AAPL Analog Update
On 1/26 we said the following about AAPL: “In concluding, I want us to be buyers of AAPL. I would consider a small position now (analog suggests a low in this area) and a much larger position if and when…...
JCP Remains a Dangerous Falling Knife
Huge decline in JCP today. However, lines (1) and (2), the stock’s most relevant long-term support zones, remain decently lower. Line (2) is a whole 35% lower! If line (2) gives, don’t be surprised to concurrently see increasing doubts surrounding…
All Over for Housing Re-Inflation?
Both lumber and LEN face significant long-term channel resistance in the charts below. Is the Bernanke-inspired housing re-inflation run over for home-builders and housing in general?
This Stock Sits on Decade Long Support and Analysts Don’t Like It
What stock is this? The last time it hit the support line in the chart below rallies of 3.5x and 2.3x quickly ensued. We find the set-up similar to the one in HHS which we originally posted about here and…
This Industry is Down 50% on a Relative Basis Since 2010; Can the Trend Reverse?
The first chart is the ratio of the DJ Brewer Index vs. SPX. Look at the confluence of support lines that are currently meeting and the fact that the consolidation pattern they help to create around the ratio has tightened…...
As Outlined in September, $1,000 Remains a High Probability Upside Target for GOOG
On September 12th we had a post titled “GOOG’s Day in the Sun is Likely Arriving with $1,000 in the Cards”. In that post we noted GOOG was in the process of breaking out from a bullish ascending triangle pattern…
Could 20 Years of Relative Under-Performance in This Industry Be on the Cusp of Sustainably Reversing?
Ratio of the DJ Food Retail & Wholesaler Index vs. SPX is plotted below on the far left. It’s done nothing but travel from upper left to lower right of the chart for 20 years. In other words, stocks in…...
Mega-Cap Gold Miner Bellwether ABX Sitting at Critical Support
If support line (1) can’t hold, the next stop is 35% lower at line (2) support. Big crossroads for not only this stock, but the group. If the industry bellwether can’t hold here, the weaker ones won’t either. On the…
A Stock People Love to Hate is Working on a Decade-Plus Break-out
The pattern on the stock below is one of the more compelling we’ve seen in a very long time. It’s a bullish ascending triangle pattern and has formed for over a decade, going back to 2001. If one compares it…
Another Industry Set to Out-Perform the Broader Market?
Another relative performance-based post. The chart below highlights the ratio of the DJ Leisure Goods Index vs SPX and its attempt to break out from a decade-plus descending triangle pattern. Though such patterns are typically bearish, I’m inclined to believe…...