markets

Weekly Update

Investors Hit Reset


Published 28 February, 2025

 

This week we start with a quick note about the sources of our weekly content since some of you have asked. We are trend-following mechanical/quantitative model investors. Since we are focused on technical analysis and the data behind the market, we often turn to other experts for analysis of the fundamentals of the economy, business, and markets. With few exceptions, those experts are money managers in charge of billions of dollars of assets, pension funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, et al. These are the types of folks who move markets. As a result, we take their views seriously and strive to present them without edit. (more…)

Weekly Update

How a market rally begins and keeps going


Published January 27, 2017

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A stock market rally is rarely about any single thing. While one event, news item, or good market day can certainly change the tone of the market, it takes a full menu of inputs turning positive to sustain and build a lasting rally. Such as been the case over the past three months. This overview of the past three months provides a good general display of how a stock market rally gets going and stays going. Whether this rally marks more time and higher prices for beyond three months is anybody’s guess. (more…)