Stock Market Recap 08/05/15 {Video}

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...

06Aug12:44 pmEST

You Always Wait Three Days to Call, Baby

All of the excitement which surrounded the potential "great buying opportunity" presented by the gap down in Disney, post-earnings, seems to have abated today, with the stock following-throigh lower. After a multi-year steep, strong, and established uptrend, seeing such a sizable gap lower represents a shocking disequilibrium of sorts, insofar...

06Aug10:36 amEST

Let's See Who is in the Cockpit

Small caps are leading to the downside again, with the IWM (ETF for the Russell 2000 Index) breaching $121.50 sharply after a green open. On the other hand, FB and NFLX keep chugging higher, while AMZN CMG GOOGL UA are hanging in there, as marquee Nasdaq issues. Beyond that, the volatility index (VIX) made a fresh low yesterday and sharply...

05Aug5:29 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 08/05/15 {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...