Category: Charts/Essays/Reports

The 6 Stages of Bull Markets — and Where We Are Right Now By Jeff Saut, Minyanville If this is a new secular bull market, we seem to be only in Stage 2 — “Guarded Optimism” — with many more years yet to come.

High frequency trading (HFT) – – it’s one of the Wall St. topics that causes divisions that match the polarity of the United States right now. On one side it’s an example of how large financial institutions, many of which were bailed out during the financial crisis, are running our country and screwing everyone on […]

Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most pain, to cause the most number of people to lose the most amount of money. […]

Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most pain, to cause the most number of people to lose the most amount of money. […]

The long term trend is up, but there are several seasoned vets who believe the party will come to an end in 2013. I’m not going to join the debate because I have found over the years predicting the market and making money are two entirely different things, and they aren’t always related. Instead I […]

The long term trend is up, but there are several seasoned vets who believe the party will come to an end in 2013. I’m not going to join the debate because I have found over the years predicting the market and making money are two entirely different things, and they aren’t always related. Instead I […]

By now you probably know I moved to Costa Rica. It’s not forever, so I’m calling it temporarily permanent. Many people have emailed me about my move and the country etc, so this post is to get everyone up to speed. Then I’ll answer any questions, assuming I know the answers.

Wall St. is full of theories attempting to explain price movement after the fact or predict price movement before it happens. The Dow Theory is one such theory, but for reasons discussed below, I believe the theory’s relevance is long past, and in today’s form, is utter garbage.

Note – This report was written over the weekend because I’ll be away on Monday. Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most […]

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