Tue September 19

Consumer Staples remains under pressure, & worse than Discretionary

US EQUITY INDICES AND TREASURY YIELDS REMAIN QUITE CHOPPY, BUT THE WEAKNESS COINCIDING WITH YIELDS PUSHING UP STILL LOOKS TO EXTEND THIS WEEK WHICH IS ONE OF THE MORE SEASONALLY...

Wed August 16

Selling might not abate until post Jackson Hole; Top Retail names to consider technically

MARKETS HAVE LARGELY EXITED THE EARLY MONTH WINDOW WHEN A LOW WAS POSSIBLE.  WHILE A COUNTER-TREND SNAPBACK IS POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME, THE TREND REMAINS NEGATIVE IN THE SHORT RUN...

Thu July 20

Defensives finally strengthening as key Cycle date nears

MARKETS HAVE ENTERED A WINDOW FOR POTENTIAL SHORT-TERM TREND CHANGE, BUT DO NOT EXPECT MUCH SELLING UNTIL AUGUST.  NEAR-TERM, AN SPX-4500-4600 RANGE MIGHT HOLD INTO LAST COUPLE DAYS OF JULY...

Fri June 30

Treasury yields near resistance after a historic 1st Half

TREND BULLISH- S&P 500 CLOSED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE LAST APRIL AS THE BROADENING OUT OF THE US STOCK MARKET RALLY CONTINUES. EXPECT CONTINUED GAINS INTO MID-JULY June closed...

Wed June 14

Divergences Likely to Persist

Well, it seems that the ball game is over, and the bulls have clearly won.  Inflation is dead, the Fed should be easing anytime soon, the expected recession has been...

Thu June 1

Not Just Post-Millennials: Opportunities from the Ascent of Generation Z

We are coming up on the tail end of another graduation season, with another set of young adults going into the world – to strive and to build, to work...

Mon March 27

Crude oil entering best three-month stretch of the year

SPX, DJIA and NASDAQ remain largely range-bound near-term as part of their uptrend from 3/13.  This sideways “grind” in prices isn’t necessarily bearish; However, a move back above QQQ-314 and...

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...

Thu April 14, 2022

Consumer Staples on the verge of more outperformance

Thursday’s decline leaves prices largely unchanged from this past Monday’s close, three days ago.  Thus, downtrends have not been arguably erased, even over the near-termSector performance shows Consumer Staples starting...

Mon November 15, 2021

Defensives outperform as Yields, USD push higher ahead of Infrastructure Bill signing

Technical Strategy Video: https://vimeo. com/646229653/aaf1102f42 Trends, momentum remain bullish, and despite Monday’s minor dip, additional strength looks likely back to new highs for $SPX, $NDX, $DJIATreasury yields and US...

Tue October 19, 2021

Factor Investing: Part 1

:Our Factor Investing Model will be based on 5 common factors (value, quality, low volatility, momentum and size). During 3Q 2021, momentum did well while the other factors were flat...