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Monthly Chart Points to Much Higher Oil Prices Coming

Monthly Chart Points to Much Higher Oil Prices Coming

Before we begin, just a note to mention that TLT took out the fast MA featured in the October 10th daily, while SPY underperformed. If that is a trend, it behooves you to review that daily. Loyal readers of the Daily know that we often focus on zooming out to...   READ MORE 

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A Closer Look at Long Bonds and The US Dollar

A Closer Look at Long Bonds and The US Dollar

The next direction of the long bonds is crucial in determining the macro. First, after a wrecking ball crash and ahead of the FOMC, we could surmise that a bottoming-like action defines the last several trading days. Our Real Motion indicator shows a mean reversion. The 10-day moving averages (cyan...   READ MORE 

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The Halftime Show: Are Oversold Conditions Real? The Bullish Percent Says So

The Halftime Show: Are Oversold Conditions Real? The Bullish Percent Says So

On this week's edition of StockCharts TV'sHalftime, Pete reviews the bullish percent index; with all the market talking about oversold conditions, the bullish percent makes that narrative make more sense. He then reviews the 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) and deciphers what is happening on...   READ MORE 

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Navigating Uncertain Times: Market Recap with Mish Schneider

Navigating Uncertain Times: Market Recap with Mish Schneider

In this special edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Mish Schneider, Chief Strategist at MarketGauge, takes over for Dave Keller to share her thoughts on the daily Market Recap during a day of uncertain news. This video originally premiered on October 9, 2023. Watch on our dedicated Final...   READ MORE 

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What We Will Use to Ascertain the Market's Next Moves

What We Will Use to Ascertain the Market's Next Moves

For consistency, here are the key go-tos during an uncertain time in the market: 1. The next direction of long bonds (TLT). 2. The next direction of the small caps and retail sectors (IWM, XRT). 3. The next direction of commodities, all of them, but particularly the agricultural ones, oil...   READ MORE 

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Small-Caps and Retail Hold the Line in the Sand

Small-Caps and Retail Hold the Line in the Sand

I spent all of last week, in the media and in print, going over the importance of 2 key indicators. (See the media clips below.) 1. Our risk gauges on Big View, all of which kept flashing risk-on regardless of the doom-and-gloom and initial selloff in bonds and SPY. 2....   READ MORE 

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The Halftime Show: What the Federal Reserve Doesn't Do, The Bond Market Does

The Halftime Show: What the Federal Reserve Doesn't Do, The Bond Market Does

The bond market is doing what the Federal Reserve hasn't -- raising rates. The fear is something is going to break. On this week's edition of StockCharts TV'sHalftime, Pete reviews the TLT chart again, talking over the US 2-year yield less the US 10-year...   READ MORE 

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Watch Mish on Real Vision and More!

Watch Mish on Real Vision and More!

Yesterday, we covered the 80-month moving average in small caps and retail. Today, I did several interviews -- some already out (BNN Bloomberg), others out soon (Financial Sense with Jim Pupluva), and the one that you'll find on YouTubelater today with Real Vision. We chose this one to...   READ MORE 

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3 Key Relationships to Help Assess Market Direction

3 Key Relationships to Help Assess Market Direction

If you are finding yourself fluctuating between bullishness and bearishness, then congratulations! Hopefully, that also means you are waiting for certain signals to help you commit to one way or another. Here are the signals we are waiting for before overly committing to a bias: 1. As we wrote over...   READ MORE 

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Risk-Neutral Market Gauges Ahead of Sunday Deadline

Risk-Neutral Market Gauges Ahead of Sunday Deadline

We do not want to walk down the political aisle. Nonetheless, what person can turn their heads away from the Sunday deadline on funding the government? The aftermath of a shutdown will most likely include a credit downgrade for the US. Do Americans need another reason to distrust the politicos?...   READ MORE 

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New Tables Show Intermediate-Term Overview is Negative

New Tables Show Intermediate-Term Overview is Negative

We have introduced two new tables in the DecisionPoint ALERT to give an overview of trend and BIAS for the major market indexes, sectors, and industry groups that we track. The first is our Market Scoreboard, which shows the current Intermediate-Term and Long-Term Trend Model (ITTM and LTTM) signal status....   READ MORE 

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Looking at Recent Market PULLBACK in a Long-Term Context & More!

