Today I'm thrilled to announce the addition of another amazing technical commentator to StockCharts.com - Tom Bowley! Many of you know Tom from his work at InvestEd Central and EarningsBeats.com. In addition, Tom has been a regular contributor to our free ChartWatchers newsletter. Now that he&... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! The markets all moved higher this week with the Dow setting a new all-time high on Friday and the Nasdaq moving to within spitting distance of 5000. Since the start of 2015, the Nasdaq has been on a tear, gaining over 4.6%. Here's a... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Friday's jobs report threw things for a bit of a loop as the markets all moved lower on the final day of the week. But all-in-all it was a positive week for every major average with the DJIA leading the way up over 3.8%... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! TGIF! Today's big turnaround saved us from an otherwise dreadful week as the Dow bounced off of support around 17260, the low at the beginning of the year. Our standard chart of the Dow shows the situation the best I think: (Click the chart for... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Happy 2015! All signs point to 2015 being a very interesting year for the stock market. The long-term rally that we've had since the lows of 2009 can't continue forever, can it? Regardless of your opinion on that question, remember that StockCharts.com... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Stocks rose this past week with the large-, mid-, and small-cap S&P indexes all finishing up around 3.2%. For the year, the S&P 500 is up over 12%, the mid-caps are up 7.98% and the small-caps are up only 3%; however... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Well, it is December now and the stock market is STILL in record territory! The rally that started way back in October 2011 continues to roll on, seemingly without a care in the world. Skip on down to the articles that follow mine for more information and... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! I'm going to start with four important announcements and then we'll get into some sector-oriented market analysis: * We now have the video of our ChartCon conference from back in August available in our bookstore. It contains all of the main presentations from the... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Friday's rally changed last week's Dow candlestick from a big filled candle into more of a big Hammer (although not a perfect one). After Friday's rally, the Dow finished the week down 1% as did the S&P 500 Large... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! It was definitely a roller coaster ride for stocks this week. The bears were firmly in control on Wednesday but then the Bulls roared back Friday on the strength of the US Employment numbers. A quick glance at the Market Cap PerfChart shows that Large Caps were... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Several indexes including the Dow and the S&P 500 hit new all-time highs on Friday before pulling back slightly before the close. People who have been waiting for the market to correct are still waiting. This is a great time to be a technical analyst... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! The rally-that-just-won't-end continues. The S&P 500 is up over 8% for the year. It is up over 40% since the start of 2013. It is up over 58% since the start of 2012. Etc., etc., etc. And speaking of rallies, did you know... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! First off, thanks again to everyone that attended ChartCon 2014 last weekend in Seattle. From my perspective the conference was a huge success with lots of great speakers, great presentations, great discussions, great food, and great weather. For those of you that weren't able to... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! ChartCon week is finally here! Here's a visual representation of what that means for me currently: That's a picture of me currently - overworked and overwhelmed and without any of my hair! I'll be honest - pulling together all of the... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Long-time members know that I am always thrilled whenever I can start my article with the phrase "Today I am thrilled to announce...". And that phrase has been used so much in 2014 that it is starting to lose all meaning. As I mentioned in... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! 2014 has already been full of surprises both in the markets and here at StockCharts.com. From a market perspective it has been yet another great year to be a technician assuming that you trusted the charts and not the talking heads and experts. "The market... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Small Caps have been on a tear recently - have you noticed? This week all the major market averages moved higher with the Russell 2000 Small Caps (+1.85%) leading the way. The same is true for the month of June so far with the Russell up... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! We are half-way through 2014 and so far it has been a positive year for stocks with the S&P up 5.5%, the Nasdaq up 3.5% and the Dow up 2.1%. Small-Caps haven't participated nearly as much as their larger counterparts... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! While the major averages were mixed last week with the Nasdaq up 0.5% and the Dow down 0.5%, in general the markets continued to weaken. Check out the Bullish Percent Index chart for the Nasdaq Composite: It has continued to move lower even after crossing... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWathcers! April ended on a fairly positive note with all of the major US average up about 1% for the week. That comes as we head into what has been - at least over the last 5 years - the worst month of the year for the S&... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! After a couple of big down days, the market had 3 nice up days in the middle of the week to retest the 16450 level on the Dow before closing mixed on Thursday just before the Good Friday holiday. After my article, you can see what John,... READ MORE
