Stock Market

Gold Stocks

Gold Stocks: Peak Bleak?

Peak Oil? That was an obvious and widespread promotion while it was in play and did not fool anyone who bothered to step aside from the herd that ran with…

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March 19, 2020

Stock Market, US

SPX big picture monthly view

Here is how we have been viewing the situation in the S&P 500. For months now (since October and/or November when SPX hopped the Bull Turnstile) and as SPX climbed…

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March 11, 2020

Stock Market

Turned Off

A couple weeks ago during the volatility my Fidelity accounts not only got turned off, they disappeared all together. Today? We start with Stockcharts.com seizing up as apparently their little…

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March 9, 2020

NFTRH Interim Updates

NFTRH; Then (Q4 2008) vs. Now

Housekeeping note: If you are at all interested in what one casino patron is seeing as events unfold - assuming I am watching the market, which is not always -…

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February 28, 2020

NFTRH Interim Updates

NFTRH; SPX is Driving the Bus

From yesterday morning's update... "So who’s driving the bus, SPX or DJIA? I don’t have that answer, but until the herds stop stampeding we would do well to respect what…

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February 27, 2020

NFTRH Interim Updates

NFTRH; Balance, Preparation & Opportunity Amid the Destruction

Well folks, Friday was the first tick down and if things had gone a certain way we'd have gotten a bounce today with which to take some more profits or…

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February 24, 2020

market sentiment

Coronavirus Wax On/Off

Coronavirus wax on (DJIA +275), Coronavirus wax off (DJIA -204). And so it goes in sentiment-driven markets as the herds, led by the machines... thunder on. Yesterday it was all…

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February 13, 2020

Federal Reserve / Inflation & Deflation

The Fix is In, Because it’s Always In *

Not to say that Coronavirus is not a real and ongoing threat or that it will not impact economic activity. It is and it will. But the point here is…

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February 11, 2020

Market Indicators

Checking the US Market Leadership Chain

The leadership chain of SOX → NDX → SPX was noted to be wobbling on its front end in NFTRH 588's Market Internals segment. It had just gone to neutral…

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February 4, 2020

Stock Market

Unstoppable Force (Coronavirus) vs. Immovable Object (Central Banks)

The Unstoppable Force Right now, the Coronavirus is not to be taken lightly. From initial coverup to its "relentless march outward", it has been a thus far unstoppable force. As…

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February 4, 2020

Stock Market, US

Godfather of Technical Analysis Speaks [w/ edit]

[edit] As the market bounces from what we showed to be heartily recoiled sentiment due to Corona-fear, let's edit into this TA post the final thought to NFTRH 588's Sentiment…

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February 3, 2020

NFTRH Interim Updates

NFTRH; Stock Market & Precious Metals After the Projected Drop & Pop

In NFTRH 587 we anticipated perhaps one more drop and then a recovery off of the bearish engulfing candles in the main indexes and that is exactly what we got.…

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January 30, 2020

Stock Market, US

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Monkey see... himself take a small (now booked) loss on XLNX that had once been a very decent profit, Monkey do... sell CIEN for a very nice profit. Simple. Monkey…

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January 29, 2020

Stock Market, US

Micromanaging the SPX Daily Chart

Per NFTRH 587 and yesterday's post with respect to the Bearish Engulfing candle... "A word on daily chart candle formations… their efficacy is measured out in a day or two…

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January 28, 2020