Mid and small-cap stocks have been under-performing their large-cap counterparts as of late, however, it's important to remember when looking at an index that it's basket of stocks and therefore looking at each of the components can unearth great...
Americans love their burgers. And customers around the world love American iconic brands. These two forces are unlikely to change in the near future, and thus sales at McDonald's restaurants around the world should continue to be strong. Of course, I...
Monday afternoon I was down in San Francisco, so I went by the Bloomberg West studios to do a quick hit with Catherine Murray. She asked me about the S&P500, Technology, Financials and the underperformance of Consumer Staples. We also discussed...
Despite the higher highs and higher lows in the major indices, all-time highs in riskier assets such as micro and small-cap stocks, and fresh breakouts in leading sectors like Technology and...
Crude Oil has been in a strong uptrend since late last year and is now giving us an opportunity to get involved on the long side once again after our initial price target near 4,425 was exceeded in mid-April.
Typically we look to trade in the direction of the underlying trend as that increases our probability of success, however, occasionally lower-probability counter-trend trades offer reward/risk scenarios that are ridiculously skewed in our favor. Today...
Rotation is the big word that's got us stock market bulls excited around here. It seems every couple of weeks there's a new sector that takes the baton to lead the broader indices higher. And just when one sector looks like it might...
It's hard for me to make a bearish case for stocks with the Consumer Discretionary sector breaking out on both an absolute and relative basis. In other words, the Consumer Discretionary sector index fund is not only coming out of a 5-month base to new...
Every morning I get to wake up and do what I want to do, not what I have to do. Life doesn't always work out that way, so I promise not a day goes by that I'm not incredibly thankful for the opportunities that I have. With a tremendous amount of luck...
It happens far too often: a game-changing company comes on the scene, has a massive run in its share price, makes a ton of people a ton of money, and becomes a media darling with constant, breathless stories about this exciting new widget maker....
The broader market has resolved its range to the upside led by several groups, among them Consumer Discretionary, which is hitting all-time highs on an absolute basis and also relative to the Consumer Staples sector. Within that group, the Restaurant...
I don't think many people are prepared for a 60% rip in shares of Tesla. I see the headlines coming through written by people who have never traded a stock in their lives. I see the pessimism and skepticism. Most importantly, I also see that a third...
The Technology sector ETF $XLK in recent months has overtaken its previous highs set in the year 2000. For anyone that was trading during that time, you know that breaking these levels is a big deal. Do you think 18 years of reclaiming former highs is...
I'm back in the United States and I must say, it was truly a pleasure attending this year's Traders Carnival in Mumbai. The interest in Techncial Analysis was off the charts! (see what I did there?) The people were amazing and the food was outstanding...
