Characteristics of Bear Market Rallies We started to cover the topic of “Bear Market Rallies” in Mondays’s piece, “Mr. Market’s Bear Market Rallies” (https://markonomics101.com/2018/10/14/mr-markets-bear-market-rallies/). Their behavior differs so much from the type of trading in Bull Markets, that they have their own signature. This is quite valuable because of its informational content, but also provides […]
Mr. Market’s Bear Market Rallies? When markets go down, they often cascade. Rarely a Crash (a loss greater than 10% within 24 hours) might occur, while other times it’s known as a “Waterfall” (a series of consecutive down days, none of which is greater than 10%). A Waterfall is a loss of 25% in more […]
Another October Stock Market Crash? “Take Your Money Off The Table Before The Table Takes Your Money Off of You!” The Charts of the Major Indexes below demonstrate clearly why we have constantly warned of all these “Ascending Wedge” Patterns, “Reverse Wave” Patterns, and the much misunderstood “Hindenburg Omen”. These are the fingerprints of an […]
Inflation: Suddenly, The Signs Are Everywhere! For what has seemed an eternity, finding tangible signs of inflation was much harder than finding the elusive “Waldo”. Our recent piece entitled “Inflection Point (Part 5) (https://markonomics101.com/2018/09/03/inflection-point-part-5-interest-rates-inflation-and-inflection/) looked at the amazing contradictions in the available data and raised as many questions, as answers. Suddenly, market signs of […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average Makes New All Time Highs: Is The Bull Market Resuscitated? On Friday, September 21st, the Dow Jones Industrial Average set new all-time highs. That same day, the Nasdaq 100, Standard & Poor’s 500, and the Russell 2000 recorded losses. The fractured and non-uniform nature of the markets continues in plain […]
Megaphone Madness Reverse Waves, (also known as Megaphone Patterns), have been identified in several key, equity indexes. For a brief discussion of “Reverse Waves” see “Tipping Point or Tripping Point? Equities Surge To New Highs (https://markonomics101.com/2018/08/22/tipping-point-or-tripping-point-equities-surge-to-new-highs/)
Just yesterday, we observed that the financial landscape may be changing. It appears that Stocks and other “Risk Assets” were finally, FINALLY ready to enter something that only us old-timers remember: The Ravages of a Bear Market (http://markonomics101.com/2018/06/26/a-cruel-summer-for-equities-the-bear-has-arrived/). That particular argument is not just reflected in the charts, but also is consistent with other […]
