 2023

SPX breakout to new 2023 highs should help rally extend a bit more; Favor Homebuilders

SPX TREND BULLISH BUT MIGHT ENCOUNTER RESISTANCE AT 4235-4250 and maximum lift to 4325 before consolidation sets in. Wednesday’s breakout wasn’t noticed by many, but set the stage for Thursday’s...

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...

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. ...

Wed October 20, 2021

22 stocks for YE rally. Raising S&P 500 YE Target to 4,800 (+100) to reflect "more risk-on-er" environment. Adding auto retail + trucking to "risk-on"

26 GRANNY SHOT IDEAS: We performed our quarterly rebalance on 07/30. Full stock list here –> Click here ------------------------- _POINT 1: DAILY COVID-19 CASES 79,946, DOWN -39,386 VS 7D AGO..._ CURRENT TRENDS...

Wed October 13, 2021

Builder boom could be kicking back into gear with Lumber breakout

Technical Strategy Video (Recorded Wednesday, October 13th): https://vimeo. com/631429685/0a0550fc31 Home construction and Builder stocks look to be turning back higher, with convincing movement back to new all-time highs in...

Fri July 30, 2021

Q3 2021 Rebalancing of Granny Shots

We select stocks for our Granny Shots portfolio based on their adherence to criteria from three tactical and three strategic thematic investing portfolios. The three strategic investing themes are the...

Fri July 30, 2021

Delta variant apex + USA COVID-19 seasonality + Bitcoin "signal" argues August could be "risk-on"

Tireless Ken and team compiled some data and as you can see, since 1928, August is not generally a great month for stocks. The win-ratio is low at 54% overall....