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71General Market Trends: Rally On, Dude!
April 2009 was the best month that Wall Street has seen in nine years. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index increased by 9.39%, it’s best performance since March of 2000 – the Internet bubble era. The Dow-30 index rose by 7.35%, and the Nasdaq-100 chiseled out a 12.72% gain.
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70General Market Trends: Mixed Signals or Simply Bullish?
I had predicted a pullback during this week’s trading. Well, it happened – sort of. Monday brought a general market tumble across all four major market indexes tracked in my General Market Trend indicator. However, the markets battled back the balance of the week. True, 3 of the 4 markets I track for this column had a down week, but the NASDAQ-100 turned in a stellar performance.
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67Market Trends: Happy is as Happy Does
Does the overall market queue off the NASDAQ? That’s the question of the week. This week’s price action gave us penetration of overhead resistance in all indexes; however, one index stood out – the NASDAQ Composite. The NASDAQ continues to lead the run into higher ground, finishing the week registering an uptrend across the board on the daily charts. The Long-term Trend for the NASDAQ daily has now turned green.
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65The Bonus Factories: AIG, Valero Energy Corp, and Wal-Mart
Bonuses come in different flavors. The most common is likely the performance bonus. Other types include hiring, retention, or signing bonuses. Typically, a bonus is paid as an incentive. Merriam-Webster...
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65SIX Week Stock Market Rally! Time for a Pullback?
After a six-week rally, is the stock market headed for a fall? For six weeks, each of the four major indexes tracked in my GMT indicator have closed higher than the week before. Historically, on a weekly chart, an upward move lasts three-to-five weeks before a pullback. This is more typical of an up trend. Specific to the NASDAQ 100 weekly chart, the prior run up that lasted six weeks occurred in the second quarter of 2005 – almost four years ago.
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63Interpreting Market Trends with GMT
Over the last several weeks, the stock market has enjoyed a rally. Many people are anxious for a bottom in the recent bear market. Hopeful traders are thinking this rally may be the favorable reversal...
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62Changing Direction: NASDAQ 100 Micro-Trend Upswing on Weekly Charts
Monday’s open gave us a wide downward gap in the NASDAQ 100 from last Friday’s pullback. Not what investors wanted to see. Tuesday, NASDAQ attempted to rally back, but...
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61What's That? Warren Buffett Isn't Perfect?
I enjoy studying diverse opinion. It makes me think. In the introduction to his book, Even Buffett Isn't Perfect, Dr. Janjigian states that to become a successful investor you must be an educated investor...
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59The Layoff Game! Hacking Heads to Cut Costs.
I just discovered a fun, new game: The Layoff Game. This game is fun, challenging, and a very timely satire on today’s economic reality. The game is played from management’s perspective. The objective is to cut operating costs by finding redundancy in job functions and reduce your workforce accordingly. Similar in play to the ever popular Bejeweled, Layoff players attempt to match three or more redundant workers by moving them adjacent to one and other. And best of all, you can play it onli
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59Weekly Charts Still Reflect a Downtrend
Is the rally over? All four of the major indexes I’m currently tracking with my GMT (General Market Trend) indicator closed down on Friday. These markets have fallen on lower volume than they've experienced...
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