Author: Richard Hefter

Yesterday we had a strong move down to support. We blew through 1099 and headed to the 50-day exponential moving average at 1093. It actually fell slightly below. We rallied as the day went on, but closed poorly. This allowed...

This morning’s surge in the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treas Bond (NYSE: TLT) reflects greater-than-expected economic deceleration from Q2 to the revised (higher) Q1, as well as disappointing figures for personal...

Nothing is easy with this stock market. Get used to it folks. You’re likely looking at months, if not years, of a tough market. It’s been tough for a lot of years, and that’s likely to continue for quite some...

With the equity market under pressure, the UltraShort Real Estate ProShares (NYSE: SRS) is rallying off of its three-day support plateau at 22.75, which has propelled the ETF above near-term resistance at 23.80, towards a...

The stock market indices suffered a down day today, and although they started with a brief flurry to the upside, that was about it. They sold off quickly in the morning, tested support and bounced and then consolidated, with the...

There’s a little twist for a title. No matter what these CEO’s tell you, the economy has hit the wall. The FOMC Minutes came out today, and they didn’t paint a pretty picture at all. It showed how things are...

The stock market indices started out with a bang, gapping up and running to new rally highs that touched 1900 on the Nasdaq 100 and near 1121 on the S&P 500. They then had a strong 3-wave sell-off after the Consumer...

When a market gets overbought on the short-term charts or those 60-minute charts, it’s important to allow them to unwind out of overbought. The key to that unwinding is how much price erosion takes place. If it’s...

We have to be impressed with the market’s resiliency today after hitting new recovery highs, because weakness thereafter has been very much contained, at least so far. That said, however, I am “concerned” about...