MARKET SUMMARY (3/9/20) – BEARS IN CONTROL
Are we having fun yet? Some might think that the wild market fluctuations and extreme volatility would make my analysis longer, that I’d have much more to say. Actually it’s …
Are we having fun yet? Some might think that the wild market fluctuations and extreme volatility would make my analysis longer, that I’d have much more to say. Actually it’s …
Last week’s e-mail was titled “Time for the bears to eat.” Wow – did they ever. A truly historic decline. Every few years the market does something no trader has ever seen …
Here’s where it gets tricky. You won’t always be on the right side of a trade, but when you are, you have to navigate greed and discipline – when to …
Go with the flow. That’s generally my motto when trading. If you follow my trading long enough, you’ll see that my style tends to be fluid, unstubborn and emotionless. Or …
If I squint, I can start seeing bearish signs. We’ll see if they’re real, or just another headfake. Even though the SPX continues to chop around near its all-time high, …
Is this the beginning of the long-awaited market pullback? Well, as most of my regular followers know, the more “long-awaited” something is, the more skeptical I am. It was a choppy week …
Well, you can’t catch them all. After weeks of expressing caution in this newsletter, and even making a small short bet (that I too quickly exited), the market seems to finally be …
The market doesn’t care about you. Yes, the S&P 500 is overbought. And the technicals are losing momentum. And technical indicators like the MACD and DMI have been building negative divergences. But …
As I’ve sat down to write this e-mail the past few weeks, I get the sense that my market thoughts for the week keep sounding like I’m repeating myself from the week before. …
Never force trades. Sometimes there are trades or investments you really want to make, but the set-up isn’t quite there. It’s human nature to rationalize away the risks and convince …