Category Archives: Equities

‘Twas The Week Before Christmas

Posted on December 18, 2012 by macromon

Santa Baby! Less than thirty points to a new post crash high for the S&P500.  Stocks are getting a little giddy, but other markets are confirming the rally, however. Safe havens — bonds and gold — are moving lower.  Global … Continue reading →

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U.S. Equities Playing Catch Up

Posted on December 17, 2012 by macromon

As stock markets have been breaking out all over the world, U.S. equities have lagged over fiscal cliff fears.  We think the U.S. catches up as the ROW (rest of the world)  takes a little breather. Clearly the two big … Continue reading →

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How Low Can The Bears Go?

Posted on November 25, 2012 by macromon

Tomorrow is a big test for U.S. equities. No doubt the bears will be banging on last week’s low volume ramp.  S&P futures are already down 6 points in overnight trading.  But will there be real sellers to feed the … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Bottom?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by macromon

Wish we knew. We respect the downtrend and are trying to remain flexible. We do know fiscal cliff worries are dominating the market, the S&P500’s medium-term uptrend is broken, and the 200-day moving day has been violated.   We now  … Continue reading →

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Swan Watch: ‘Over 50% chance for Iran conflict in coming year’

Posted on November 14, 2012 by macromon

“Enormous Angst” ‘Over 50% chance for Iran conflict in coming year.’   This was the headline in yesterday’s Jerusalem Post quoting David Gergen, one of our favorite nonpartisan political analysts, who has worked for both Republicans and Democrats. Speaking to the … Continue reading →

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The Sound of Breaking Glass

Posted on November 8, 2012 by macromon

Friday is moving day. The Fearsome Foursome of U.S. stock indices all closed below their 200-day moving average today.  The President is due to speak tomorrow at 1 PM and Speaker Boehner rumored press conference at 11 AM. The Washington … Continue reading →

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U.S. Equity Sector ETF Performance

Posted on November 2, 2012 by macromon

(click here if charts are not observable)

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Swan Diving in MoMo Land

Posted on October 18, 2012 by macromon

Take a look at Google and Chipotle Mexican Grill after missing earnings.   We like Google over the longer term as it is one of the world’s most innovative companies.  But going long into earnings after an almost 50 percent run-up … Continue reading →

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Equities Approach Trend Support

Posted on October 10, 2012 by macromon

We’ve been out (golf trip) and totally unplugged for the past few days and come back to yesterday’s major reversal in Apple (see chart)  and a big flip in the polls in favor of Governor Romney.   Equities are selling off … Continue reading →

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Mr. October’s Interesting Charts

Posted on September 30, 2012 by macromon

France’s CAC took a big hit last week (-4.98 percent) breaking key support and its 50-day moving average. The Brazilian Bovespa gave back 3.5 percent and looks to test its short-term uptrend, which also coincides with the 50-day moving average. … Continue reading →

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