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DownloadA New Utility Average Stock Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A New Utility Average Stock Market System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. This month, Meyers uses a daily indicator based on the Dow Jones Utility Average as a market timing system for the Standard & Poor's 500 index. In the August 1995 STOCKS & COMMODITIES,
A Stock Market On The Verge Of Collapse
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are four basic analytical tools an analyst uses to measure the health of an individual stock or the stock market as a whole. One is price patterns, one is momentum, another is volume, and the final one is breadth. By using these four tools we can n
Anatomy of a Stock Market Top
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Patterns from four stock market peaks could reveal the near future.
Arbitrary But True: Hidden Influences On The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...However exhaustive your research, there are forces at work that you may not expect.
Are Utilities Signaling A Higher Stock Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The utilities market sector continues to underperform the Standard & Poor's 500. Does this signal higher prices ahead for the broader stock market?
Bearish Months For The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could September and October 2019 be down months for US stocks?
Bitcoin Relationship To The US Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Both markets could be approaching blowoff tops. Speculative forces can sometimes be so powerful they transcend more than one market. Since March 2020, Bitcoin in US dollars (BTCUSD) and the S&P 500 (SPX) have traded closely together. Evidence in
Bonds and Stock Market Bottoms
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will a test of the spring highs for the 10-year Treasury also help establish a bottom in the S&P?
COBWEB DYNAMICS: Microeconomic Basis for Technical Stock Market Analysis by Kent Kachigan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...COBWEB DYNAMICS: Microeconomic Basis for Technical Stock Market Analysis by Kent Kachigan Introduction For many years, investors, analysts and economists have been debating whether the theories developed by technical stock market analysts have their fo
Can Technical Factors Gauge What Works In The Stock Market? by Mark Vakkur
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can Technical Factors Gauge What Works In The Stock Market? by Mark Vakkur In the second part of this series we look at the technical factors you can use to gauge the magnitude and direction of the trends in the S&P 500. Using only month-tomonth, close
Candlesticks and the Malaysian Stock Market by Gary S. Wagner, Bradley L. Matheny and F.Tam
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Candlesticks and the Malaysian Stock Market by Gary S. Wagner, Bradley L. Matheny and F.Tam Here's a look at how candlestick technique is applied to the Malaysian stock market, from the developers of Candlestick Forecaster and the director of PI Capital
Comparing The Momentums Of Stock Market Indexes, Part 2
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Last month in part 1, we looked at using an oscillator based on momentum to compare the momentums of two markets on a chart for insights into those markets. In this part, we'll look at what centerline crossovers tell us about the state of the overall sto
Crude Oil And Stock Market Connection
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relationship of Crude Oil and Stocks could reveal economic weakness.
Designing Trading Systems For The Stock Market by Roger Altman, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Designing Trading Systems For The Stock Market by Roger Altman, Ph.D. System designers are aware that the traditional methods used to select parameter values are prone to overfitting. What, then, can be done about it? Stocks & Commodities Roger Altman p
Developing An Expert System To Forecast The Stock Market by Mike Flanagan, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Developing An Expert System To Forecast The Stock Market by Mike Flanagan, Ph.D. Nowadays, computers are often used to develop rule-based trading strategies. Frequently, these rules will be based on work provided by experts; such rule-based models are g
Earnings Season: Reward And Punishment In The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...At times, the stock market is upside down when good earnings make stocks plummet and bad news makes stocks rally, but if you know three things to look for, you'll pick more winners.
Elliott - Stock Market - Third Waves
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See what message this pattern implies for US stocks.
End Game for the Stock Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Time cycles and momentum hint the bull market could be nearing an end.
Exploiting The Holidays With The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, Virginia, there is (still) a Santa Claus rally. And more!
Exploiting The Holidays With The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yes, Virginia, there is (still) a Santa Claus rally. And more!
Fear And Greed As Stock Market Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Can we really gauge investor fear? What about greed? Turns out we may be able to.
Fed Policy And The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fed Policy And The Stock Market Revisiting Gould's Rule by George A. Schade Jr. On February 24, 1989, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York raised its discount rate to 7% and triggered the most recent signal of the ""three steps and a stumble"" rule. The
Financial Sector Leads Broader Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many ways to determine if the stock market is at or near a major market bottom. One way is by looking at the financial sector. Turns in the financial sector normally lead turns in the broader stock market.
Gann's Stock Market Mathematics
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A self-promoting charlatan or stock market scientist? Whatever he was, W.D. Gann's ideas have withstood time with their originality and insight.
Getting Real On US Stock Market Gains
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since the US program of quantitative easing began in earnest in October 2008, stocks and gold are up -- that's no surprise. But how have your stocks performed if we measure them against gold instead of the usual dollar terms?
