Category: ASYMMETRY® Observations

The U. S. stock market has trended down as expected after tapping its 200-day moving average.  I shared this observation last week on Twitter:  And today, it looks like we have an answer from the… Read More

Many companies offer employer-issued stock as a benefit, in addition to other compensation and benefits. But what happens if you leave a job that offered you employer-issued stock or if you experience another triggering life… Read More

At its lowest point so far on October 12th, the S&P 500 stock index was down -25% for the year in 2022.  Since October 12th, the stock index has gained  10%, which is common in… Read More

Volatility measures the frequency and magnitude of price movements, both up and down, that a financial instrument experiences over a certain period of time. The more dramatic the price swings in that instrument, the higher… Read More

I want to preface this sector trends update with how we use it. We sometimes trade exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that aim to track an index, but we also have our own proprietary indices applying our ASYMMETRY® methodology,… Read More

It was a big week for the U.S. stock market with a strong countertrend cycle swing to the upside, but the primary trend remains down, or does it?  S&P 500 closed above the 50-day, now… Read More

Artificial intelligence is being marketed as a crystal ball. That framing misses the point — and creates risk. Markets are not prediction problems. They are complex, adaptive systems driven by uncertainty, feedback loops, regime shifts,… Read More

There was enough buying climaxes in stocks this week to signal a short-term top in the stock market. This week 596 stocks printed a buying climax, which is the most since Feb 2018. A buying… Read More

The US Unemployment Rate measures the percentage of total employees in the United States that are a part of the labor force, but are without a job. It’s one of the most widely followed indicators… Read More