A Comparison to Last Year At the beginning of last year, the stock market was advancing to new all-time highs just like it is doing currently. The difference this year is that market internals are positive and support a bullish market bias. Last...
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Stock Market and Account Update
When I published last month’s newsletter the stock market was pulling back prior to the election. The S&P 500 fell about 7.5% peak-to-trough in October. In that update, I wrote that the weight of the technical evidence was suggesting that...
Stock Market and Account Update
The market has experienced some weakness over the past couple of weeks but not enough to change the primary uptrend that began at the March lows. Below is a chart of the S&P 500 and price is sitting slightly above support. If the index drops...
Stock Market and Account Update
Stock Market Update The stock market is experiencing a short-term pullback within a longer-term uptrend. I wrote about this dynamic in my last update: Is There Any More Pull To The Pullback In Stocks. Long-term the market continues to look bullish...
Stock Market and Account Update – September 7, 2020
Stock Market Update The market closed out last week with an increase in volatility that saw stocks fall dramatically. Over two days the Nasdaq 100 fell 6.4% and the S&P 500 dropped 4.3%. This type of market drop might lead you to wonder if last...
Stock Market and Account Update – August 3, 2020
Market Summary I am not seeing anything in market technicals that suggests elevated stock market risk. That could change and does not mean that the market couldn’t pullback to some degree in the coming days/weeks. However, the odds of a major...
Stock Market and Account Update – July 6, 2020
Market Summary This month’s market update is going to be concise because I believe the most important clue to the market’s future direction is the price action of the major indexes. Below is a daily chart of the S&P 500 (our market...
Stock Market and Account Update – June 1, 2020
Market Summary Market technicals have improved substantially over the past month. The S&P 500 has advanced above a major area of resistance and it’s 200-day moving average. This combined with much-improved market technicals suggests that...
Stock Market and Account Update – May 4, 2020
Market Summary I am going to try something new this month and make the written part of this month’s update more of a summary. And for those of you who want to view some of the charts that have shaped our analysis, you can view the video link...
Stock Market and Account Update – March 1, 2020
The Long and the Short of It The S&P has fallen 12.7 % over the past 7 trading days and is down 8.5% year-to-date. The past week is a good example of how the broad stock market can fall a lot faster than it rises. The recent market...