Historical Movement Of The Stock Market by Michael J. Moody, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Historical Movement Of The Stock Market by Michael J. Moody, C.M.T. Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. --Franklin P. Jones Perspective is critical for participants in the financial markets. Unfortunately, one's perspe
Historical Patterns In The Long-Term Stock Market by James G. Arnold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Historical Patterns In The Long-Term Stock Market by James G. Arnold Stock markets have been around a long time, and historically, markets demonstrate some well-defined patterns. At some levels of averaging, one is even tempted to call the long-term mar
How Has The Stock Market Priced Itself? by Gordon W. Neal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Has The Stock Market Priced Itself? by Gordon W. Neal Here's a statistical view of the stock market using the Standard & Poor's 500 as the basis for analysis, and a collection of fundamental influences. Assessing whether the overall market is pric
How Has The Stock Market Priced Itself? by Gordon W. Neal
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Has The Stock Market Priced Itself? by Gordon W. Neal Sometimes, the most puzzling of trading questions can be answered with the simplest of technical methods. Here, two such methods are combined for trading: Tushar Chande's variable indexed dynamic
IAI Leads Stock Market Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Broker/Dealer Index has a longstanding reputation as a stock market leader. In good times, the index leads the stock market higher, while in bad times it leads the stock market lower. These appear to be bad times.
International Stock Market Relationships
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Divergences between US, German and Mexican stock markets could forecast the next buying opportunity.
Is The Stock Market Bottom Here?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...News reporters, economists, and stock market forecasters view the current low in the stock market as the stock market bottom. There are many ways to measure to find out if it is. Here is one way.
Is The Stock Market Random? by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is The Stock Market Random? by Bill Dunbar Professor Aikinheit of the Economics Department strokes the bottom of his mustache up out of the way, tips his martini glass and drains the last precious drops. ""Have another?"" Joe Grubber licks his upper li
Japanese Stock Market At Tradable Low
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Nikkei 225 index has been in a bear market since 1989, but there have been a number of trading opportunities.
Log Spirals In The Stock Market by William T. Erman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Log Spirals In The Stock Market by William T. Erman The basic mathematical characteristic of the log spiral is that even while increasing or decreasing in size, the log spiral remains constant. This is also true for rectangular spirals, the parameters
Lunar Cycles And Stock Market Volatility
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you ever objectively analyzed the data of lunar cycles and its relationship with the financial markets? Here is one method that could bring some value to your trading.
Messages from a Split Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See what stock market messages were sent on June 9, 2017.
Messages from a Split Stock Market - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why Nasdaq 100 underperformance could signal an imminent decline.
Modeling The Stock Market by Paul T. Holliday
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Modeling The Stock Market by Paul T. Holliday The price/earnings ratio works perfectly well-- for stocks. But, Paul Holliday points out, it doesn't work for stock indices such as the DJIA or the Standard & Poor's 500, where the effective interest rate wo
More Stock Market Topping Signs
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In my Traders.com Advantage article "Four Stock Topping Signs," I discussed four conditions that warned of a potential top in stocks. Here are some more concerning signs from two other independent sources.
More Stock Market Topping Signs (Continued)
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In February 2013 I wrote an article about the US stock markets exhibiting four conditions that warned of a market top. According to the signals, stock market risk had increased to the highest one percentile of all historical observations by the end of Ja
My One and Only Stock Market Recommendation by MERTON A. HILL
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...My One and Only Stock Market Recommendation by MERTON A. HILL My interest in the stock market developed some 40 years ago. My first purchase was 100 shares of Budd Manufacturing (builders of railroad cars and heavy machinery -- Budd has since been acquir
October Bottom For The Stock Market?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There's an abundant amount of evidence gathering that indicates October 2015 could have a significant bottom, let's take a look at what's developing.
Overbought Stock Market Doesn't Mean Sell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Traders often assume overbought markets are ready to decline, but as the S&P 500 has shown in 2012, markets can stay overbought for extended periods.
Patterns that detect stock market reversals by Bill Ohama and Melanie Bowman
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Patterns that detect stock market reversals by Bill Ohama and Melanie Bowman Full-speed ahead on its maiden voyage and presumably protected against disaster, the Titanic sank in the chilly North Atlantic Ocean, shattered by an undetected iceberg. In the
Presidential Parties and the Stock Market by Dave Dorgan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Presidential Parties And The Stock Market by Dave Dorgan Is there a relationship between the Presidential party in power and the subsequent performance of the stock market? Before you take a guess, here are the facts. Conventional wisdom would have one
Profiting From Tectonic Shifts In The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are major shifts under way in the market, and you can reap huge gains if you're on the right side...