Looking at Recent Market PULLBACK in a Long-Term Context & More!

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Joe Rabil of Rabil Stock Research walks through his monthly, weekly, and daily S&P 500 charts to put the recent market pullback into proper long-term context. Host David Keller, CMT digs into breadth indicators that have turned quite...   READ MORE 

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The Halftime Show: Fixed Income Continues To Fall, Can't Say I Didn't WARN You!

The Halftime Show: Fixed Income Continues To Fall, Can't Say I Didn't WARN You!

Pete has been monitoring and calling out the downfall of TLT for nearly 20 months. In this week's edition of StockCharts TV'sHalftime, Pete explains why the ETF broke below $90 and how the US 10-year is over 4.5% on the same day. He dives into...   READ MORE 

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The Halftime Show: Homebuilder and Building Product Stocks in Downtrend

The Halftime Show: Homebuilder and Building Product Stocks in Downtrend

In this week's edition of StockCharts TV'sHalftime, Pete reviews the NVDA chart, which closed its nearest gap today. He then looks at the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 charts, as well as home builder DR Horton and building products company Masco -- both...   READ MORE 

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DP Trading Room: Mega-Caps Looking Bearish

DP Trading Room: Mega-Caps Looking Bearish

In this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl notes that the "Magnificent 7" stocks are looking "toppy", with only a few exceptions. These leadership stocks could put downside pressure on an already weak market. Erin picks out the strongest of the sectors...   READ MORE 

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Three ETFs Suggest Further Downside

Three ETFs Suggest Further Downside

This past week had all the potential to see a revival of the great bull market of 2023. The September inflation data, Apple's latest product announcements, and Arm's IPO all seemed had the possibility to reignite the fire of bullishness for investors. By Friday's...   READ MORE 

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Timeless Lessons from the Godfather of Technical Analysis

Timeless Lessons from the Godfather of Technical Analysis

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Dave sits down with Ralph Acampora, CMT, co-founder of the CMT Association, for a memorable conversation on all things technical analysis. They review lessons learned from the October 2022 market low, words of wisdom for traders new to technical analysis,...   READ MORE 

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Bonds: Don't Forget the Long-Term Trend

Bonds: Don't Forget the Long-Term Trend

Many of the forecasts I hear regarding bonds seem to be based upon what bonds have done for most of the last 40 years, without acknowledging what has happened more recently. The chart below shows that 30-Year T-Bonds were in a rising trend from the 1982 low, but, in early...   READ MORE 

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Fresh Look at Long Bonds

Fresh Look at Long Bonds

I doubt any of our readers are too surprised by the CPI reading coming in a bit hotter than expected. The bulk of it was in energy costs. Food costs were, mixed with bread and meat, up, while eggs and milk were down. Services inflation was up slightly, while shelter...   READ MORE 

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BONDS & CASH - But Can We Find Better Income Alternatives?

BONDS & CASH - But Can We Find Better Income Alternatives?

In this edition of StockCharts TV'sThe Final Bar, Dave wraps the week with a focus on weakening breadth conditions, the Russell 2000 and underperformance of small caps, and strong energy stocks driven by stronger crude oil prices. He answers viewer questions on using ETFs instead of bonds or...   READ MORE 

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GNG TV: On the Lookout for LOVE with GoNoGo Charts

GNG TV: On the Lookout for LOVE with GoNoGo Charts

As all eyes watch the Fed in anticipation of this week's Jackson Hole Summit, GoNoGo Charts help investors retain an objective, evidence-based view on what is actually happening in markets. In this edition of the GoNoGo Charts show, Tyler examines US Dollar strength (UUP) and the rally in...   READ MORE