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 December 14, 2022

UPTICKS UPDATE: Top Technical Laggards to avoid heading into 2023

The near-term churning in Stock indices over the last month has been accompanied by a notable slowdown in momentum and market breadth as might have been expected when short-term uptrends...

Thu September 15, 2022

“Cash is King” until October

Thursday failed to bring much relief, as SPX, DJIA and NASDAQ all closed at the lowest prices in more than a month.   US 10-year Treasury yields barely missed hitting new...

Fri July 15, 2022

LIVE Sector & Stock Analysis July 2022

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

Fri May 6, 2022

Live Technical Analysis April 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...

Fri April 16, 2021

COVID-19 UPDATE: Israel daily cases (per 1mm) now 26 vs 952 (Jan). ND and SD could see "obliteration" by June. Oil prices key to direction of Epicenter trade...

The lag between penetration of vaccines and cases falling is due to a few factors including the fact that vaccines take time to become effective.  And the broader fact, a...

Wed April 14, 2021

COVID-19 UPDATE: Multiple reasons J&J vaccine "pause" not a recovery setback. Epicenter stocks significantly underperformed since mid-March, but EPS revisions = good and Technicals, while damaged, are still positive

3 Deletions: $PBCT, $NVT, $VNO 13 Additions: $AZO, $HOG, $GRMN, $MGM, $WH, $GPS, $LB, $VIRT, $AGCO, $OC, $UBER. $EXP, $NUE 35 "POWER TRIFECTA" STOCKS IDEAS: Consumer Discretionary: $AZO, $HOG, $GRMN,...

Tue April 13, 2021

COVID-19 UPDATE: Global cases within 8% of all-time highs, even as USA down 80%. Energy down 8 of the last 10 days, in past 20 years >8 of last 10 days point to strong 3M gains

But as the global case count below shows, COVID-19 is still spreading wildly and prolifically across the World.  In fact, the 7-day avg cases of 670,000 (and rising rapidly) is...

Mon April 12, 2021

COVID-19 UPDATE: Michigan COVID-19 hospitalizations could surge to new highs in coming weeks. S&P 500 gains YTD explained by +6.4% revisions to 2021 EPS by Street

Is there a common thread to explain this? I am not entirely clear. And of these states, MI seems to be experiencing the worst of the surges. Gov Whitmer has...

Fri April 9, 2021

Epicenter – Stocks with Uncommon Value During Uncommon Times

This list was published in the FIRST WORD dated April 9, 2020. We’ve republished it here in order to highlight it for our valued subscribers. _STRATEGY: UPDATING EPICENTER TRIFECTA LIST  – 24...

Fri April 9, 2021

Top 35 “Power Epicenter Trifecta” Stock Ideas

This list was published in the FIRST WORD dated April 9, 2020. We’ve republished it here in order to highlight it for our valued subscribers. _STRATEGY: UPDATING OUR POWER TRIFECTA,...

Fri April 9, 2021

COVID-19 UPDATE: Death rates collapse when state vaccine penetration >33%. Even as equities favor "quality" trade, credit sticks with "cyclical" trade (hint, credit usually wins). Implies IWM $239

A positive recent development is that patients who have chronic ("long haul") COVID-19 symptoms seem to benefit from the vaccines. Multiple stories have emerged of formerly recovered, with severe symptoms,...