In this Episode of Allstarcharts Weekly, Steve and I talk about the underperformance of the S&P500 relative to both Gold and US Treasury Bonds. The big question I think worth asking is whether these are massive distribution patterns in US Stocks on a relative basis, or if these are just consolidations within an ongoing uptrend that has been in place for years already? If you’re in the bear camp / recession coming crowd, then you would expect these tops to complete themselves to the downside. If you think stocks go on to make new all-time highs (I do), then these are not massive distribution patterns but just healthy consolidation instead.
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Remember To Buy In November!
How often does someone tell you to Remember to Buy In November? Probably not as often as you’ll hear Sell in May and Go Away!
But what does this all mean? What are these silly nursery rhymes all about and why should we care? Or should we even care at all?
You’ll hear even some of the smartest and most experience market participants dismiss market seasonality altogether, almost as if they’re too good for it. Maybe they’re scared of things they don’t understand, like my 2 year old cousin gets when she’s confused. Or maybe seasonality is not as intellectually satisfying to them as say something like, fed policy or trump impeachments.
Either way, we do care about seasonal trends at All Star Charts because they help us with both identifying market trends and risk management. Here’s what US Stock Market Seasonality means to me: [Read more…]
All Star Interviews Season 3, Episode 11: Walter Deemer, Technical Analyst With 57 Years Of Experience
Walter Deemer has been a Technical Analyst for 57 years, after starting his career at Merrill Lynch working for legendary Technician Bob Farrell. He is a founding member and past president of the CMT Association and coined the phrase, “When the time comes to buy, you won’t want to!”, which is the title of one of the books he’s authored. We’re lucky to have someone on the podcast who was in the business at a time when interest rates were NOT in a downtrend! In this episode, Walter talks to us about what it was like charting in the 1960s and 70s and what sentiment was like as we entered the 1980s and one of the greatest economic expansions in America history. “Watch their feet, not their mouths”, is what Walter Deemer says when he encourages us to look at what investors are doing, rather than their opinions. This was a great conversation where we discuss what he calls our “Shoulda Fund” and what the Breakaway Momentum Strategy (breadth thrusts) means to him. I really enjoyed this one! [Read more…]
Why We’re Selling Gold
We’ve been bullish precious metals since the 4th quarter last year and even coming into 2019. We’re not gold bugs, thank goodness. The risk vs reward was just skewed in favor of the long side, for a variety of reasons.
One of those was the fact that commercial hedgers were actually net long. They’re never net long, and literally always hedged. For me, these Commitment of Traders reports are usually just noise, EXCEPT when they’re at extremes. We want to pay attention when the rubber-band is stretched. And so we did, and Gold ripped!
Now we have the opposite scenario. Commercial Hedgers last month had on their largest net short position in history (345,145 contracts): [Read more…]
“Everything Is Working This Year”
Think about how well everything is going this year! The S&P500 is up almost 20%. Bonds are up 22% and even Gold is up 17%! Heck Bitcoin has more than doubled! Can things get any better than this??? [Read more…]
[Premium] Playbook To Profit in Q4 2019
This is my Q4 2019 Playbook.
Video: Taking A Step Back – Monthly Charts Making New Highs
How are you liking the day to day swings in the market? Is it too much for you? Go through this checklist and make sure these questions are answered before moving forward.
Today, I thought it would add value to take a step back and see what’s happening in the market bigger picture. They love distracting you with noisy headlines, but the way we approach it is: Whenever In Doubt, Zoom Out!
Here’s how we see things in Stocks bigger picture:
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3 Questions Every Investor Should Answer
We’re all here for different reasons. Each of us have our own time horizons. My risk tolerance is different than yours.
There are 3 questions every investor should answer before ever entering into a new position:
- Why am I here?
- What is my time horizon?
- How much am I willing to lose?
Let’s address each of these one by one: [Read more…]
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