Tag Archives: Russell 2000

Ugly Chart Contest: Trend Breakers

Posted on April 8, 2012 by macromon

It’s gettin’ ugly out there again, folks. (click here if chart is not observable)

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Ugly Chart Contest

Posted on March 4, 2012 by macromon

And the winner is…………………..the Yen! (click here if charts are not observable)

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Two Red Flags: Russell and the Hang Seng

Posted on May 16, 2011 by macromon

We note that the Russell 2000 broke its 50-day moving average today and the Hang Seng pierced its 200-day last night.  We also just posted the S&P 500 looks ready to test its 50-day.    These two indices are key indicators … Continue reading →

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The Divergence to Keep on Your Radar

Posted on January 21, 2011 by macromon

Just looking at the the Dow, which was up 0.72 percent,  it wasn’t a bad week.   Look again! Mr. Market inflicted some heavy pain this shortened trading week and we’re feeling some of it.  We’ll discuss  in more detail … Continue reading →

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Betting on a Jobs Recovery, Christie, and Brown….

Posted on January 3, 2011 by macromon

Like others, we can’t help but notice the massive outperformance of small caps in 2010, with the Russell 2000 doubling the performance of the S&P500. The Russell was up over 25 percent in 2010.  Isn’t this only supposed to happen … Continue reading →

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