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Chicken (USD) or egg (SPX)..which came first?

November 26, 2018 by Keith Richards 2 Comments

There is a relationship between the USD and the stock market. Below is a pretty long chart of the S&P 500 (red line) vs the USD (black line). It goes back to 1990. I’d like to note that the USD index displayed is that of the USD against a world basket of currencies. This is Read More

Filed Under: currencies Tagged With: Canadian dollar, commodities, energy sector, S&P 500, technical analysis, US dollar

Canadian small caps: trading strategy

September 18, 2018 by Keith Richards 4 Comments

I have written about stocks that like to trade in sideways patterns in this blog before. For example, here and here. As I have noted on those two blogs – and others – a stock or sector that is trading sideways likey remains in that pattern until it breaks out – either up or down. Once Read More

Filed Under: Canadian Markets Tagged With: energy sector, ETF, investment education, materials, small cap stocks, technical analysis

TSX may be nearing an entry point

February 2, 2018 by Keith Richards 15 Comments

I’m posting this blog today (Friday Feb 2nd) in lieu of Monday’s usual blog. I’m on BNN on Monday at 5:30 pm EST (see bottom of this blog for details) and wanted to get a blog out prior to that appearance. Hope you can catch the show. The TSX is guided by a concentration in Read More

Filed Under: Canadian Markets, commodities, market cycles, market timing Tagged With: energy sector, financials, materials, TSX

The three-bar rule applied to the oil trade

November 15, 2017 by Keith Richards 4 Comments

I noted on November 6th  that the price of oil was moving through $56. I suggested that oil would be a good trade if, and ONLY IF it remained above $56.  Note that the breakout point is actually $55 on this chart, but $56 remains a more comfortable barrier over that prior wall of resistance. Read More

Filed Under: commodities Tagged With: commodities, energy sector, investment education, oil, oil prices, technical analysis

Oil looks ready for a bounce

June 23, 2017 by Keith Richards 9 Comments

Traders, not investors, might be interested in the chart patterns for WTI oil right now. The chart below shows us that crude has been range bound since early 2016. When crude hits around $42, it has bounced off of that level and moved up to anywhere from $47 to $54. Not a bad trade. Technical Read More

Filed Under: commodities Tagged With: bollinger bands, commodities, energy sector, investment education, market timing, oil, oil prices, RSI, stochastics, technical analysis

Today’s hero becomes tomorrows zero.

May 29, 2017 by Keith Richards 9 Comments

I’ve referred to the market over the past few years as a “stealth” market. That is, one that sees money rotate from winning stocks into depressed stocks, and vice-versa. Rotation from sector to sector is also becoming faster and more pronounced of late. It is for this reason that I believe in truly active management Read More

Filed Under: market cycles, market timing, Sectors, technical analysis, US Markets Tagged With: energy sector, investment education, market cycles, market timing, sector rotation, stock charts, stock market, stock market forecast, technical analysis, technology stocks

Oil update

March 9, 2017 by Keith Richards 11 Comments

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

Filed Under: commodities, investment education, market cycles, market timing Tagged With: commodities, crude oil, energy sector, investment education, market cycles, market timing, oil, oil prices, technical analysis, wti oil

Oil not there yet

January 25, 2017 by Keith Richards 11 Comments

Seasonally, WTI oil can be choppy into February. True to form, WTI has been trading sideways in a tight range since it broke out from a major point of technical resistance last November. Since that breakout, WTI crude seems to be trading in a range between $51 and $54.50. Daily momentum and moneyflow are trending Read More

Filed Under: Blog, commodities, market timing, technical analysis Tagged With: commodities, energy sector, oil

CRAP stocks for sweet returns!

January 11, 2017 by Keith Richards 3 Comments

Let’s face it –  stock market investing and economics can be a bit dry. For this reason, market pundits love to create acronyms. It’s fun to use clever sounding names for investment and economic themes.  For example:   FANG’s – this stands for the big 4 tech orientated stocks, namely Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google. BRIC’s Read More

Filed Under: Canadian Markets, US Markets Tagged With: CRAP, energy sector, investment education, market timing

Oil pulling back to “Buy” zone

July 18, 2016 by Keith Richards 6 Comments

Oil / energy is reaching an attractive entry price point again. At ValueTrend, we’ve been looking for a pullback on oil into the $45 zone to increase our exposure to energy. We had a certain level of confidence that it would do so as oil came into its second seasonal buy period – the first Read More

Filed Under: commodities Tagged With: commodities, energy sector, investment education, market timing, oil, oil prices, technical analysis

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Why you should watch the bond market if you own higher dividend stocks

I did a late night webinar for the Whiterock Shareholders club in BC last night. One question that came up was my outlook on Canadian bonds. The Canadian bond outlook is rather important for investors Read More

Small stocks might be ready for big gains

Recently, the ValueTrend Equity Platform took a position in a small capped ETF. We only took a bit of the position to start with. But we're seeing evidence for adding to this, and other small capped Read More

Short termed timing of the SPX

Some of my long termed readers might recall the "Near termed timing system" I look at for finessing entry/exit points. It's actually fairly reliable in its signals--albeit very, very whippy. Because Read More

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