Category: Counter trend
Counter trend is a system that identifies a trend reversal without waiting for it to reverse.
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VIX Trends Up 9th Biggest 1-day Move
About a week after a hedge fund manager who is popular with the media but has a poor track record of managing risk said “please stop talking about the low VIX”, it gains 44.4% in a… Read More
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Is this the Inflection Point for Stocks?
As if the election result wasn’t enough, the U.S. stock market has surprised most people by trending up since last November. But, it has been stalling since March. The S&P 500 drifted down about -3% into… Read More
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The U.S. Stock Market Trend
When we define the direction of a trend, we consider the most basic definitions. Higher highs and higher lows is an uptrend. Lower lows and lower highs is a downtrend. If there is no meaningful… Read More
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What would Warren Buffett do?
Few investors have gotten as much media attention than Warren Buffett. He is considered to be the most famous investor in the world. Buffett is the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) and is consistently ranked among… Read More
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Extreme Fear is Now Driving Markets
On October 27th I wrote in Fear and Greed is Shifting and Models Don’t Avoid the Feelings that: The CNN Fear & Greed Index shows investor fear and greed shifted to Extreme Fear a month ago as the popular U.S. stock indexes dropped… Read More
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What You Need to Know About Long Term Bond Trends
There is a lot of talk about interest rates and bonds these days – for good reason. You see, interest rates have been in a downtrend for decades (as you’ll see later). When interest rates… Read More
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My 2 Cents on the Dollar
The U.S. Dollar ($USD) has gained about 20% in less than a year. We observe it first in the weekly below. The U.S. Dollar is a significant driver of returns of other markets. For example,… Read More
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Conflicted News
This is a great example of conflicted news. Which news headline is driving down stock prices today? Below is a snapshot from Google Finance:: Trying to make decisions based on news seems a very conflicted… Read More
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A Tale of Two Conditions for U.S. and International Stocks: Before and After 2008
In recent conversations with investment advisors, I notice their sentiment has shifted from “cautious and concerned” about world equity markets to “why have they underperformed”. Prior to 2013, most investors and investment advisors were concerned… Read More
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US Government Bonds Rise on Fed Rate Outlook?
I saw the following headline this morning: US Government Bonds Rise on Fed Rate Outlook Wall Street Journal – “U.S. government bonds strengthened on Monday after posing the biggest price rally in more than three months… Read More