The Weekly Trend

In this week’s episode, Ian and Kevin discuss the themes we have seen take place this week, including continued momentum in some very key areas. Many individual stocks are setting up,  but will that be enough to push the broad indices higher? Bonds seem to want to take another leg lower along with crude. 

In this week’s episode, David and Ian discuss the hot debate regarding “what is a recession?”, the bullish thrust we saw this week from equities, and what areas have been leading (and lagging) during this current rally. What could earnings season have in store for the market? Is “volatility” breaking a rate of trend? A slew of indicators turning bullish. And a big congratulations to Kevin for finishing his CMT exams!

In this week's episode, Ian, Dan, and Kevin discuss inflation hedges like gold and silver, the U.S dollar versus other major currencies, commodities since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the recent jump in equities along with some weekly candle rejections, and the VIX. 

In this week’s episode, Ian and Dave discuss relative relationships and the implications of these relationships going forward. Semiconductors and financials provide some key information this week as well as the international space when we look to emerging markets. SPX levels and downtrending moving averages also headline this episode. 

In this week’s episode, Ian, Dave, and Dan discuss the big picture when it comes to trend identification, some high-level perspectives as well as behind the surface items such as credit spreads, treasuries, commodities, seasonality, and currencies. They also touch on areas of the market that seem to be working in the short term as well as characteristics they would like to see to change their minds on the overall structure of this market. 

In this week’s episode, Ian, Dan, and Kevin discuss the market action over the previous week. Including the poor performance of energy, metals, grains, and semiconductors. They also discuss Bitcoin, the US Dollar, credit spreads, and the historical significance of the first half of 2022. 

In this week’s episode, Dave and Ian discuss the “final” sectors finally seeing selling pressure, the Russell giving up all of its post-Covid gains, retail drawdowns, and the VIX. Energy stocks and crude get hit. Cryptocurrencies are also seeing continued weakness. David covers failed breakouts in Pharma names. Ian gives some updates on where we stand with AVWAPs.

In this week’s episode, David and Ian cover the dramatic sell-off we saw to end the week in stocks, the differences between the March and June rallies, and what areas showed relative strength/weakness over the last few weeks. David gives his thoughts on the fixed income space. Ian shares some insight into breadth and the surprising weakness from Europe.

In this weeks episode, David and Ian discuss the falling US Dollar and whether it could be a tailwind for stocks here domestically and around the world.  They also dive into the potential for a countertrend rally, what role politics plays in portfolio management, and the lack of movement from cryptos. Dave covers the data behind the most recent downtrend. Ian gives his thoughts on social media's role in this current bear market versus previous years.