The chart below, which I have posted on this blog before, shows you a trading zone that the loonie gets stuck in once in a while. Take a look at the adherence of that trading zone by the loonie after the 2008/9 crash, again in 2015, and again since July of last year. It likes Read More
Comfortably numb
This blog is a recap of a client update that we are sending out. I thought it would be of use to you for some forward strategy pondering. BTW – if you don’t already subscribe, our newsletter is sent out once or twice a month. It’s a recap of our client update, ex the Read More
Here’s where money is going
I’ve made no secret of it – we at ValueTrend hold a very strong belief that the market simply CANNOT continue to push high growth stocks up in a straight line. Something has to give sooner or later. Money may rotate out of some of these high flyers into value stocks, and/or overlooked sectors. There Read More
Oil’s well that ends well
WTI crude took an abrupt punch in the gut yesterday after a nice rally that began in early March. A couple of my long time readers asked me for an update on oil – so I thought I’d oblige. There are a few factors we may want to examine when looking at any sector or commodity Read More
Oil update
I noted a while back that I went long oil. Here is my closing paragraph on the blog- which outlined my target, and stop loss strategy: We view this as a seasonal trade at this juncture. Oil tends to be a good trade between February and May. Our commitment to holding oil much beyond Read More