Negative Interest: Are Major US Banks Installing a Cyclical Top?
With Q2 Earnings out of the way for TBTF Banks Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFI) in the US it's time again for a brief...
Chart Flipbook: A Look At Recent Volatility and Sentiment
There were a number of bearish negative divergences emerging in the equity market complex for several weeks. Standing alone, each divergence carries relevance only...
Blood In The Streets? A Closer Look At Equity Put/Call Spikes
I've been talking about the CBOE Options Equity Put/Call Ratio (CPCE) since late June. In fact, I wrote a post about the equity put...
The Best Of See It Market – July 2014
Stocks ended the month of July with a bang, wiping out all the month's gains and much of June's during the final five sessions....
Is the Light of Positive Employment Data Pointing to a Safe Harbor for Stocks?
Ahead of today's Employment Report (NFP), we took a look yesterday at the S&P 500's (SPX) performance on Fridays over the last year in...
August Seasonality: Strong And Weak Trending Stocks
A new month is here. So it’s time to take a look at some stocks and ETFs that show strong and weak seasonality trends...
A Field Guide to Unemployment Friday Stock Performance
Despite (or because of) the punishment stocks sustained Thursday, many traders, active investors and market observers seem relatively well-assured equity markets won't sustain anything...
S&P 500 Study: Bounces Follow Drops In Market Breadth
Today's stock market plunge raises the prospect of buying when the crowd is panicking. I'm not ready to make any broader comments about the...
Is Margin Debt Flashing A Major Warning Sign For Stocks?
NYSE margin debt for June just came out and it surged 5.9% from May and is now just 0.3% away from the March peak....
Melting Up: How Will A Positive 2nd Quarter GDP Print Impact Stocks?
Are Q1's Frigid Economic Performance And Resulting Fears of Recession About to Thaw in Light of a Sunny 2nd Quarter GDP Print? Will the...