T2108 Update (July 13, 2012) – A Fresh Overbought Cycle As S&P 500 Bounces Off 50DMA Again

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are posted on twitter using the #120trade hashtag) T2108 Status: 74.1% (1st overbought day … Read more

T2108 Update (July 11, 2012) – Overbought Yet Positioned to Bounce

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are posted on twitter using the #120trade hashtag) T2108 Status: 70.4% (8th overbought day) … Read more

At 15-Month Highs, Dynex Further Confirms Bullish Bias Towards Housing Market

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 9, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) Five months ago, I recommended Dynex (DX) as another play on a housing recovery (and bottom for 2013). The rationale was relatively straightforward: {snip} Since then, DX has managed to tack … Read more

Chart Review: Back Into Puts As Yelp.com Fails to Establish New Highs

In about one month, Yelp.com (YELP) doubled from its all-time lows to a retest of its all-time highest close. Along the way, Apple (AAPL) made the following announcement on June 11th: “…local search includes information for over 100 million businesses with info cards that offer Yelp ratings, reviews, available deals and photos.” YELP did not … Read more

Australian Dollar Confirms Stock Rally As It Re-Emerges As A Leading ‘Risk-On’ Currency

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 6, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) The Australian dollar’s year-to-date performance against the U.S. dollar (FXA) is back to even. The leading “risk-on” currency has fought back from a large one month slide that featured losses of … Read more