The Weekly Trend

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the recent moves in precious metals, semiconductors, and U.S. Treasuries. They also discuss the possible opportunity cost of intentional diversification within portfolios and current lines in the sand. 

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the continued sideways market action here in the US, what the strength in Copper and Lumber and could mean, and some thoughts on the widely-used "pain trade" theory. 

In this week's episode, Ian discusses the current sideways price action we have seen over the last few weeks and the continued leadership in Growth areas. He also covers some of his personal views on technical analysis, why he believes it's the best approach to analyzing publicly traded assets, and his favorite concepts that fall under the technical analysis umbrella.

In this week's episode, David and Ian review the craziness that we encountered in the first half of 2020, strength in Chinese equities, the rotation back into Growth/Tech, 3rd Quarter seasonality, and the risk/reward relationship of being professional investors who practice active portfolio management. 

In this week's episode, David takes a few minutes to discuss the many important developments that took place over this past week. After this update, please stay tuned for a replay of the podcast episode aired on March 28th, which took place just after at an important market bottom. During the recording of this episode, it was unknown that this point would mark the bottom of the market. We thi...

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the ranges we are currently seeing in many indices and other assets, Chinese equities, debunking myths about retail trading, where Treasury yields stand, and the continued strength from Tech and Tech-like areas,

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss a resurgence in the volatility and the VIX, island reversals and failed breakouts, current lines in the sand, and what a potential short-term (or long-term!) correction could potentially look like. 

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the continued tilt we are seeing towards Small Caps and Value stocks, increased interest in Foreign equities, why many particpants are looking for the wrong clues from volume, and how biases from the media can allow us to make untimely market decisions. 

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the continuation of rotation among various areas of the market, new achievements in breadth, the best two months since 2009, and why a lot of the "data mining" that goes on should be taken with a grain of salt.

 In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the recent choppy market, Sector rotation, Small Cap participation, and where the major indices need to go next to extend this rally.

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss where various indices have gone over the last 2+ years, the lack of participation from Financials and Industrials, strength in Biotech and Software, and why price levels can tell us so much about behavior.

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the recent attention over Warren Buffett, the rotation between Large Cap Growth and Small Cap Value, stocks that bottomed early, and the continued bearish sentiment we have seen amongst both retail and institutional investors. 

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the breadth expansion that was (and then wasn't), weakness on good news, reactions to various earnings reports, and the broad indecision that we are seeing from both bulls and bears. 

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the historic price action in Oil, the importance of knowing what you own, and the current price range that exists within the major indices. 

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the the current sentiment among retail and institutional traders, the relationship between the market and the economy, recent performance of specific indices, and the possibility of a retest of the lows.

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the expansion in breadth that we saw in equity markets this week, the potential rotation we are seeing among leading sectors, and whether or not technical analysis on the VIX is useful.

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the lower volatility we have seen in equity markets, the continued search for a breadth thrust, and why the 60/40 portfolio doesn't work like you think it does. 

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the recent bounce we have seen in equity markets, our updated lines in the sand, what finding a bottom in stocks typically entails, and the ability to stay positive during uncertain times.

On this week's episode, David and Ian cover the continued selling we have seen in stocks, the historical moves in corporate bond ETFs, and oil prices.

 In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the continued historical market action we are seeing in many asset classes, what they are looking for in regards to finding a bottom, and the long-term impacts of volatility on market participants. 

In this weeks episode, David and Ian discuss the historical week we saw in regards to volatility, various inter-market relationships, extreme readings in US Treasuries, and managing risk into the weekend. 

 In this week's episode, Dave and Ian discuss the recent historic market environment that was witnessed over the past week, the protective action that was taken within accounts, and what is yet to come for the market heading into next week. 

In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the recent move in Gold Miners, the relative strength among Biotechnology stocks, and the potential for a change in trend with broad market indices. 

In this week's episode, Dave and Ian discuss the history of the impacts of viruses and other health scares on the stock market, the continued outperformance in Large Cap Growth, and the importance of allowing price to be the deciding factor in your decision making,

On this episode, David and Ian discuss the recent choppiness we have seen in the markets, Tesla's parabolic move, and their short-term technical levels to keep an eye on.