Stocks Grind Higher…For Now Not much changed last week. The market remains exceptionally strong as nearly all pullbacks remain almost nonexistent. Over the last two weeks we saw the Bank of Japan & The European Central Bank step up and announce aggressive measures to stimulate their lackluster economies. The benchmark S&P 500 (SPX) continues trading…
Stocks Rally As Easy Money Party Continues! The market remains exceptionally strong as nearly all pullbacks remain almost nonexistent. Last week we saw the ECB join the QE party as the benchmark S&P 500 (SPX) hit a fresh record high. To be clear, the market is very extended right now and a light volume pullback into…
The Fed Put Has Shifted To The Central Bank Put! October 2014 is now in the history books. It was one of the wildest months in the history of Wall Street. The benchmark S&P 500 (SPX) is trading like a penny stock (which typically ends poorly). In the first two weeks of October, the SPX plunged -8%…
Easy Money From Global Central Banks Continues To Fuel This Market Since the historic March 2009 low, the benchmark S&P 500 has surged a very impressive 203% making it one of the strongest bull markets in history! The primary driver of this entire 5.5 year bull market has been an easy money stance from global…
Stocks Pullback The major averages fell in September and squeezed out a nominal gain for Q3. September was only the third monthly decline for the S&P 500 (SPX) in 2014. The bigger concern from where we sit is something virtually no-one is talking about- What will happen when QE 3 Ends? Remember the S&P 500 (SPX) soared when…
The Following is an excerpt from a FindLeadingStocks.com Intra-Week Update Market In Early Stages of Forming A Large Top; Still Needs To Be Confirmed The Market Is Getting Weaker, Not Stronger… The market is in the early stages of forming a large topping pattern. The top needs to be confirmed by more than one major…
Sellers Fighting For Control Stocks fell in the last full week before the month and quarter officially end (Tuesday’s close). Barring some unforeseen rally into Tuesday’s close, the benchmark S&P 500 (SPX) fell in September but ended higher for the quarter. If stocks close lower for the month, this will be the third monthly decline for…
The following is an excerpt from a FindLeadingStocks.com Intra-Week Update FLS Update: 9.25.14 Defense is King; Sellers Back In Control Sellers Are In Control In Tuesday’s update, we mentioned “the day something changed” and said that, “On Monday (Sep 15) something changed. A slew of leaders were hit in heavy volume. We wrote the following…
Bulls Back In Control Stocks rallied in the third week of September after several global Central Banks across the developed world clearly reaffirmed their easy money stance. From where we sit, the primary driver of this very strong 5.5 year bull market has been easy money from global central banks. Remember the S&P 500 (SPX) has soared when…
What Is A Hedge Fund? In the simplest sense, a hedge fund is a firm that invests capital for its investors. Typically, hedge fund clients are institutional investors (anyone who is charge of allocating a large pool of capital) or accredited investors (e.g. high net worth individuals).The traditional definition is that hedge funds are able…