The S&P 500 finished 2013 strong and started 2014 weak. In fact, the S&P 500 lost 0.6% during the first five trading days of the New Year. Some seasonality calendars suggest that’s a bearish omen. Fact or fiction?... >> READ MORE...

The latest asset allocation survey shows that ‘Mom and Pop’ investors are just now plowing back into stocks. Many view ‘Mom and Pop’ as symbols of bad market timing. Should ‘Mom and Pop’ buckle up for another nauseating ride?... >> READ MORE...

The financial media is flooding us with 2014 forecasts, but nobody is matching up the 2013 forecasts with the actual 2013 results. Such a comparison is needed to build credibility. Here’s a review of the 2013 Profit Radar Report forecast. ... >> READ MORE...

2013 was a good year for financial stocks and the most recent rally leg hoisted the Financial SPDR ETF (XLF) right up to the biggest resistance level for 2014. This level should be watched carefully.... >> READ MORE...

It’s official. Janet Yellen will succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman on February 1. President Obama knew Yellen brings the kind of ‘generosity’ needed to make Wall Street happy and build/repair his legacy. But did he want Yellen bad enough to lie about her qualifications?... >> READ MORE...

The old Santa Claus Rally adage is as popular as it is dead wrong. Here is one Santa Claus Rally myth and one surprising Santa Claus Rally truth. Both based on 43 years of S&P 500 history.... >> READ MORE...

2013 ended on a high note as the S&P 500 closed at the highs for the year and so did investor sentiment. So many investors are bullish; it’s worth asking how many buyers are left? Did the 2013 gains cannibalize 2014 performance? ... >> READ MORE...

Small cap stocks tend to outperform the overall market from mid-December to mid-January. Everything went according to plan, until the Russell 2000 ran into long-term Fibonacci projection resistance.... >> READ MORE...

Only a small group of Americans is allowed to legally trade based on insider information. Fortunately for the rest of us, there is a perfectly legal trick to get an edge. All that’s needed is a computer, a set of eyes and some study time.... >> READ MORE...

Not all trades are winners. In fact, many financial advisors and newsletter writers like to cover their worst trades with a blanket of silence. Quite to the contrary, we freely reveal our worst trades. Here’s the worst trade of 2013 (there were actually two).... >> READ MORE...