On Thursday, Louise Yamada, founder of Louise Yamada Advisors and one of the most well-respected Technicians in market history, appeared on CNBC to give her thoughts on the current state of the market. While she does acknowledge the strong rally we have seen so far in 2019, Louise isn’t quite sure that equities have seen […]
Bullish Opportunities Brewing in Financials?
Since the last week of 2018, the markets have been on a tear. No investors expected such velocity in the bounce nor the upward momentum that followed. The average investor is looking for a pullback to get back in and so far there isn’t one to be found. Mark Newton, CMT and Founder of Newton […]
Emerging Markets Outperformance To Continue?
2018 was a challenging year for global markets overall. While the S&P 500 finished down -7.6%, Emerging Markets were hit harder ending -19.4%. With 2019 off to a great start for both assets, an interesting analysis is how Emerging Markets began to outperform the S&P 500 in October when US markets peaked. Since October 1st, […]
Checking In On Small-Cap Relative Strength
Whether you saw the late December to February rally in the stock market coming or not, bulls can feel confident with risk-on sectors leading the market higher. One of these important sectors is Small-Caps. Since the December 24th low, Small-Caps (IWM) are up 19%. Mid-Caps (MDY) are up 18.5% and Large-Caps (SPY) are up 15.2%. […]
Ari Wald: Undercover Participation Leading the Market Recovery
Ari Wald, Head of Technical Analysis at Oppenheimer, was on Bloomberg’s ‘Smart Charts’ segment with Abigail Doolittle Wednesday afternoon discussing 3 key chart topics that indicate a positive sign for the markets, domestic and international, going forward. While there is still more work to do and resistance levels to get through, Ari believes investors need […]