Tue January 23

Are the Defensives coming back to life?

SPX AND QQQ AT NEW ALL-TIME HIGH TERRITORY HAS NOT YET BEEN FOLLOWED BY SIMILAR MOVEMENT FROM RUSSELL 3K, VALUE LINE AVERAGE, AND DJ TRANSPORTATION AVG, AND THIS DIVERGENCE WILL...

Wed January 17

GRANNY SHOTS: Jan 2024 rebalance +10 adds. NEW SMID Granny Shots +46 stocks. January Super and Sleeper Grannies. WEBINAR WED!!!

Today, 1/17, at 2pm ET we update our Granny Shots. If you have not yet registered, sign up with the webinar block below. ________________________________________________ _VIDEO:_ _TUNE INTO OUR SUPER GRANNY...

Wed October 18, 2023

GRANNY SHOTS: Oct 2023 rebalance +7 adds/-6 deletes. Plus, October Super and Sleeper Grannies. 2023 YTD +19.3% (+543bp vs S&P 500).

On Wednesday, 10/18 , we update the top 5 “Super Grannies” and bottom 5 “Sleeper Grannies.“ If you have not yet registered, sign up with the webinar block below. ________________________________________________...

Fri September 22, 2023

GRANNY SHOTS: September Super Granny update. 

WE WILL NOT BE HAVING AN ASSOCIATED WEBINAR FOR THE SEPTEMBER SUPER GRANNY UPDATE THIS MONTH.UPDATING 5 SUPER AND 5 SLEEPER GRANNIESCHARTBOOK LINKED ABOVE “Super Grannies” (long) and “Sleeper Grannies”...

Tue September 19, 2023

Consumer Staples remains under pressure, & worse than Discretionary

US EQUITY INDICES AND TREASURY YIELDS REMAIN QUITE CHOPPY, BUT THE WEAKNESS COINCIDING WITH YIELDS PUSHING UP STILL LOOKS TO EXTEND THIS WEEK WHICH IS ONE OF THE MORE SEASONALLY...

Thu May 18, 2023

"Buy the dip" regime back since March 23, 2023 as analysis shows S&P 500 regain 2% losses less than 1 month, reversing "sell the rip" regime of 2022. Stick with FAANG, Industrials and tactically Regional banks.

NEW: NOTICE NEW SECTION (ABOVE): ADDED SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TACTICAL IDEAS _We publish on a 3-day a week schedule:_ SKIP MONDAY <-- TRAVELING _SKIP TUESDAY Wednesday _Thursday <-- _Schedule...

Wed April 26, 2023

Equity markets bank into "bunker mode" in front of May FOMC but ATH in unemployment claims for over $200k earners = far softer wage growth ahead. April 2023 rebalance "Granny shots" net -3 (+7, -10).

Reminder, tune in this coming Thursday to an important webinar ___________________________________GRANNY SHOTS APRIL QUARTERLY REBALANCE TODAySEE BELOW FOR ADDS AND DELETES ___________________________________ Equity markets came under selling pressure on Tuesday,...

Fri March 3, 2023

LIVE Technical Stock Analysis March 2023

Mark will be conducting a live Webinar session for the most popular stocks requested by our subscribers. Mark will give his quick take (45 sec-1-minute of analysis) and consider several...

Mon January 30, 2023

Bond and equity volatilities at lowest levels since 2021 = supportive >20% rise in 2023. Updating "Granny shots" +12 adds (-12 deletes). 2023 YTD +39bp outperformance. 2022 +395bp outperformance. List adds attached.

The most important event in the coming week is the Feb FOMC decision (2/1). We will have more comprehensive thoughts on Wednesday, but as many are aware, we expect the...

Wed January 18, 2023

Defensive groups not offering much Safety as stocks and bond yields break down in tandem

Over the last few days it’s been discussed how markets were nearing resistance.  Yet, is it correct to think that “bad news” was truly bad news for stocks if rates...

Thu October 27, 2022

Holiday Retail Round-Up

“Amateurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics.” -Omar Bradley Mr. Bradley’s quote above may have become so frequently used as to border on aphorism. We recently penned an article that shows...

Wed October 19, 2022

Updating "Granny shots": +9 additions, -5 deletions

Today is the October quarterly rebalance of our Granny Shots portfolio. The Granny Shots is a list of our core stock holdings, using 6 thematic/quantitative portfolios and is designed to...