Is IBM Stock Ready To Rally Higher Into Year End?
International Business Machines (IBM) has been a tough stock to own for longer term investors. Over the past three years, IBM stock has fallen...
Commodity-Related Stocks and ETFs Surge As Dollar Slumps
January through much of September witnessed significant weakness in emerging markets (EEM) and essentially anything resource and commodities-related.
Steel companies (SLX), the Gold miners (GDX), and...
Dow Theory in Reverse: Can Bulls Claim Victory At Key Resistance?
To me, Dow Theory is simply another tool or indicator to pull out of my toolbox. Some are ardent followers of Dow Theory while others...
There is A Lot Riding On This Dow Jones Megaphone Pattern
If we go back over 60 years and look at a chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, we can see that this major...
Bulls vs Bears: Will Short Interest Be The Deciding Factor?
One look at the first chart below, and U.S. equity bulls may have reason to salivate. Or maybe not. It can be a reason...
Is The VIX Screaming “Lower Lows” Ahead For Stocks?
The “Fear Index”
The Volatility Index (VIX) is often referred to as the “fear index” since it tends to rise when market participants are concerned...
October Stock Market Volatility In 9 Charts
I was quoted by my friend Anora Mahmudova of MarketWatch recently in this article about how October gets a bad wrap as a bearish...
S&P 500 Market Update: When Days Feel Like Weeks
Welcome to the information age, where investors are challenged with digesting information on a daily basis in an even faster moving marketplace. It can...
This Week In IPOs: Price Cuts, Private Equity Exits And The Ferrari IPO
Last week was another week marked by slack and lackluster demand in the IPO market. Every single deal, aside from Pure Storage (PSTG), had...
What Happens After The Best Week Of The Year For Stocks?
So last week the S&P 500 Index was up 3.26%, making it the best week of the year. Given this is pretty late in the...
