Tag Archives: S&P500

Post Election S&P500 Returns

We wanted to update our table S&P500 returns post presidential elections.   As illustrated,  the returns are relatively positive.  This is especially true if the swan years of 2000, the contested election, and 2008, during the financial collapse are excluded.   … Continue reading

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Cliff Diving – Day 7

Bernanke speaks.  Stocks tank.  Buyers step in.  Market closes unched. Stocks got spanked during Chairman Bernanke’s speech to the New York Economic Club but managed to claw back losses,  to close, essentially, unchanged.   Bonds and gold got whacked on possible … Continue reading

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Where’s the Bottom?

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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Gold and S&P500 Part Ways

Gold was clearly rejected at its 50-day moving average on Friday to close almost unchanged for the day.  We really want to buy it here, but Friday’s gravestone doji candlestick coupled with the failure to move through the 50-day makes … Continue reading

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Global Trend Indicators

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Romney Rally?

After returning to our desks last week, we posted, …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 … Continue reading

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Global Equity Rally Hangs By A Thread

This is a critical week for most major global equity indices.   Many are right at or just through their trend support lines and ironically have been selling off since the September 13th announcement of further quantitative easing. With the Fed … Continue reading

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Global Trend Indicators

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Equities Approach Trend Support

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

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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