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The evidence remains bullish for stocks, but there are some sizable pockets of weakness and individual stock volatility is up as the market reacts to AI threats and earnings. Today’s report features Alphabet $GOOGL, Telsa $TSLA and Edwards Lifesciences $EW
The stock market remains in bull mode, but there are more signs of risk aversion and the market profile favors defensive groups $SPY, $IWM, $MAGS, $XLK, $QQQ, $TLT, $IYR $XLU, $XHE, $IHI
The Trend Trio150 is a trend-following indicator that aggregates signals in three trend-following indicators. It uses the principle of confirmation by requiring at least two trend signals to turn bullish or bearish. This also means it
The dominoes continue to fall within the large-cap tech universe as QQQ breaks a benchmark low. Weakness is spreading into the broader market as finance (XLF) plunges and SPY tests first support. Meanwhile, money is moving into safe-haven bonds and defensive utilities. $SPY $RSP $QQQ $MAGS $XLK $XLF $XLU $IEF
Precious and industrial metals continue to lead in 2026, but gold and silver turned very volatile the last few weeks. Meanwhile, copper and base metals are simply consolidating. Symbols covered: $IEF, $GLD, $SLV, $GDX, $SIL, $CPER, $DBB, $COPX, $SRUUF, $URA and $IBIT.
Stocks remain in bull mode with the broadening trade dominating. Hard assets are in, and soft things are out. Today’s report covers DR Horton $DHI, Heico $HEI and Atmos Energy $ATO
The stock market remains in bull mode with the broadening trade working. There are setups in finance, utilities and defense, and uptrends in housing. Symbols covered: $RSP, $IWM, $ITB, $XHB, $IDGT, $XLF, $XLY, $XLU, $ITA, $ARKG, $IHI, $ARKX
Money is moving out of Nasdaq 100 stocks and into more mundane parts of the stock market. It is not just a few large-caps in QQQ. We are seeing weakness throughout as the Nasdaq 100 Equal-Weight ETF (QQEW) formed and confirmed
Silver is out of control and ripe for a volatile correction. Gold and Gold Miners and other metals are also ripe. Bonds are breaking down. Symbols covered: $IEF, $GLD, $SLV, $GDX, $SIL, $CPER, $DBB, $COPX, $SRUUF, $URA and $IBIT.
The weight of the evidence remains bullish for stocks, but areas of the market are under extreme pressure (software, cybersecurity, cloud, fintech, crypto). TransMedics $TMDX, HCA Healthcare $HCA and M/I Homes $MHO
There is no change to our weight of the evidence chart. SPY hit a new high last week and is trading near this high. Names hitting new highs are on strong uptrends. Some 65% of S&P 500 stocks
The Finance SPDR was hit hard the last few weeks, but remains in an uptrend overall. In fact, the ETF is oversold within this uptrend and oversold conditions present traders with opportunities
Precious metals continue to lead as gold, silver and their respective miners race to the moon. Since November, the Silver ETF (SLV) is up 140%…Symbols covered: IEF, GLD, SLV, GDX, SIL, CPER, DBB, , SRUUF, URA. IBIT.
Stocks remain in bull mode with leadership broadening. Industrials, Defense and Semis are leading, Utilities are turning up and the Technology SPDR came to life with a break above the mid January highs. Today’s report focuses on Fastenal FAST, GE Aerospace GE, Broadcom AVGO, Nvidia NVDA and AES Corp AES.
The weight of the evidence remains bullish for stocks. Dozens of ETFs hit new highs in January as the bull market broadened even further in January. Even though XLK and QQQ are lagging, they are still in uptrends and their cups are half full as earnings season gets in full swing.
Chartists interested building a position in a particular industry group ETF should consider this four point plan to find attractive entry points. First, the broad market environment should be bullish (bull market). Second, the name
The performance chart below shows the percentage/gain loss for 20 asset class ETFs (stocks, bonds, industrial metals, precious metals, agriculture and oil). Symbols covered: IEF, GLD, SLV, GDX, SIL, CPER, DBB, COPX, SRUUF, URA and IBIT.
Stocks were hit hard on Tuesday, but the major index ETFs remain in uptrends with SPY still close to an all time high. Today’s report features stock setups for two semiconductor stocks, two healthcare stocks and a utility.
As hard as it is, this is the time to focus on the charts and ignore the news. It is not only difficult to interpret today’s news, but it is also impossible to predict tomorrow’s news. Sure, we can game out different scenarios and weigh the odds, but this is a tall order in the current environment.
The bull market broadened in late November and this process continued into 2026. This year we are seeing breakouts in the Home Construction ETF (ITB) as well as new highs in the Retail SPDR (XRT) and Regional Bank ETF (KRE). Small-caps are leading
Metals-related ETFs led the markets higher in 2025 and continued their leadership role this year. The Silver ETF (SLV) is leaving everything in the dust this year with a 31% gain in
This report features stock setups for two cybersecurity stocks, two healthcare stocks and a networking leader. Symbols covered: LH, DGX, PANW, CWRD and CSCO
The broadening trade has been, and remains, in effect since late November. This is when the non-tech part of the stock market woke up with several breakout surges. ETFs Covered: SPY, QQQ, XLK, MAGS, XLC, CIBR, SKYY, ARKF, ARKK, ITB, XHB, XLU
Despite pockets of weakness, the weight of the evidence is bullish for stocks – and has been bullish for several months. Until the evidence changes, we should be exposed to names in leading groups. It is often a bumpy ride full of uncertainties, but the key