Wed August 16, 2023

Selling might not abate until post Jackson Hole; Top Retail names to consider technically

MARKETS HAVE LARGELY EXITED THE EARLY MONTH WINDOW WHEN A LOW WAS POSSIBLE.  WHILE A COUNTER-TREND SNAPBACK IS POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME, THE TREND REMAINS NEGATIVE IN THE SHORT RUN...

Tue May 16, 2023

Retail continues to be a drag on Discretionary

TREND STILL BULLISH -  EXPECTING UPCOMING PUSH BACK ABOVE SPX-4200 – While many would correctly call the sideways grinding in US Indices like SPX neutral since early February (and prices...

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...

Tue January 17, 2023

Upticks - January 2023

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! UPDATE 2023 has gotten underway with a far more robust rally than many were expecting to kick off the new year.  Some of this has...

Wed January 11, 2023

Thursday’s CPI release should prove pivotal for markets

Equity markets have enjoyed a bit more bounce than expected into Thursday’s CPI report, but if the downward bias of cycles into late January along with the formation of intra-day...

Wed November 9, 2022

Upticks - November 2022

UPDATE/INTRODUCTION History shows Sir Isaac Newton not only to have excelled as a mathematician and physicist, but also to be a skilled astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. Many who have...

Wed October 26, 2022

LIVE Technical Stock Analysis October 2022

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...

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...

Wed October 5, 2022

Upticks - October 2022

INTRODUCTION History shows Sir Isaac Newton not only to have excelled as a Mathematician and physicist, but also to be a skilled astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. Many who have...

Tue July 26, 2022

Discretionary looks close to bottoming out vs. Staples

The stall out and pullback in US Equities has accelerated further given $WMT’s profit warning and subsequent 8% + drop on Tuesday.  $NDX has taken the lead on this decline...

Fri April 8, 2022

Stocks Struggle in The First Week of the Second Quarter

The market had a down week in the face of a hawkish tone from several Fed speeches and events that make it look like the bond market may have been...

Fri April 8, 2022

“Finkle Is Einhorn?!”- Fed Hawkish Rhetoric Explained, Granny Shots Updated

We pay heed to the market adage “don’t fight the Fed.” While Dudley is no longer a Fed member, many believe he is communicating a message from the Fed. But...