Wed June 7

Financials and Energy strength are encouraging for SPX rally

TREND BULLISH- EXPECT RALLY UP TO SPX 4325 INTO END OF WEEK BEFORE POSSIBLE MINOR STALLOUT; PULLBACKS SHOULD BE BUYABLE WHEN THEY OCCUR FOR ADDITIONAL STRENGTH IN JUNE. Wednesday’s minor...

Wed May 24

Semiconductors might help save Technology with NVDA's help

TREND STILL BULLISH-  EXPECTING UPCOMING PUSH BACK ABOVE SPX-4200 - While the two-day plunge might have seemed overly bearish to some investors, it failed to violate key support and until...

Mon April 17

Stocks up 65% of the past 20 trading days, highest since Nov 2021, and a reason it is starting to "feel like a bull market." We expect 1Q23 EPS to exceed expectations, likely 2H23 trough in EPS = supporting strengthening breadth.

The S&P 500 is up 8% YTD (~+20% in the past 6 months) and at this pace, is annualizing returns of ~30% -- that is not our forecast. And as...

Fri April 14

Financials strength should be a positive for the back half of April

Despite the mild pullback to take away some of Thursday’s strong gains, this week managed to close firmly positive for both the SPX and DJIA for the fourth week of...

Tue April 11

Minor weakness in Tech being offset by Strength in Financials

RECENT STALLING OUT IN INDICES HASN’T SHOWN ANY REAL SIGNS OF TURNING DOWN SUFFICIENTLY TO SUGGEST US EQUITIES ARE ROLLING OVER into this week’s economic data.  Small high to low...

Wed April 5

Aftershocks part 4: 1Q2023 EPS season will show whether economy or inflation broke. Fed running out of reasons to hike rates in 2023 given JOLTS/PCE/ISM/Dallas Survey.

SKIP MONDAY <– Easter SKIP TUESDAY Wednesday SKIP THURSDAY SKIP FRIDAY <– GOOD FRIDAY Based on my recent meetings, it is obvious institutional investors are waiting to see what broke...

Thu March 23

Crude Oil and Gold cycles look promising

Thursday’s Equity snapback rally proved short-lived, as some European bank credit default swap widening spooked the bond market, and stock indices followed suit.   The rumor was that counter-party hedging was...

Thu March 9

Financials breakdown vs SPX will lead to further underperformance

The worse-than-expected Jobless Claims number Thursday (211k vs. 195k expected) caused a big Treasury rally but failed to lead stocks higher, given the big decline seen in bank stocks led...

Tue January 17

Upticks - January 2023

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! UPDATE 2023 has gotten underway with a far more robust rally than many were expecting to kick off the new year.  Some of this has...

Thu December 8, 2022

Upticks - December 2022

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL ! UPDATE 2022 has been a challenging year for many investors with most having clearly held onto Technology stocks too long before finally abandoning in May...

Wed November 9, 2022

Upticks - November 2022

UPDATE/INTRODUCTION History shows Sir Isaac Newton not only to have excelled as a mathematician and physicist, but also to be a skilled astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. Many who have...

Tue November 1, 2022

Equities likely to bottom after FOMC as Rates turn down

10 months ago Free Webinar Introducing Mark Newton’s Upticks Stock List Speaker: [Mark] Mark L. Newton, CMT AC Head of Technical Strategy Watch the Replay of the Webinar Watch the...