Quick Scan: Symmetrics Stock Market Trading Strategy for 1999
Quick Scan: The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing, Volume 1
Revery: Computerized Stock Market Trading by Henry S. Patricoff
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Revery: Computerized Stock Market Trading by Henry S. Patricoff A recent article in Barron's expressed the view that the options Index market has become so large that possibly it is the tail that is wagging the dog. Aside from a spectacular one or two
Stock Market Angles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Examination of bull market rates of ascent.
Stock Market Bears Hold the One Yard Line
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 stops at important resistance and could be a top.
Stock Market Breaks Through Resistance
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How long can the rally last, and where are the next resistance areas?
Stock Market Building A Base?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How late 2015 could be setting the stage for multi month rally.
Stock Market Business Cycle by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock Market Business Cycle by Bill Dunbar Bottom fishing should be peaceful. If you're a bottom fisherman you like to recline in an open boat in the cool of the morning or sit with your back against a mossy bank in the gathering dusk and watch the leav
Stock Market Confirming Indicators
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Discovering strength/weakness in a market movement.
Stock Market Contraction Begins
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The expansion and contraction indicators suggest the stock market cycle has now entered into a period of contraction indicating a weakening of the stock market.
Stock Market Corrects
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market has now entered into a market correction. There are those market participants that are calling for the end of the upward rally at this price juncture and those who forecast the market will continue higher. Let's look at the technica
Stock Market Decision Point
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The fate of the eight-year stock bull market could be decided in early October.
Stock Market Double-Header? by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock Market Double-Header? by Bill Dunbar On the long side it's easy to make money in stocks at the beginning of a well-defined bull market. If you pick your issues by throwing darts or consulting your astrologer, or even listening to your investment a
Stock Market Déjà Vu? by K.D. Angle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The more things change, the more they remain the same. This money manager compares today's economic situation with the 1920s and finds some interesting parallels. As computers continue to dictate many of the trading decisions of the 1990s in both the s
Stock Market Ending the Year with a Bang?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How to take advantage of a late year stock market decline.
Stock Market Forecasts Giants Super Bowl Win
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While many look to the Super Bowl as a market indicator, we can also use the market to predict the winner of the game.
Stock Market Into The Cross Hair
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 could reach strong price resistance on an important cycle date.
Stock Market Lessons From Mr. Fibonacci
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why September 1, 2016 could be a bottom for US stocks.
Stock Market Lessons from Mr. Fibonacci - Part Three
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The incredible string of Fibonacci turn dates continues. See why September 14, 2016 could be the next bottom.
Stock Market Lessons from Mr. Fibonacci - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why the September 1, 2016 bottom could be the prelude to a major stock market peak.
Stock Market Mini Crash - 2016
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why the stock market in October 2016 is eerily like August 2015.
Stock Market Momentum Cycles
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How strong is the current US stock market rally?
Stock Market Recovery And How To Survive The Fall
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are key factors that can help you understand the market's cycle when it crashes as well as how to avoid it and, more important, how to profit by it.
Stock Market Risk: A Monthly Look by John Kean
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock Market Risk: A Monthly Look by John Kean Have you ever wanted to know what the actual statistics of the month-to-month risk in the stock market are? This article looks at the question and formulates a possible reason. Most stock market analysis f
Stock Market Rosetta Stone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why 2532.69 is a key price point on the S&P 500.
Stock Market Seasonal Patterns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See what factors could make November 2018 a bullish month.
Stock Market Seasonality
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Should you sell in May, or later in the summer, or never? Is October the best reentry month? Which are the best and worst months for the stock market? And are there statistically significant seasonal patterns in the equity markets? Can we improve on a se
Stock Market Seasonality: A Global Phenomenon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is yearly seasonality something that is particular to the US stock market, or does it extend to other countries in the same way? Here's some research you can use to your advantage
Stock Market Sector Analysis
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See how the strongest stock market sectors perform in bull and bear markets.
Stock Market Serial Killers
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks, like serial killers, can be charming and disarming, but the moment you turn your back and your money over to them, you are in big danger.
Stock Market Signals From The Sentiment Dimension
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Simple methods to measure sentiment of the US stock market. Every market has four dimensions: Price, Time, Momentum, and Sentiment. The Sentiment dimension delves into the realm of investor/trader psychology by discovering bullish and bearish extremes.
Stock Market Super Bullish Scenario
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...See why US stock could be in a powerful multi-month rally.
Stock Market Super Bullish Scenario - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...More evidence that the rally in US stocks could continue for several months.
Stock Market Time Tunnel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Could August 20, 2018 be the day of a major stock market top?
