Is The Elephant Dead?
IBM was in the news this week, but not in a good way. Tech columnist and author Robert X. Cringely reported in late January of an upcoming massive layoff at …
Read MoreIBM was in the news this week, but not in a good way. Tech columnist and author Robert X. Cringely reported in late January of an upcoming massive layoff at …
Read MoreIn the December 29th, 2014 issue of Seasonal Forecaster I presented one of my ‘wallflower' finds: “I don't like to think in terms of shorting …
Read MoreThe S&P 500 went down 2.8% last week. Friday's drop on well-above-average volume was especially troubling. At least the overbought stochastic levels on many …
Read MoreSo which is it? Is the market going up or down? The Dow Jones Industrial Average ran up 260 points last Thursday, fell 622 over the next 4 sessions, then …
Read MoreOne sector stands out with institutional accumulation going on in most of the top stocks – Aerospace & Defense. Notice that the recent rallies in the …
Read MoreBack in the January 16th 2015 Seasonal Forecaster newsletter (the introductory part of it was published here), I introduced a simple way to identify good …
Read MoreI Googled several phrases like ‘Top Stocks for 2014' for stock recommendations from top advisors. I then checked how they actually performed over the …
Read MoreIn recent newsletters I've cautioned about the lack of participation in the new highs being set by the indexes. While the S&P 500 was setting records, many …
Read MoreThe major indexes do not have strong seasonal patterns right now. This is not surprising since a quarterly earnings season will be starting with Alcoa's …
Read MoreEarnings season officially kicks off on Monday when Alcoa releases Q4 and year-end results after the market closes. Does Alcoa itself offer a good earnings …
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