We’re not going to say emerging market stocks are showing any real strength, but there are a few encouraging signs out there—the iShares EM Fund (EEM) has stopped underperforming U.S. markets during the past couple of months, and even during the selloff of past...
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We’re not going to say emerging market stocks are showing any real strength, but there are a few encouraging signs out there—the iShares EM Fund (EEM) has stopped underperforming U.S. markets during the past couple of months, and even during the selloff of past...
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We’re not going to say emerging market stocks are showing any real strength, but there are a few encouraging signs out there—the iShares EM Fund (EEM) has stopped underperforming U.S. markets during the past couple of months, and even during the selloff of past...
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Market Views
Fear Index Up
The Dow sunk over 600 points yesterday, and the tech-rich Nasdaq also gave up triple digits, as Apple (AAPL) stock plummeted after another iPhone supplier warning. In addition, fellow blue chip Goldman Sachs (GS) suffered steep losses, pacing a broader decline...
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The market continues its good news/bad news behavior, with emerging market stocks as a whole not doing well but Chinese stocks performing strongly. So, while we don’t have a formal Buy signal, we’re taking advantage of Chinese strength to inch a little deeper the...
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The market continues its good news/bad news behavior, with emerging market stocks as a whole not doing well but Chinese stocks performing strongly. So, while we don’t have a formal Buy signal, we’re taking advantage of Chinese strength to inch a little deeper the...
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Market Views
Time to Trim Riskier Options
Most major market indexes were back on the move higher on Monday, led by real estate, consumer staples and utilities. Shares of technology companies were not participating, however. Nor were energy producers. And healthcare companies’ shares were largely combination...
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The market continues its good news/bad news behavior, with emerging market stocks as a whole not doing well but Chinese stocks performing strongly. So, while we don’t have a formal Buy signal, we’re taking advantage of Chinese strength to inch a little deeper the...
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The market continues its good news/bad news behavior, with emerging market stocks as a whole not doing well but Chinese stocks performing strongly. So, while we don’t have a formal Buy signal, we’re taking advantage of Chinese strength to inch a little deeper the...
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Market Views
Selling Elevated this Week
Among the Buying Climaxes (74), the Retailing sector featured heavily and among the Selling Climaxes (203) were Autos, Buildings and Precious Metals featured.
Buying climaxes take place when a stock makes a 12-month high, but closes the week with a They...
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The market continues its good news/bad news behavior, with emerging market stocks as a whole not doing well but Chinese stocks performing strongly. So, while we don’t have a formal Buy signal, we’re taking advantage of Chinese strength to inch a little deeper the...
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After a decent July, the iShares EM Fund (EEM) took another leg down earlier this month, hitting new lows around 41. That action easily erased the shaky buy signal from a few weeks back; the intermediate-term trend is clearly down.
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Market Views
All Clear
The Russell 1000 version of the advance-decline line made a new high this week, see chart below. In the absence of other evidence, we take each new high in the advance-decline line as a sort of ‘all clear’ signal. We remain on...
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The market continues its good news/bad news behavior, with emerging market stocks as a whole not doing well but Chinese stocks performing strongly. So, while we don’t have a formal Buy signal, we’re taking advantage of Chinese strength to inch a little deeper the...
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The market continues its good news/bad news behavior, with emerging market stocks as a whole not doing well but Chinese stocks performing strongly. So, while we don’t have a formal Buy signal, we’re taking advantage of Chinese strength to inch a little deeper the...
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Mid-Year Top Picks
Congrats to the Top Picks 2018, Mid-Year
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained about 1.4% for the year, which as you can see from our Top Picks table above, doesn’t come close to the gains of the big winners that our selected...
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The market continues its good news/bad news behavior, with emerging market stocks as a whole not doing well but Chinese stocks performing strongly. So, while we don’t have a formal Buy signal, we’re taking advantage of Chinese strength to inch a little deeper the...
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The market continues its good news/bad news behavior, with emerging market stocks as a whole not doing well but Chinese stocks performing strongly. So, while we don’t have a formal Buy signal, we’re taking advantage of Chinese strength to inch a little deeper the...
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Market Views
Looking for Higher Prices
The most positive thing one can say about the $SPX chart is that the major downtrend lines have been broken, and the gap at 2750 has been filled. Beyond that, the bulls have had to be satisfied with small but...
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The market continues its good news/bad news behavior, with emerging market stocks as a whole not doing well but Chinese stocks performing strongly. So, while we don’t have a formal Buy signal, we’re taking advantage of Chinese strength to inch a little deeper the...
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