After a brief “selling in May” (which really started in late April), markets took off on Wednesday this week, logging…
TVO Market Barometer 5-2: Sell in May is already underway
The month of May has begun and according to the old Wall Street proverb, folks are supposed “sell in May…
TVO Market Barometer 4-20: Time to buy the pullback?
The third week in April had some notable events, including the Boston Marathon, Tax day… and 3 consecutive accumulation days…
TVO Market Barometer: So long, farewell, my 200 Day MA
The dreaded Friday the 13th came and went rather quietly. What many bears thought would be the day of the…
TVO Market Barometer 4-9: Is it gap and go or look out below?
After 2 straight weeks at the 200 day MA, Monday looked like the day the S&P 500 would break away…
TVO Market Barometer 4-4: Price is terrifying. Volume, not so much
If somehow, by some twist of fate, you missed the huge gap down at the open on Wednesday (it’s hard…
TVO Market Barometer 3-27: Can this market pass the duck test?
Today I asked my friend RK (who just happens to be one of the country’s the top fund managers) how…
TVO Market Barometer 3-22: “Tariff” is just another 6 letter word
Interest rates go up, the White House announces trade tariffs, the Dow falls 700 points, and the market logs its…
TVO Market Barometer 3-16: Is smart money worried about the Fed?
As anticipated, the gap just below SPY 275 was neatly filled (within a few cents), and now investors eagerly await…
TVO Market Barometer 3-13: Which gap will fill first?
Anyone who has ever watched the Apprentice knows (Spoiler Alert) that every week in Trump Tower, you could count on…
TVO Market Barometer 3-7: We now return to our regularly scheduled buy programs
There was a bearish post from Tuesday night that said something like “How many points down is Cohn’s resignation worth?”…
TVO Market Barometer 3-5: Low volume is just waiting to exhale
Last week’s TradersExpo in NYC was the place to be for all kinds of traders and investors alike. Where else…
TVO Market Barometer 2-23: Is low volume a game changer?
Markets managed to reclaim the 50 day MA on Friday… and what do the bulls do after crossing this all…
TVO Market Barometer 2-20: Will rates and inflation sink the markets?
Back from the long weekend, markets continued their run in with the 50 day MA. The indices were divided on…
TVO Market Barometer 2-14: We can rebuild it… we have the technology
As the market emerges from the ashes of last week’s plunge, the tone on Wall Street is starting to echo…
TVO Market Barometer 2-12: Have we gotten to the bottom of it all?
Markets surged on Monday as the bulls made a valiant move to reclaim some of last week’s drop. There’s still…
TVO Market Barometer 2-7: Up from here or another leg down?
The legendary trader and market wizard Ed Seykota once said, “The elements of good trading are: (1) cutting losses, (2)…
TVO Market Barometer 2-2: You can’t win ’em all… or can you?
A local newscaster up here in Boston just said, “We’re so used to seeing the Patriots winning, it’s hard to…
TVO Market Barometer 1-31: There’s a calm before the storm
This week the president spoke, Ms. Yellen bid farewell, and in waiting for Friday’s jobs report, the market did… Well,…
TVO Market Barometer 1-29: It’s time to fasten your seat belts
Bond yields soared and markets turned south as the major indices logged their second across-the-board distribution day of 2018. If…