Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
Today we witnessed an important breakdown in small cap equities as represented by the Russell 2000 (IWM): IWM (Daily) After spending the last three months hammering out a significant top characterized by substantial momentum divergences the Russell 2000 broke … Continued
Since the post-BREXIT volatility spike (which lasted for two trading sessions) a funny thing has happened, volatility has completely collapsed. The Russell 2000 is on streak of 13 trading sessions within a ~2% trading range with several trading sessions seeing … Continued
A post from Dr. Brett Steenbarger this morning reaffirmed some things that I was already thinking regarding where we may be at in the market cycle. The following excerpt is elegant and insightful: “….the psychological dynamics of market tops … Continued
The Russell 2000 (IWM) has been testing an important area of resistance for the last few days: IWM (Daily) This resistance near $115-$115.20 on the IWM also happens to line up with the flat 50-day simple moving average and … Continued
The January effect is the theory that small cap stocks perform better in January than in any other month of the year. This is due to the idea that investors sell losing positions in December to capture losses for tax … Continued
Something is brewing out there, something big. Tom McClellan is seeing the possibility of a large drop in stocks beginning later this week: “We are already seeing confirming signs of liquidity problems in the weakening [advance-decline] line, which topped back … Continued
It’s been a long time since i’ve seen such an abundance of yellow/red flag warning signs out there. At this moment I would be remiss if I did not point out all the warning signs i’m seeing: M&A activity during the … Continued
As illustrated by the following 2 graphics US equity investors have gone from greed to fear in exactly one month despite a relatively small movement in the market (3% in the S&P 500): While the recent price action, flattening … Continued
US equities have come under heavy pressure this week after the small-cap Russell 2000 post yet another all-time high last week. There are more than a few signs that all is not well for equities, however, the situation is not … Continued
The small cap Russell 2000 Index has exhibited relative strength for several weeks and seemingly makes another all-time high with each new day. Even as the S&P and Dow suffered some notable down days the Russell managed to remain well bid … Continued