Archive for September, 2011

  • Seasonality and Near Term Support Levels
    Posted by on September 30th, 2011 at 10:47 am, Comments: 0

    Here is my most recent column for SFO Magazine:   STOCKS: Don’t Be A Hero—Another Test of 1120 Ahead? Friday, September 30, 2011 By J.C. [...]

  • Six Months of Blogging and Still Kicking
    Posted by on September 29th, 2011 at 7:23 pm, Comments: 0

    It’s not quite a Blogoversary yet, but it’s something that I’m definitely proud of. Would you call it a Blog-Six-Mensiversary? Half-A-Blogoversary? Not really sure. I [...]

  • Mortgage Rates Hit New Lows
    Posted by on September 29th, 2011 at 6:39 pm, Comments: 0

    30-Year fixed mortgage rates fell to historic lows again this week. Mortgage rates tend to track the 10-year note yield, which has been hitting new [...]

  • Relative Performance of Technology
    Posted by on September 29th, 2011 at 11:04 am, Comments: 0

    This morning we discussed the recent relative strength of the Nasdaq100 vs S&P500. Meanwhile the Nasdaq has been underperforming the S&P all day today. The [...]

  • Nasdaq has Worked Relative to S&Ps
    Posted by on September 29th, 2011 at 8:51 am, Comments: 0

    There is a lot of gloom and doom out there when it comes to the major averages. The truth is that these sideways trading market [...]

  • Trading Deck: Charts show violent move brewing
    Posted by on September 28th, 2011 at 10:31 am, Comments: 0

    Marketwatch.com just launched an area of the site called The Trading Deck. I’m excited to announce that I will be a weekly contributor from here [...]

  • Basic Materials Produce Island Reversal
    Posted by on September 27th, 2011 at 1:12 pm, Comments: 0

    From False Moves, come fast moves in the opposite direction. This is precisely what we are seeing today in Basic Materials. Last week the $XLB [...]

  • Piper Jaffray & RBC Technicians See Bounce Coming in Stocks
    Posted by on September 26th, 2011 at 3:50 pm, Comments: 0

    Technical Analysts Craig Johnson from Piper Jaffray and Robert Sluymer from RBC Capital Markets each agree here that the stock market is set up for [...]

  • The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
    Posted by on September 26th, 2011 at 6:50 am, Comments: 0

    It was a wild ride last week. Some of the chart damage was pretty severe, while others held up relatively well. I was looking through [...]

  • Wide World of Charts – NFL Sunday
    Posted by on September 25th, 2011 at 11:21 am, Comments: 0

      It’s Not a Crash – $GLD & $SLV – It’s a Correction (EconomPicData) Record Correlations + Record Low Mutual Fund Cash + Soaring Dispersion [...]