Market Overview

The U.S. Government has gone to great lengths in using accounting gimmicks to prop up the financial system and domestic economy. One area where this is readily apparent is the disconnect between the...

Elite covered call writers understand the importance of position management in maximizing returns. As a result, I receive a significant number of inquiries regarding exit strategy execution. This...

VanEck Vectors Semiconductor (NYSE:SMH) – Semiconductors had their best year since 2009. SPDR S&P Regional Banking (NYSE:KRE) – Regional banks finally above their 2007 highs. US...

The best source we can find for the above quote is the November 1945 issue of Advertising & Selling, in an article titled “Don’t Confuse Me with Facts!” by Roy S. Durstine. His...

We go over our 2016 market returns, discuss the best and worse performing market asset classes, and look at hedge fund outperformers through the third quarter in this video. Some crazy political...

2016 is almost over. And just in time, Janet Yellen has put an end to this year’s “will they or won’t they” interest rate hike drama. On December 14, she announced that the Fed...

DOW – 57 = 19,762SPX – 10 = 2238NAS – 48 = 5383RUT (NYSE:IWM) – 6 = 135710 Y – .04 = 2.44%Oil + .15 = 53.92Gold – 6.80 = 1151.90It has been a good year for Wall...

The S&P 500 closed December with a monthly gain of 1.82% after a gain of 3.42% in November. All three S&P 500 MAs are signaling "invested" and three of the five Ivy Portfolio ETF MAs —...

Market Year-End Wrap Up New Year’s Investor Resolutions Sector Analysis 401k Plan Manager Dave Barry summed up 2016 pretty well: “It wasn’t just bad. It was the Worst. Election....

Each paragraph below focuses on the following economic players: the US, the UK, EU, Canada, Japan, Australia and China.The U.S. is in the strongest economic position when compared to its developed...

And so another year draws to a close. I wish all my readers a very Happy New Year. Accuracy: This is the final count for 2016. We had two losing months, but our mean accuracy (how often I called the...

The euro and the Swiss franc rallied against the US dollar in the early hours of the last trading day in Asia.Surpassing the 1.0500 level triggered substantial algo orders and sent the EUR/USD up to...

In one my previous posts, I looked at the stock market valuations in the US to conclude that they were in line with recent historical data. In fact, the stock market looked cheap relative to most...

In the 1993 movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays an arrogant weatherman who gets stuck in a "time loop" and is forced to relive the same day over and over again. Lately, the Federal Reserve has...