Back to Basics

This week, earnings season kicks off with several big names like; JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and many others reporting earnings. In addition, Janet Yellen, Chair of the Federal Reserve will be speaking and is expected to answer questions about the “unwinding”...

Bull or Bear Market? Maybe a “Cub”

I call this a “Cub” market because the evidence is continuing to point to at least a minor pullback continuing. We haven’t seen this clear of a bearish pattern since the election. Is this “The Big One,” the full-on Bear Market? No evidence of that yet, but we are...

A really interesting price pattern

A really interesting price pattern The major indexes; Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all have a pretty interesting price pattern showing a high probability of at least a modest pullback forming. In the video, I illustrate this and explain what to look for in the short...

Watching and Waiting

Well, the Fed announced the expected interest rates hikes last week. No surprises in what they said. The market had a feeble rally and then went flat at the end of the week. It looks like everyone is “watching and waiting” for something, although no one is...

All Eyes on The Fed

The FOMC meeting announcement on Wednesday, 3/15/17 is the big deal for the upcoming week. See the video for details and my analysis of the current charts.   Thanks, Dean Jenkins Follow Me Trades LLC Work: (360) 464-1083...

This Is Not Your Father’s Stock Market Rally

As strong as this Bull Market has been, there are some interesting differences between what we are seeing now and what happened during the Dot Com Bubble of the late 1990’s. The key difference is that the market fundamentals were actually better back then, much...

Real News!

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high for the 11th straight session last Friday. That is the longest streak since 1987 and that is Real News. Of course, I’m poking a bit of fun at the current dialog about Real vs. Fake news, but this is real! The US...

140 characters away from . . . what?

The major indexes put in new highs last week, again. That is the current reality, the market is going up. But will it continue? Or will there be some catalyzing news or event that will bring it down? In the current reality, we may be only 140 characters away from...

Market is “melting up”

  You’ve heard of a Market “melt down,” but probably not a “melt up.” What a great turn of phrase that is. I wish I was able to come up with clever phrases like that, but I cannot claim that one. That is a headline from an article in Barron’s by Kopin Tan, you...