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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...
Stock Market and Account Update
In our last two newsletters, I highlighted how I felt the weight of the technical evidence was suggesting that market risk was elevated; however, the trend of major market indexes was up. A month has past and this is still the case. What does this mean? The stock...
Stock Market and Account Update
In last months newsletter I wrote: "Long-term the market continues to look bullish. However, market internals are suggesting that the odds of short-term weakness are increasing." Long-term, the market is still in an uptrend. In the chart of the S&P 500 below,...
Stock Market and Account Update
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 year, market internals...
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 October's weakness was...
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 below that first level...
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. Short-term market...
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 week's fall may be...
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 move down or bear market...
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 proxy). For the past month, the...