Stock Market Turns Down
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is it a minor decline or the start of something big?
Stock Market Volatility: What Next?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Volatility is at its lowest levels in years. Although structural changes might be ongoing, a high-volatility environment appears to be back.
Stock Market: The Wall Street Trading Game
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how trading works - the fun way!
Stock market timing with interest rates by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stock market timing with interest rates by Jay Kaeppel The level and trend of interest rates has a tremendous influence over what types of investments investors choose to put their money into. Generally, when interest rates are low and/or falling, inves
Tech And Small Cap Point Toward Lower Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bull markets are usually led higher by stocks in the NASDAQ and small-cap stocks. But not right now.
Technology Leading Broader Stock Market Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are two market sectors that lead the broader stock market higher. By knowing the current trend of these market sectors, it is possible to know what the future trend of the broader stock market is. One of these market sectors is the technology marke
The 40-Week Cycle In The Stock Market by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The 40-Week Cycle In The Stock Market by Jay Kaeppel Is the market truly random? Some phenomena related to the stock market would not be expected to exist if the market truly were random. There has been much debate in the investment community regarding
The Canadian Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Deteriorating Credit Markets - Harbinger of Recession.
The Effect Of Elections On Stock Market Returns
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Do elections influence the stock market? Is there a pattern that investors can take advantage of? This author's statistical research suggests that there is one pattern that produced more than 60% average returns during the election periods in countries a
The Inflation/Deflation Phases Of The Stock Market Cycle by Martin J. Pring
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Inflation/Deflation Phases Of The Stock Market Cycle by Martin J. Pring Veteran analyst Martin J. Pring explains how the commonly known four-year stock market cycle actually contains lesser- known inflation/deflation phases, the knowledge of which w
The Silver Lining In The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you were to step back and look at the current state of the market through the eyes of a value investor, you could find yourself becoming excited at the possibilities for bargain-priced stocks.
The Stock Market Crash Ratio
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Learn how to determine when a stock market crash could end.
The Stock Market Crash Ratio - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...An examination of post stock market crash rallies.
The Stock Market and Seasonality by Bob Kargenian, C.M.T.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Stock Market and Seasonality by Bob Kargenian, C.M.T. Is there a message that can be gleaned from the performance of the stock market during the 1996 election year? There may be. In 1990, this writer discussed the seasonal movement of the stock mark
The Stock Market, The Calendar, And You by Jay Kaeppel
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Stock Market, The Calendar, And You by Jay Kaeppel What's more important -- what you buy or when you buy it? Seasonality in the market has long been a welldocumented phenomenon. A detailed look at the stock market will lead you to conclude that ther
The Utility Average Stock Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:08 (321-328): The Utility Average Stock Market Indicator by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D. Here's a new indicator for trading the Standard & Poor's 500 index, based on the relative performance of the Dow Jones Utilities Average to the S&P. Trading rules and
Timing The Stock Market With A Discount/T-Bill Spread by Nelson Freeburg and Charles Skelley
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Timing The Stock Market With A Discount/T-Bill Spread by Nelson Freeburg and Charles Skelley Building on a February 1990 article by Jay Kaeppel, ""Formula Research"" report editor Nelson Freeburg and engineer/investor Charles Skelley introduce a stock m
Traders Remain Confident In The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...There are many ways to measure the confidence of traders to the stock market. One way is to determine if the Consumer Staples market sector is underperforming or outperforming the S&P 500.
US Presidential Elections And The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Bullish clues from the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
US Presidential Elections And The Stock Market - Part Two
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What happens when election results are uncertain?
US Stock Market at Support or Prelude to Crash
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...US main stock indices have returned to important support. See what the technical indicators are saying.
Unemployment And Derailing The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The jobs report falls short -- can it drag the market down and derail the bulls?
V.15:11 (488- 496) The T-Bond Futures & Stock Market Breadth System by Dennis Meyers, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Market timers develop models to decide when to be in the stock market and when to be out. These models can be based on theories that range from simple technical analysis to complex econometric models. With that in mind, here's a timing model based on the
WDAY And Stock Market Divergence From Reality
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...30 million people out of work, the economy contracting, but, for WDAY, the band plays on (but for how long)
WM: Arbitrary But True: Hidden Influences On The Stock Market by James A. Maccaro
What Works, What Doesn't In Stock Market History by Mark Vakkur
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Works, What Doesn't In Stock Market History by Mark Vakkur Using Summary Statistics, In Over 60 Years And here for your education and edification, Standard & Poor's 500 summary statistics from January 1945 to May 2007! Some factors are strongly co
What's Cooking In The Stock Market
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Using simple indicators in combination, such as Bollinger bands and Keltner channels, can show you what's cooking in today's market.
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