Semi Rally Now Faces Relative Resistance
I began advocating semi longs and over-weights beginning in June of last year. Since then and after breaking out from the long-term flag pattern b/t lines (1) and (2), the ratio of the SOX vs. SPX is up ~26%, all…...
Overbought?
Hearing a lot about how over-bought US equities are lately. Much of the clamor is related to the relentless sprint higher since 11/8/16 and the election of Trump. However, if one can accept the assumption that the cycle underway is…
Analog/Cycle Update
The “pause” the market experienced from May-15 until later last year, whereby it traded in a tight sideways range for a little over a year without falling meaningfully, has but three historical precedents going back to the 1800s. Near identical…...
SPX Constituent Chart Dump
Let’s take a look at a collection of interesting-looking SPX constituent charts. All are focused on the bullish side of the fence. Companies are presented in chronological order by name. I went through all 500 companies in the index to…...
Thailand Attempting to Clear Nearly a Quarter-Century of Overhead Resistance
Below you’ll find Thailand’s SET Index attempting to clear nearly a quarter-century of over-head resistance this month, dating all the way back to Dec-93. The break-out above, assuming it holds through the remainder of the month, should dove-tail nicely with…...
Semis: Still More Room to Run
On 7/11/16 we outlined the case for a material and sustained upside move in semis, both on an absolute and relative basis vs. the broader market. We followed up that initial post with an update to the thesis on 8/10/16,…...
2012 Redux: Surging US Price Momentum Suggests 90%+ Chance the DJI Will Be Higher in a Year
On 8/15/12 I penned a piece that suggested the DJI had a 90%+ (91% to be exact) probability of being higher one year out with a median expected gain of ~15%. The nuts and bolts of that summer-2012 analysis and…...
EM Secular Bear Remains, but Large Cyclical Rally Likely in Early Innings
Emerging markets, via MXEF (MSCI EM Index), peaked in Oct-07 at ~1,300. Today, some ~480 weeks and over nine years later, it stands at ~887, or 32% below its Oct-07 high. Throughout the entirety of that elapsed time period MXEF…...
What More Would You Need?
What more would it take on the chart below for you to believe the belief that the risk/reward on CMG was skewed in your favor over the l-t? Good, l-t business that will presumably not only be around in 10,…...
European Equities Can Continue to Run, Out-Perform
In the chart below I plot the Stoxx600 over time. As of now the YoY has surged to ~+7% after spending the entirety of the past year in negative territory. If you follow the horizontal red line back through history…...