Here's a chart that you should definitely not ignore: (Click on the chart for a live version.) So this is a chart of the relative strength of the Technology sector (using XLK as a proxy) versus the Utilities sector (XLU). These two sectors are at opposite ends of... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! If you are looking for lots of near-term optimism, I'm afraid the rest of this newsletter will be very disappointing. There are numerous technical reasons to think the market is overdue for a pull-back. And here they are... Sector Rotation Points to Defensive Outlook I&... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! There's been a sea-change in the markets with the recent uncertainty about Russia and the Ukraine. Almost instantly the bullishness on the Sector Rotation charts turned into bearish concern with defensive sectors like Utilities taking off. John Murphy, Art Hill and the rest of our... READ MORE
Good news DecisionPoint.com transplants and StockCharts technical analysts - the DecisionPoint Market Indicator ChartPack has been released! This ChartPack includes the market indicators that made Carl Swenlin and DecisionPoint famous. If you are a DecisionPoint users, you really should install this ChartPack! Instructions for doing that are below. The... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Last year, I had an article dedicated to things that many people didn't know about StockCharts.com. The list was based on our customer support questions and the feedback we get from our live seminars. I thought now would be a good time to revisit... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Just in time for the ongoing February rally, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of the DecisionPoint Market Analysis Chart Gallery! As you probably know, we have recently acquired DecisionPoint.com and are currently in the process of merging their terrific charting tools and datasets... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! I've got just a short, mini-version of our newsletter for you this week with some important information on a couple of topics: 1. John Murphy's latest market outlook 2. A new, free(!) online book from John Murphy 3. ChartCon 2014 - our upcoming... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! And that includes a special "Hello!" to all DecisionPoint.com members that have just joined us. Yes, in case you haven't heard, StockCharts.com has acquired DecisionPoint.com and we are now working hard to incorporate all of great features that DecisionPoint has... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! The last two days of last week caused everyone to pause and re-evaluate their market opinions. That includes our stable of ChartWatchers analysts. Glancing over the headlines for their articles below, you'll see lots of use of the "B"-word... "Bearish."... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Happy New Year! 2013 was very, very good to technical investors. Let's hope 2014 continues that trend. As we mentioned in the previous newsletters, we've put together an amazing line up of speakers for our upcoming ChartCon conference. Today, I'm please... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Well, 2013 is almost over - this is the last ChartWatchers newsletter until 2014 - and I thought now would be a good time to review some of the key technical developments during the past year. Things got off to a good start as stocks surged higher... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you and yours from your good friends at StockCharts! I have several important announcements I'm dying to tell you about but first a quick reminder that John, Arthur, Greg, Carl, Richard and Tom are all have articles later in... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Almost everything is at record highs right now. Dow is above 16,000. S&P is above 1800. All of the S&P Sectors are higher year-to-date with Health Care being the strongest (+40.3%) and Utilities being the weakest (+13.9%). Is it exuberance?... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! October didn't live up to its fearsome repution this year. The major averages were all up somewhere between 2 and 4% for the month with the exception of the Russell 2000 (which was up only 0.7%). Will things stay in positive territory for November?... READ MORE
We're finally back to seeing an "orderly" sector rotation situation on the 3-month S&P Sector PerfChart: The "offensive sectors" on the left of the chart are all positive while the "defensive sectors" are all now below zero. Comparing this to... READ MORE
Our good friend Martin Pring has contributed today's episode of "Don't Ignore This Chart!" In case you aren't familiar with his work, Martin has authored over 15 books on the subject of Technical Analysis including the classic "Technical Analysis Explained."... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Whether you realize it or not, all ChartWatchers are on a journey of self-improvement. We are all trying to become better stock market investors. As users of StockCharts, our journeys have many similar paths and common milestones. See if you recognize the steps that I have described... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! We have several bearish-sounding articles for you this week as several of the major markets continue moving lower. The Dow has been down 9 of the past 12 trading days and its chart reflects that decline. However all is not lost. There are still some positive developments... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! We've just complete a terrific visit to the New York area where we held our two day SCU seminars and where I was able to squeeze in a visit to the Long Island Stock Traders Meetup Group. During my presentation to the Long Island group,... READ MORE