The S&P 500 fell nearly 7% from its all-time high at the beginning of August. Since then, the index has been chopping sideways as market participants anxiously try to figure out which direction this consolidation will resolve. In environments like this, it can be helpful to analyze market internals, like breadth, to gauge the overall […]
Chart of the Day – Tuesday, August 6th 2019
Today’s Chart of the Day was shared on Twitter by Ryan Detrick of LPL Financial Research. The chart shows the number of 5% pullbacks in the S&P 500 that have occurred each year going back to 1990. He points out that on average, the index experiences 3.3 separate 5% pullbacks per year. So far […]
Chart of the Day – Monday, July 22nd, 2019
Today’s Chart of the Day was shared on Twitter by Ryan Detrick of LPL Financial Research (@RyanDetrick). It’s a seasonality chart showing the average annual performance of the S&P 500 in a pre-election year, like 2019. Pre-election years tend to be some of the strongest years for the stock market, in the four-year presidential cycle. However, Ryan […]
“Gold”-ilocks and the Three…Bulls?
The “bugs” are getting giddy. Could an 8-year drought in returns for Precious Metals finally be coming to an end? There is no definitive move yet, but many seem to be quite anxious about the recent moves we have seen in both the metals themselves and their mining counterparts. The most popular chart that we […]
Time to Sell in May and Go Away?
The month of April coming to an end today, which means it may be a good time to examine the old Wall Street adage of “Sell in May and Go Away.” This is an investment strategy that was first introduced by Yale Hirsch in his book, The Stock Traders Almanac. The strategy is based on […]
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