Stocks Fall Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire. Now What?

Jul 9, 2020

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Kaboom! We saw a glimmer of it yesterday, but the selloff was unleashed in its full fury today. Stocks took a 1.6% hit, and moved into multi-week low territory.


The irony is, the size and speed of the drubbing is actually the best thing going for stocks headed into Wednesday's session.

These Two Trades Are Back on Track, Barely Escaping Our Plug-Pulling

Jul 9, 2020

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Welcome back, everybody. Hope you had a nice weekend.


I ran across a data nugget this morning I thought you might find interesting... the last week of August is - on average - the lowest-interest week for the market every year. And I use the word 'interest' in the traditional/literal sense, meaning nobody really cares about or is watching stocks as of today, and won't care again until after this coming Monday (which is Labor Day, by the way).

HP Gets Crushed - Time to Buy? Plus, a Look at Gold

Jul 9, 2020

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So let me get this straight. The year is 2013, we have more computing power than we know what to do with, we've got an army of technology and computer wizards in and around New York, and the NASDAQ can't prevent a complete shutdown for a few HOURS? (Never even mind the fact that apparently there's no back-up plan.) Absolutely ridiculous.


I won't get on my high-horse about it because we don't have time. Again though, it's just ridiculous. Let's get going.

The Rest of the Housing & Construction Story

Jul 9, 2020

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I've said it before and I'll say it again - the one thing worse than no rally is a failed rally (like today's). Rallies that start and then immediately fizzle cause more pain, anguish, and doubt than the market would have induced just by doing nothing that day. It's this pain and doubt that makes it all the more difficult to recover the next time stocks have an opportunity to do so.


In other words, the bulls really shot themselves in the foot today, for a second time this week, no less. Only this time, the wound is critical.

Tuesday's Market 'Strength' Was Tainted. Here's Why.

Jul 9, 2020

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Well, after four consecutive daily losses (a total pullback of 2.8%), I can't tell you I'm surprised the market's luck changed today. I can tell you, however, I'm still not impressed, and I'm certainly not interested in a bullish stance. Tuesday's strength was mostly the market's natural ebb and flow nature doing its usual thing. We could even see a little more bullishness later this week and still not actually sidestep the ultimate fate we see on the horizon... a decent-sized correction.


We'll take a detailed look at that idea in a second. First I want to give a shout-out to a handful of folks who've continued to amaze us with the help they're giving other traders at the SmallCap Network site.

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