The evidence for the overall market has continued to worsen this week—all the major indexes have sliced below their 50-day lines, which has turned the intermediate-term trend down for the first time since April.
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The major indexes have bounced a bit this week, though compared to the prior two declines, it’s not much to brag about—as of this morning, the big-cap indexes are up a bit less than 1%, though the broader indexes (small- and mid-caps) are around...
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Stocks moved lower again this week, though we will say the buyers have at least put up a little bit of a fight, with both Wednesday and (so far) this morning showing some buying.
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It hasn’t been all bad over the past four or five weeks of course, but we did see an accumulation of yellow flags, including some big-volume selling, a thinning out of the advance, and the major indexes moving out of trend on the upside.
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It’s been another good week for the major indexes—the big-cap S&P 500 and Nasdaq are again leading the way (up 2.5% to 3% coming into today), but even the broader indexes like small and mid-caps are up 1.5% or so.
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The market returned to its old ways this week, with the Nasdaq posting decent gains (up more than 1%), while the S&P 500 was up a smidge and broader indexes fell. As you’d expect, the growth stocks that have wobbled of late perked while...
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The major indexes have been relatively quiet this week, with most up a small amount (less than 1%). But the noteworthy action occurred among leading growth stocks, many of which saw follow-on selling from last week, causing more than a few breakdowns and of...
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It's been a very good week for the major indexes, with all of them up more than 2%, but in a change of pace, it’s been a sour week for the leading stocks. Last week saw a bunch of positive earnings reactions, but week,...
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As earnings season has picked up, we’ve been pleased to see mostly positive reactions across the market and individual stocks, including some potential fresh leaders.
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As of Friday morning, it’s been another rotational week, though that’s mainly due to yesterday’s growth stock decline. All in all, the Nasdaq is down a fraction of a percent, but the other indexes are all in the green, led by the former (small...
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Growth stocks have finally hit a pothole this week as investors have generally rotated into beaten-down names. Coming into today, the Nasdaq was off about 1.3%, but the S&P 500 was up about 1% and the broader indexes had put on a good (small-...
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This week has continued the trends of the past three months, only on steroids—as of this morning, the leading Nasdaq has had a great week (up nearly 3%), but the S&P 500 is only up a smidge on the week, while the broader have...
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The market came into this week in an interesting position when looking at the trends—because of the bifurcated nature of the advance, the intermediate-term trend was actually on the fence as most indexes (even including the S&P 500) were within spitting distance of 50-day...
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With so many stocks up but a possible correction looming, it's a good time to know how to use trailing stops on your winning stocks. Here's how I do it.
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