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The Semiconductor Index, SOX, is rising up as the markets head towards the end of summer. The chart below shows the long move lower from mid March through to June, followed by a ‘M’...
The war between Coca Cola (KO) and Pepsi (PEP) has been going on for over 20 years in their minds. Recently it has morphed into the bottled water space. So how do they stack up now? Let's check out...
The Volatility Index (VIX) has remained low over the last 6 months with only a short pop up to 28 during May. Now it is back at support for the last 5 years around 15.67. Is it time to buy VIX Calls?...
Big Oil has been moving higher with the market lately. These mega cap stocks can be like battleships to move so when they do break out it is something to notice. Exxon Mobil (XOM) is doing that now....
Already well off of the June low, Brent Crude Oil, represented below by the United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO), looks to have digested the surge higher to 77 and survived a pullback. Now running...
The credit card stocks have been the focus of attention on and off for the past year or more. Mastercard (MA) and Visa (V) get most of the attention. And Visa looks good making new highs. But two...
Wells Fargo (WFC) Wells Fargo (WFC) is back at resistance at 34.50, making a 5 month "V." It has a bullish Relative Strength Index (RSI) that is running higher with a moving Average Convergence...
Last week’s review of the macro market indicators saw heading into the height of summer and the Olympic fortnight, the markets were looking up, although not all equally. Gold (GLD) and Crude...
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is testing resistance at 67 with a rising and bullish Relative Strength Index (RSI) and a Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator (MACD) that...
Last week’s review of the macro market indicators saw heading into the height of summer and the Olympic fortnight, the markets were looking up, although not all equally. Gold and Crude Oil were...
For the past brazillion weeks as I have looked through charts on Saturday, my first comment has been that Coal still sucks. Allow me to elaborate. The weekly chart for the Market Vectors Coal ETF,...
Chicago based Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), reported earnings before the open Friday, heading into that report the stock has recovered 50% of the move lower from March and is approaching...
There is always a lot of press about gold, metal for safety and inflation traders, and copper, the metal with a PhD in economics. Even silver takes the stage occasionally. But that other high priced...
LinkedIn (LNKD) reports their earnings after the market closes on Thursday, and there will be a lot of eyeballs on it. With the fall off in Pandora (P), Zynga (ZNGA), and Facebook (FB), this is a...
Last month my Monthly Macro Review/Preview heading into the back half of the year suggested downside for Gold (GLD) and consolidation for Copper (JJC), while Crude Oil (USO) looked lower with Natural...
Yes 3M (MMM), the maker of those sticky note pads, among other things, is a stock that is waking up and boring like PPG Industries (PPG), from yesterday. Moving up over long-term resistance at 90,...
The S&P 500 SPDR, SPY, has been getting comfortable with its relationship to the Emerging Markets over the last two and a half months. There has been a pop higher in the ratio of SPY to iShares...