Mon October 23, 2023

Uncertainty dominates macro headlines, sidelining investors. 162 S&P 500 report this week, biggest week of 3Q23 season.

We discuss: There are widening uncertainties around Israel-Gaza, Washington, rates and EPS season.  This explains why investors are sidelined but we need to be mindful that markets bottom on bad...

Wed September 13, 2023

Market internals worsening despite indices holding up

US EQUITY INDICES AND TREASURY YIELDS REMAIN QUITE CHOPPY, BUT THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE REMAINS LOWER OVER THE FINAL COUPLE WEEKS OF SEPTEMBER.  TREASURY YIELDS LOOK LIKELY TO BREAK...

Thu June 8, 2023

DJ Transportation Avg. & NYSE AD line have also broken out

TREND BULLISH - EXPECT RALLY UP TO SPX 4325 BEFORE POSSIBLE MINOR STALLOUT.  PULLBACKS SHOULD BE BUYABLE WHEN THEY OCCUR FOR ADDITIONAL STRENGTH IN JUNE. A late day rally let...

Tue February 1, 2022

Re-opening Trade looks to be kicking into gear

Technical Strategy Video: https://vimeo. com/672539194/40d1251ba2 SPX 3-day gain has recouped more than 50% of the weakness from early JanuaryRe-opening Trade looks to be kicking into gear, with sharp gains...

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. ...

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....