The Return of the Bullish Weekly Watchlist
The Return of the Bullish Weekly Watchlist By Blake Young The rally that started last week is showing some signs of staying power, which takes some of the pressure off rank-and-file retirement savers. But we want to stay active, engaged, and that means changing it up from previous watchlists. Financials are intriguing me right now,…
Trade Price Action, Not Headline Buzz
On the surface, the headlines look pretty good, certainly less bad than they were a week ago. We’ve had some more data filter in in the meantime, but we shouldn’t be fooled: data isn’t the trend. For instance, we’ve seen durable goods spike and new home sales rise… right? Well, net-net home sales are…
Two Sectors That Can Hand Us Up to 5% a Month
Reliable bullish setups are a little thin on the ground right now; setups that have the potential to hand us reliable income in the form of solid dividends are even more rare. But that’s exactly what I’m looking at right now - and what you’ll see in just a second. See, there’s a very high…
The Art of Reading Chaos—Monkey Bars, Liquidity, and Staying on the Right Side of the Trade
The Art of Reading Chaos—Monkey Bars, Liquidity, and Staying on the Right Side of the Trade By Blake Young There are days in the market when it feels like you’ve slammed back ten espressos on an empty stomach. The screen flickers. Price spikes, then dives. It’s enough to shake anyone out. But here’s the truth:…
Earnings Season (and Much, Much More) Is Coming Up Fast - Here’s What to Do
There’s a lot to talk about tonight. Earnings, for one; we’ve got some big, systemically important banks set to report starting tomorrow. And unless you’ve been hiding out up on a mountain somewhere, you know this earnings season is going to unfold against a historically volatile backdrop, with some of the biggest moves we’ve seen…
There Plenty of Profit Opportunities Today - And I’ve Got Some
We knew the markets probably weren’t going to respond well to the tariffs, but the breadth and depth of them provoked a virtual instant selloff in aftermarket trading yesterday. To give you an idea of the ferocity there, NQ futures were halted at one point Wednesday evening. That spilled over into today’s regular trading; stocks…
Where the Business Cycle Says We Should Invest Right Now
In any Economics 101 classroom, they’ll tell you a standard business cycle in the US economy takes around four years to play out, from weakness to strength to weakness. Right now, although hard data and even anecdotal evidence (based on my quick TheoChat room survey yesterday) are mixed, with strength and growth in some places…
Two Sectors Just Tried and Failed - And That’s Great for Us
“Breakout” is a word you’re going to hear a lot if you spend more than three minutes with me in my daily TheoChat sessions. They’re significant events in the daily life of a stock. For folks who are new at this, it means pretty much what it sounds like. Breakouts are when price plunges through…
Inflation Isn’t Going Away, But These Sectors Don’t Care
The CPI and PPI releases this week came in more or less at estimates - nothing to alarm the talking heads, anyway. They show inflation slowing down… but not receding. This isn’t a surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention. While this was good enough for the bulls to at least try for a rally…
How to Play Silver During Tariff-Driven Volatility
You can’t separate the wild swings we’re seeing from the on-again, off-again, on-again tariffs, and the uncertainty that creates. The bulls are trying to buy any headlines that could be even remotely positive, and the bears are trying to sell the bad. And these conflicting “tariffs up, tariffs down” headlines are often coming within minutes…