• SPY Trends and Influencers August 31, 2013
    Posted by on August 31st, 2013 at 9:21 am

    Share on StockTwits Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, as the unofficial last week of Summer began, that Gold ($GLD) looked to […]

  • Cleveland’s Best Linkfest!
    Posted by on August 31st, 2013 at 8:37 am

    Share on StockTwits Charts/Markets/Business/Economy You Might Not See Otherwise Gasoline prices rise faster than middle-class wages cleveland.com With Huge War Chests, Activist Investors Tackle Big […]

  • The Nasdaq Out-Performance May be Slowing
    Posted by on August 30th, 2013 at 7:38 am

    Share on StockTwits A couple of weeks ago the Nasdaq took over leadership for certain among the indexes. I made the case in Is There […]

  • Stale Bagels Einstein
    Posted by on August 29th, 2013 at 4:12 pm

    Share on StockTwits While creating last weeks watch list over the weekend there were a few choices in the retail space. One of them that […]

  • Do Regional Banks Need to Sell Off Further?
    Posted by on August 29th, 2013 at 7:58 am

    Share on StockTwits Since the June 24 bounce began the S&P ($SPY) rose nearly 7.8%, the Financial Select Sector SPDR ($XLF) peaked up 9.1% and […]

  • Chevron: A Technical Analysis Lesson and a Trade
    Posted by on August 28th, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Share on StockTwits The Chevron ($CVX) chart poses an interesting learning lesson which leads to a trade set up and it deals with the Positive […]

  • Embrace the Crude Oil Move Higher
    Posted by on August 28th, 2013 at 7:53 am

    Share on StockTwits Crude Oil ($CL_F, $USO) had a major day Tuesday. You will read everywhere that it drove higher on tensions in Syria. I […]

  • Remember Those Beaten Up Hi Yield Mortgage REITs?
    Posted by on August 27th, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    Share on StockTwits The May move lower in the mortgage REIT market, especially for high yielders was a doozy. Some lost over one third of […]

  • Fact: Bond Prices Are in a Downtrend
    Posted by on August 27th, 2013 at 7:41 am

    Share on StockTwits The Treasury Bond ETF, $TLT, has been in a down trend since the beginning of May. Don’t let anybody try to tell […]