More on the USD and Related Assets
Anybody find it ironic that the USD suggests the following… While the silver analog suggests this…? and the AMEX Gold Bugs Index is doing this…?...
Gold Bugs Index Breaking 13 Year Support
The AMEX Gold Bugs Index is breaking 13 year monthly support line (1) in the chart below, dating back to 2000. We also provide an inset of the same chart on a weekly basis – it appears as if it’s…
Time to Buy This Euro Financial
Three charts below: 1) Euro – weekly: breaking out above trend-line resistance 2) Ratio – DJ Euro Financials Index vs. SPX – weekly: breaking out above trend-line resistance 3) NBG – weekly: sits atop important support line (1) and is…...
Updated Thoughts on Silver
It appears as if silver might break line (1) support in the chart below. If so, the post bubble analog suggests it could fall hard and fast. In this event, the most likely target would be ~$26-$28 at line (2A)…...
Political Winds About to Add New Tailwinds to our Favorite Defense Stock?
Our last post on TASR was on November 6th, right here. In that post when the stock stood at its current levels, we said the following: Given the technical set-up…we remain bullish the name but would look to preserve gains…...
Airlines Continue to Out-Perform the Broader Market but is the Pace Set to Accelerate?
The chart below plots the ratio of the SPX vs. FAA (airline ETF). Note that this week the ratio is breaking below support line (1) and seemingly falling back into a channel whose bottom is defined by line (2). If…
This Beleaguered Industry Just Broke out From a Bullish Descending Wedge Pattern
The chart below plots the Guggenheim Solar ETF (TAN). At its recent lows it was trading at a mere 5% of its all-time high prices in 2008. I’m not attempting to make a compelling fundamental thesis in this post detailing…...
Technical Break-Outs in Airlines Occurring
The chart below is self-explanatory – various airline indices are clearing some noteworthy resistance with their push higher this week. We discussed the potential for this just a few days ago right here. Depending on which index you’re looking at,…
Airlines Have Greatly Out-Performed the SPX Since late May; More Upside to Come?
Our first post on the airlines and their potential for out-performance moving forward dates back to May 30 in this post. Since that time, when global risk assets in general were near their corrective summer lows, the S&P 500 Airlines…
Euro Financials Have Beat the SPX by 30% Since Summer, Now What?
The chart below plots the ratio of the DJ Euro Financials Index vs. SPX This ratio has risen by ~30% since this summer after bottoming along line (3). For some background on why Euro-centric has out-performed U.S.-centric in recent months,…...