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[Chart Of The Week] Micro-Caps Break Out To All-time Highs

June 28, 2017 by JC

I’ve been out of town for the past week clearing my head and taking a break from markets. This is one of the most important parts of my entire process. I explained why in this post. While I was away, I peaked at the Internets to see what the twitterati was up to while I was on vacation. Since I was in Hawaii, 6 hours removed from New York City, most of what I read was after market hours. Boy are you guys pessimistic! Do you not see that stocks are in major uptrends? And not just in the U.S. but all over the world? Do you not read anything I write? I could not have laid out the bull case an clearer before I left.

Today I wanted to share with you what I think is one of the more bullish developments we’ve seen this month: the Russell Micro-cap Index breaking out to a new all-time high. If I have not exhausted this notion enough by now, let me stress: a new all-time high is NOT a characteristic of a downtrend. This is not an opinion. This is simply a fact. Write it down. Tattoo it on your forehead if you have to. Trust me, it took me a long time to finally understand this concept, so don’t think I’m talking down to you. I’m obnoxious about it because I wish someone had been more tenacious about this concept earlier in my career. It took me too many years to finally get it. I don’t want that to happen to you, a loyal reader. If it wasn’t for you guys, I would not be where I am today, in my personal life or professional career. So I owe it to you! [Read more…]

Why Its Time For Industrials To Shine Again

June 22, 2017 by JC

This week was our monthly conference call for Premium Members. We discussed a lot of things, mostly surrounding the fact that stocks are in uptrends all over the world and we are seeing broadening participation among stocks in the United States. Sectors that had been left for dead the past 6 months like Industrials and Materials are now coming up on all of my momentum and relative strength screens. Healthcare and Utilities are also breaking out to new highs. It’s not just one sector or a handful of stocks with some stupid acronym. This is a stock market rally that I believe is a lot younger than most people believe.

Today I wanted to share with you one of the things that has stood out to me the most over the past couple of months. It should not be a surprise really because I’ve been pointing to the way this is setting up since late last year. I think this can really be a monster. I definitely recommend watching the video archive of this month’s call. We’re talking over 150 slides filled with short-term, intermediate-term and longer-term trade ideas that all fall within a much larger global macro thesis. I encourage you to start a 30-day risk FREE trial at this discounted price and take full advantage of what can easily be one of the most rewarding 1 hour sessions of your year at absolutely no risk to you!

Here’s a little preview of the call: [Read more…]

[Chart Of The Week] Stocks Over Precious Metals For Another 20%

June 16, 2017 by JC

The debate that will always persist is the Stocks vs Gold question. Do we own gold? Do we own stocks? Do we own both? What percentage of our portfolio should be in precious metals? Do we own the physical or the ETF? Whether Gold is at new highs or new lows, the questions will keep coming. It’s something that us as humans are driven to constantly. I’ve learned to embrace it. While I treat Gold and the S&P500 the same way I treat Cotton futures and the Egypt30 Stock Index, it’s understandable why others don’t.

So let’s look at it. In which direction should we expect the next 20% – Gold or US Stocks? [Read more…]

[Premium] Everything You Need To Know About Bonds & Interest Rates

June 7, 2017 by JC

The Bond Market is a very misunderstood place. Usually all we hear are complaints. Fed this, Yellen that, something about her books being beige. I don’t know. I can’t keep up anymore. To me the Bond Market is place to find information that we can’t get anywhere else. Even if you don’t trade bonds, you must care about the direction of interest rates. But more importantly it’s the intermarket implications of movements in rates that we’re most concerned about. How is the next 3-6 month direction of interest rates and credit spreads going to affect stocks and commodities? WAs investors we’re obviously interested in all of these things.

Let’s get right into it: [Read more…]

[Premium] Open Letter About The Current Market Environment

June 5, 2017 by JC

In this week’s members-only letter we discuss the following topics:

New All-time Highs In Major US Indexes
Transports to Outperform Industrials This Summer?
London FTSE100, Germany, France, India all Break out to all-time highs
Technology Leading in U.S.: Targets Updated
What If Those Are NOT Head & Shoulders Tops in Banks?
Energy is a ‘No Touch’ or a short
Industrials Continue to Break Out: Railroads & Airlines
“Defense” Sectors Are Also Participating To The Upside

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What Makes the New 52 Week High List So Important?

June 2, 2017 by JC

This concept of new 52-week highs can be somewhat confusing. I get it. How does it work? If we make new highs and the list of new highs doesn’t confirm, do we short everything? How do we know if and when the internals of the market have confirmed or diverged from whatever the price of the index itself is doing? These days, it seems like people have more questions than answers. So today we’ll take a look at what’s going on and see if we can try to work through it together. [Read more…]

[Premium] Technical Analysis On Monthly Candlesticks

June 1, 2017 by JC

It’s the end of the month so you know what that means: Brand new freshly completed monthly candlesticks for us to review. While I normally use weekly charts to get structural perspective on markets and then daily charts for tactical purposes, the monthly chart review is done at the end of each month to help identify the primary trends around the market. This is for us who want to avoid the day to day noise surrounding politics or the Fed or whatever news story is being sensationalized this week.

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What Are Stocks Around The World Suggesting?

May 28, 2017 by JC

This is a global market environment. The S&P500 goes up and down based on the collective money flow from investors all over the world, not just within the borders of the United States. There are some people still fighting the civil war who simply don’t understand this concept. US Stocks don’t move up and down based on what is happening in America. What happens in the United States politically, economically, tax-wise, etc is just a tiny tiny piece of a humongous puzzle. This is a global market environment and the sooner you recognize that the bigger the advantage you will have over others who have not yet accepted this concept.

Even if you only trade US Stocks, or stocks local to where you live, understanding what is happening globally is essential to recognizing the direction of the underlying trend for the asset. And this trend identification is step 1 to market analysis. Today I went through every stock market index in the world to see if there is more good or more bad out there. Here are a few stand outs:

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