by Trent Smalley, CMT | Oct 29, 2019 | Stock Market Analysis
Both the benchmark S&P 500 Index as well as the NASDAQ secured all time highs yesterday. As a betting man, my money is on the Dow and even the Russell 2000 following suit in due course. More importantly however, we want to know what is going on under the surface...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Oct 23, 2019 | Investing
We live in the strangest of times, not excluding capital markets. Seasonality shows that the coming two weeks in the major U.S. market indexes is especially rocky. Factor in unique situations including but not limited to Brexit, Presidential impeachment threats, and a...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Oct 21, 2019 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
Let’s start with a victory lap and a smidge of shameless self-promotion shall we? One of my first blogs of 2019 was entitled “Close Your Eyes And Start Buying Apple.” I hope at least one of you heeded said advice for if you had you are up handsomely....
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Oct 18, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
As my main focus has been centered around overall portfolio management and building trading systems as of late, I still want to point out individual stocks from time to time when the risk/reward objectives are positively skewed. One example of this is a stock I...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Oct 16, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
It’s frequently quoted in the financial media that the U.S. is the best house in a bad neighborhood in terms of markets in which to invest. While warnings of economic growth slowdown, negative interest rates and geopolitical turmoil are abundant, a common theme...