by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 2, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary
The first trading session of 2019 is bringing a slight relief rally in the beleaguered commodity, and every bounce should be sold with both hands. Taking a look at two charts side by side, on the left we have a weekly chart of USO and on the right daily. You can see...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 2, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary
Happy New Year. I am not wasting any time this year so let’s jump right in to it, shall we? Omahacharts and company put on a trade this past Monday and giggled all the while. While others were debating geopolitics, yield spreads, and corporate profit targets for...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Dec 18, 2018 | Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
Among the day’s top gainers are a handful of Semiconductor names, often seen as a market gets ready to lead a new leg higher in stocks. I wish I could say this was exciting, but I don’t buy it. For that reason, I am short ON Semi Corp. $ON. Would you take...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Dec 17, 2018 | Stock Market Commentary
Courtesy of Exodus Market Intelligence we can filter by industry group and see the leading and lagging baskets of the day. Here is a snapshot of the carnage of the day, median return shown on the far right side. These are groups, not individual stocks. Let that sink...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Dec 17, 2018 | Stock Market Commentary
…Milton said that, in his epic poem in blank verse first released in 1667. Consisting of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse, high school and college students alike have enjoyed (suffered?) through essays and book reports on this masterpiece for as...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Dec 17, 2018 | Stock Market Commentary, U.S. Stock Services Weekly Newsletter
Is the “enemy within” about to cause irreversible damage to western economies and markets? I will excuse myself for not having as many charts in this update as I usually do. Doing this with my broken and casted hand is particularly challenging. Please feel free to...
