Few people have ever heard of Amphenol, even though they are a pretty big company. Their stock’s performance over the last 7 years has been something to watch though. Amphenol sure sounds like a prescription drug, perhaps even a barbiturate, a cousin of Alphenal perhaps, which many people use to relax and sleep. Amphenol might […]
In spite of all the concerns and even negativity out there, and an expectation that stock markets and the economy are about to make a big turn south, the beat just goes on. There are a lot of people out there who are puzzled by the way that stock markets have performed in 2019 so […]
Marijuana stocks have attracted a lot of attention on Wall St. recently, and some stocks like Cronos are up 80% in 2019. These stocks require more care to manage though. Many investors are eager to invest in growth industries, although these days, with everything saturated so much, good opportunities aren’t always that easy to find. […]
In spite of Boeing’s recent troubles with one of their aircraft, and their stock plummeting as a result, there are some at least who think that their stock looks good down here. Bottom hunting can be a risky business, which has us trading against the bigger trend in the hopes that it may be over. […]
There have been a number of things that have tried to put an end to our now three -month long bull market, but so far, the buying pressure has been up to the task. Tuesday’s trading wasn’t all that terribly exciting in itself, but in the face of the recent sell-off blamed on an inversion […]
The 3 month and 10-year treasury yield curve remained inverted for the second consecutive trading day on Monday. How much do we need to worry about this? When news items hit the market, they tend to have their biggest impact right away, as investors and traders react to their first sighting. Even though the difference […]
Seeing the stock market sell off a couple of percentage points on average is usually not something to be too concerned about. Some selloffs tell a bigger story than others though. The numbers are in for the current week, and while we ended up right around where we started, with the way the week played […]
Apple had been one of the stocks that really suffered during the last major market selloff. It has come back a long way since, but seems poised to move up even more now. Apple stock took it on the chin more than most during the broad selloff that the fourth quarter of 2018 brought, going […]
The long-term trend up has been going on for a long time now. We do have some signs that this current cycle may be ending, and we may need to get out soon. Soon does not mean now. After a rather unusual session on Wednesday, where the stock market was presented with a very market […]
People ask what technical analysis has to say with the current stock market conditions. It doesn’t decide things ahead of time, and the most it can honestly tell us is so far so good. We could say that we are at a turning point with today’s stock markets. Which direction we are heading from here […]