Janet Yellen’s first public remarks since succeeding Ben Bernanke will be carefully scrutinized. This opens another round of technical analysis vs Fed talk. Will Yellen’s remarks be strong enough to negate or even shatter this bearish S&P 500 pattern?... >> READ MORE...

Are stocks ripe for a deeper correction or is the 5%+ January hiccup – the biggest in well over a year – already in the rearview mirror? The stock/bond ratio provides a dimension not often considered.... >> READ MORE...

The S&P 500 soothed investors in 2013, but has already caused a fair amount of frustration in 2014. The weight of evidence suggests that 2014 will be a year of continued frustration. Here are the short, mid-and long-term clues.... >> READ MORE...

The investment professionals are supposed to have it all figured out and be smarter than the average retail investor. Well, this article is not about smarts, but it shows that the pros don’t feel comfortable sticking to their ‘bullish guns.’... >> READ MORE...

Bad news: The S&P 500 has lost 4.36% since its January 2014 all-time high. Good news: The news is so bad; it may actually be good for stocks … at least for a little while. Here's some short-term good news and long-term bad news.... >> READ MORE...

At 58 months of age, the QE bull market is getting old and its ‘immune system’ is obviously getting weak. That’s bad timing as a powerful 7 and 13 year cycle begins to exert extremely bearish force. Can the bull fight off the bear ‘virus’?... >> READ MORE...

The S&P 500 has corrected more than 5% and the financial media is quick to pretend that it saw the lousy 2014 start coming. Here’s the media’s real time (embarrassing) assessment of the ‘expected’ rout along with what’s next.... >> READ MORE...

Investors buy Amazon for its founder’s vision and ingenuity, not because the company is a cash cow. The problem with a ‘vision based investment,’ and a four-digit P/E ratio is immense down side risk once momentum wanes.... >> READ MORE...

Early warnings that 2014 will be a tough year are piling up quickly. Here is another warning that suggests additional losses. Since 1950, the average additional loss once the signal triggered has been 10.9%.... >> READ MORE...

Much of the country is dealing with extreme cold, and seasonality is getting frosty for gold. The gold seasonality chart produces three or four good annual buy/sell signals. One just happened.... >> READ MORE...