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Stock Market and Account Update
Stocks have declined and market breadth has continued to deteriorate over the past month. The S&P 500 is at a critical level sitting right at support being provided by the September highs and a rising 50-day moving average line. $4,500 is a very important level....
Stock Market and Account Update
In last month's update, I wrote about how the S&P 500 broke decisively below its 50-day moving average after months of that average acting as support. This breakdown, in combination with poor market breadth that has plagued the market for months, had potential...
Stock Market and Account Update
September was a down month for the stock market and market risk has turned decidedly higher. For a number of months, we have seen the S&P 500 grind higher while waning market breadth continued to warn of internal market weakness. Over the past month, the market...
Stock Market and Account Update
With this month's newsletter, I feel that we only need to look at one chart to get a good feel for the current stock market environment. I believe that for most of 2021 the market has been in a stealth correction. This may surprise you given that major indexes have...
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Stock Market and Account Update
While we are likely at the beginning of a long-term (Secular) period of inflation, in the near term we seem to be experiencing deflation as seen in financial markets. I know that this may come as a surprise given that the price of consumer goods is rising and all the...
Stock Market and Account Update
The S&P 500 Index broke out to new all-time highs recently (see chart below). This is a bullish market event. That being said, the advance occurred in combination with poor market breadth. Meaning that there are a large number of stocks within the index that are...
Stock Market and Account Update
A Long-Term View of the Market Technically, not much has changed over the past month. In our May Market Update, I wrote about how long-term the market is extended and short-term it's consolidating. That is still the case. Below is a long-term chart of the S&P 500....
Stock Market and Account Update
Long-term, the stock market is in an uptrend but extended as noted in the chart below which goes back to 2008. Note how every major pullback has occurred when the index has reached the top of its up-trending channel. I have notated these tops with a red box. This does...
Stock Market and Account Update
Stock market conditions are generally positive; however, not all indexes/sectors/industry groups are going up in unison. Below is a year-to-date chart of the S&P 500 and despite a couple of large drops, this index is in a confirmed uptrend. The Nasdaq 100 Index...