Category: Global Directional Trends
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Global asset allocation takes a beating in 2018
Most financial advisors and financial planners recommend to their clients some type of global asset allocation. Their global asset allocation models usually include a range of bonds, U.S. stocks, and International stocks. Some may include… Read More
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What’s going to happen next for the stock market?
The popular stock indexes are now down about -5% year to date. The popular stock indexes are now about -13% off their highs. I don’t normally include the NASDAQ since it’s so overweight the Technology… Read More
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Stock Market Observations
The S&P 500 stock index retests October low for the third time. It is only 1.2% above the February and April low, but so far holding the line. We would expect to see some potential… Read More
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The Death Cross on the S&P 500
I wonder when we’ll start hearing about the death cross again like we did in 2016. The S&P 500 Equal Weight signaled a death cross today. As with any trend following signal or any signal… Read More
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Will the stock market hold the line?
The popular U.S. stock market indexes almost formed a potential inverse head and shoulders reversal pattern, however, the right side was met with selling pressure that exceeded enthusiasm to buy. For those who care to… Read More
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Pattern Recognition: Is the S&P 500 Forming a Head and Shoulders Bottom?
I don’t always share when I observe stock market patterns unfold, but when I do, it’s usually to inform (or aggravate) my friends who don’t understand (or want to understand) technical analysis. Long before I… Read More
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Divergence in the Advance-Decline Line May be Bullish
With the stock market swinging up and down with the volatility expansion we’ve seen since February many investors are probably wondering which way stocks are going to trend. Individual investors should be aware of the… Read More
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The stock market is swinging its way to an inflection point
Trying not to sound like a broken record, I’ll share a few updates from what I said last in Observations of the stock market downtrend. The stock market is at an inflection point. An inflection point is… Read More
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Observations of the stock market downtrend
In the last observation I shared about the stock market, “The stock market trends up with momentum,” we saw the stock market reverse back up with strong momentum. The S&P 500 stock index had declined about -7%… Read More
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The Stock Market Trend
The stock market declined with heavy selling pressure on a major stock market anniversary that I haven’t heard anyone mention. October 10, 2018, is the 10-year anniversary of the waterfall decline of 2008. Below is the… Read More