Big Picture: Happy Holidays everyone. As expected, this has been a fairly quiet week in the markets. We’ve seen a little bit of continued strength in U.S. Equities, which makes everyone hoping for a Santa Claus Rally feel good. Long term Treasury Bonds ($TLT) took a little bit of a hit this week, but are […]
Big Picture: Does anybody else have whiplash? Early in the week U.S. Equities were heading lower and then sharply reversed and muscled their way back to the top performing assets on the week. Additionally, $SPY went ex-dividend on Friday so the close price below under-represents the full return. All of the International Equities ETF’s I […]
Big Picture: Last week I mentioned that U.S. Stocks were grinding higher, but other markets around the world were making big moves (generally lower). This week the S&P 500 took a hit and the $VIX surged 78%. The sell off hit both the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000, but the Russell held up better. […]
Big Picture: As US Stocks continue to grind higher, markets around the world seem to be moving in a big way. Specifically, I’m talking about Oil, Commodities, Gold, and the Dollar. The Dollar has been strong against the other majors (Euro, Yen, Swiss Franc) and is also beating up on Commodities. Remember that our commodity […]
Big Picture: Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Today I need a little help and some feedback from all of you. I’m in the process of putting together what will become a monthly newsletter. The newsletter is going to cover momentum investing across a wide range of markets and will accordingly be called the Market Momentum Newsletter. I […]
Big Picture: An evolving focus? Yes. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I took a new job that makes it difficult for me to monitor the markets during the day and that’s forcing me to adjust my trading style a little bit. Fortunately, I’m around for the first hour of trading so I’m […]