Monthly Archives: August 2015
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10Aug12:43 pmEST
Taking Aim at an Old Target
Commodities are finally catching a broad-based bid today, with a big key being whether they can stage a strong close. While many eyes are on the metals, precious and otherwise, as well as crude oil, it is also worth taking a gander at some of the softs. Corn and wheat are snapping back hard from recent sell-offs, and coffee is taking some baby...
10Aug10:29 amEST
A Few Stocks Trading on Their Own Island
The market gap higher this morning is coming from short-term oversold conditions, a circumstance which saw me taking off any bearish exposure I had on inside Market Chess Subscription Services , into the weekend. The key, it appears, it gauging the sustainability of this bounce, since we have seen a series of lower highs on many major index...
09Aug2:47 pmEST
Weekend Overview and Analysis 08/09/15
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09Aug11:14 amEST
James Simons: Numberphile
Interesting Sunday morning interview with a market legend, James Simons.
08Aug5:57 pmEST
Saturday Night at Market Chess Cinemas
Smoke (1995), directed by the talented Wayne Wang, seems to have been lost in the shuffle over time. But, make no mistake, this one is worth a viewing. I consider this one of the best films of the 1990s. Starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, and Giancarlo Esposito, the film weaves together several intriguing storylines around a Brooklyn...
07Aug4:17 pmEST
Stock Market Recap 08/07/15 {Video}
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07Aug12:45 pmEST
The Clock is Still Ticking for Treasuries
After shorting bonds a few times in the late-spring and early-summer months inside Market Chess Subscription Services , we had backed off the shorts for the remainder of the summer, at least until signs of another rollover were seen. Using the weekly chart of TLT, below, as a very rough proxy for bond prices, we can see a bounce spanning the...
07Aug10:33 amEST
Signs of an Undertow
In addition to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the small cap issues in the Russell 2000 Index are no seeing price operating below their respective 200-day moving average. On the IWM, ETF for the Russell, daily chart, below, once price lost the $121.50 level (light blue) we have been steadily observing inside Market Chess Subscription...
06Aug5:02 pmEST
Stock Market Recap 08/06/15 {Video}
The following video is a brief, condensed version of the Stock Market Recap which I present each evening to members of Market Chess Subscription Services . In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. If you enjoy my videos and blog posts, then please...
06Aug3:09 pmEST
The SUNE Swoon
Despite a mild bounce in energy stocks today, solar stocks as a whole are getting pounded, once again. From a technical perspective, the bull thesis surrounding solars has been a flimsy one for a while now, one in which seemed as more of a flash in the pan than anything else. Fundamentally, the "shift" to solar energy may take a good while to...