Weekly Market Outlook – May 2nd, 2016 Following through on the budding bearish effort from two weeks ago, the bears fended off a bullish bounce-back effort over the course of the first half of last week. It wasn't meant to be, however. Between Thursday's and Friday's high-volume selling, the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) booked a 1.2% loss last week, and...
Weekly Market Outlook – April 25th, 2016 Though the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) managed to eke out a gain last week, it also ended the week fighting for its life, dropping hints that the rally is running out of gas. Meanwhile, the NASDAQ Composite (COMP) logged a weekly loss — the second in the past three weeks — and also hinted that...
What Everybody Ought to Know About Options 2 big pitfalls that novice option traders make and easy ways to not make those mistakes. When an investor realizes the great leverage power of options and begins to dabble in them in their brokerage account or IRA, I've seen them make the same mistakes time and again. I've been trading and analyzing...
Weekly Market Outlook – Valuation Concerns Creep In The market didn't end last week on a particularly bullish foot, but it doesn't matter – it started the week on such a bullish foot the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) was still up 1.6% for the week, and still above a fairy important resistance line. The strength still doesn't outright guarantee stocks will...
Weekly Market Outlook – April 18, 2016 The market didn't end last week on a particularly bullish foot, but it doesn't matter – it started the week on such a bullish foot the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) was still up 1.6% for the week, and still above a fairy important resistance line. The strength still doesn't outright guarantee stocks will keep...
Weekly Market Outlook – April 11, 2016 It's too soon to assume the worst yet. On the other hand, it's not too soon to prepare for the worst even as we hope for the best. Last week, stocks lost ground for the second time in three weeks. More than that, the major indices are now putting a great deal of...
Weekly Market Outlook – April 11, 2016 It's too soon to assume the worst yet. On the other hand, it's not too soon to prepare for the worst even as we hope for the best. Last week, stocks lost ground for the second time in three weeks. More than that, the major indices are now putting a great deal of...
Weekly Market Outlook – April 4, 2016 As it turns out, the bulls weren't done buying stocks after all. The lull from a couple weeks ago was just that… a lull, which turned out to be temporary. Last week's 1.8% gain for the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) rekindled the rally that began in early February. We've now logged gains in six...
Weekly Market Outlook – March 28, 2016 After five straight weeks of gains, the market finally buckled. It wasn't a big pullback last week – only 0.6% – but all big trends start out with that first small step. We at least have to acknowledge the possibility that last week's weakness may be the beginning of something bigger. And that...
BigTrends.com Weekly Market Outlook We just completed the fifth straight bullish week for the market. The S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) advanced 1.35% last week, clearing a couple of key resistance lines in the process. Yet, other resistance lines have yet to be hurdled, and could end up being problems that work against stocks now that the S&P 500 is up 12% from the...
