I’ve been in the investment business for pretty much exactly 30 years. Having started in 1990, I’ve seen my share of themes come and go. To name just a few, I’ve seen the mining boom (early 1990’s), the Japanese bubble (mid-1990’s), “ethical investing” mutual funds (also in the mid-1990’s), the tech bubble (1999-2001), the Y2K Read More
Sideways stocks worthy of consideration
I like stocks that are trading sideways. In fact, I like them so much that I named my Technical Analysis book after the pattern (Sideways: Using the power of Technical Analysis to Profit in Uncertain Times). Consolidation patterns often occur after a period of above-average returns. The consolidation returns the stock or sector to its Read More
Three strategies for high growth stocks
lower liquidity growth orientated securities
Ask me anything answers: #2
A couple of other questions came in from last weeks “Ask me Anything” blog Below are the answers to my questions. Before presenting the questions, I thought I would do a super-brief follow-up on my market observations from last weeks market commentary blog. A few people were wondering about strategy. While I can’t provide you with Read More
4 myths of trading
When I first began studying Technical Analysis in the early 1990’s, it was considered a form of witchcraft or voodoo. At that time, mutual fund popularity escalated. The Investment firms I worked with at the time embraced their products wholeheartedly. The advent of the “DSC” (deferred sales charge) provided massive commissions to the investment Advisors/Planners Read More
The rise of volatility, and the decline of cooler heads
Media Planet interviewed me for an article—I thought I would reprint my answers to their questions with a bit of expansion on my first answer for the good readership of this blog. Hope you find it interesting. Speaking of interviews—don’t forget that I am on BNN Market Call’s 12:00 noon (EST) this Wednesday Nov 6th. Read More
Don’t be the dip buying the dip!
Please bear with me as I migrate through some brief theories in economics. I will get to the technical message of today’s blog after offering some economic perspectives – which I feel are interesting enough to know in light of a change that I have witnessed in stock market behavior. This blog, because of the Read More
Bear-o-meter bullish indicators
The ValueTrend Bear-o-meter has moved up one point to read 7/8 on the risk reward scale. This implies that the reward potential on the market currently outweighs risk, on a relative basis. Of course, readers who follow my blog regularly know that risk and reward are simultaneously present on the markets – but there are Read More
The greatest fool
Back in 2015 the Fed started talking of raising rates. Sure enough, they began tightening from 2016 and on. I posted a blog, which can be seen here, to inform you (the good readership) of the positive, not negative, impact of rising rates on the stock market. Its all good… History tells us that my Read More
Ask me anything: Answers
Thanks to those who posted questions for this “Ask me anything” blog. I’ve chosen a few of them that I thought would be of interest to the widest number of readers. Let’s get started. How to buy stocks One reader asked me to write a blog on how we at ValueTrend buy stocks – Read More