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The market remains imperious as it keeps driving higher despite the negative news flow, all of which just mortars more bricks into the wall of the worry that this market likes to climb. Yesterday the bumbling ineptitude of the Republican-led Congress was on fully display, as another major policy initiative, namely healthcare reform, was shelved again. The market sold off early in the day... [more]

The NASDAQ Composite Index shrugged off any ideas of resistance at the prior declining tops trendline and instead flashed a nice trendline breakout on Thursday. As I pointed out on Wednesday, the declining tops trendline could just as easily provide a point of reference for just such a breakout as it could overhead resistance. Low volume accompanied Friday’s continuation... [more]

“Learn as much as you can. Read and listen to experts, but keep a degree of healthy skepticism about everything.” — Dr. Alexander Elder   We had been on the lookout for a selling climax, a day in which market participants capitulate by throwing in the towel en masse. Preferably, such a session will begin with a panic-driven... [more]

  “I neither have nor adhere to an inflexible system. I modify my terms and conditions according to circumstances.” — Jesse Livermore   Prior to last week, we had been talking about being on the lookout for a positive test of a prior low by the Nasdaq as being the first step in the index putting in a durable bottom... [more]

“Character is higher than intellect.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson Despite Thursday’s morning reversal and Friday’s follow-through higher, shares remain in a 5% reaction without any accumulation days in four weeks. Leading stocks corroborate the behavior of the averages. Few growth titles set up. For intermediate-term speculators, or those seeking to hold... [more]

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” –Thomas A. Edison From a standpoint of market health, we believe the most important names to watch are TSLA, FB, BIDU, TWTR, LNKD. These names are widely held by institutions, and not just any institutions, but institutions... [more]

“The best indicator I know is trend. The other good ones are trend and trend.” — Ed Seykota Shares give a good account of themselves. We are not concerned about the lax volume accompanying this three-week advance due to it occurring in August, the month that is most popular for vacations. ... [more]