Author: Richard Hefter

The stock market indices were lower on Thursday, but came dramatically off the early sharp lows. The day started out with a little bit of a slight bump to the upside before the indices rolled over hard and fast. The Nasdaq 100...

When you’re in a down trending market one of things that happens is people expect the markets to be down huge every day. That there can’t be any good days along the way. Basically it’s just down hard day after...

I am looking to re-enter a long model portfolio position in the UltraShort Real Estate ProShares (NYSE: SRS) into weakness, if we get any. Should such a scenario unfold, then the SRS should pull back into the 28.50/00 area in a...

The stock market indices started out the day with a strong surge, pulled back in an orderly fashion, and then made new highs by late morning. At that point they backed off and began a stair-step process over the next several...

As 1040 S&P 500 got a workout over and over, the bulls seemed to find a way for things to hold just above on a closing basis. We got down there in January of this year and then came back for another test in May before trying...

For no particular reason other than it was overdue (certainly), the Emini S&P 500 (e-SPU) this morning staged a recovery bounce in the aftermath of its 99.25 point plunge off of the June 21 rally high at 1129.50, though has...

The stock market indices got smacked hard, particularly at the opening when they gapped down big time, dropped sharply right after the opening gap, and did try a snapback rally which failed at initial resistance. That was the...

Yesterday I spoke about the poor intra-day action as the stochastic’s and other oscillators had unwound on the 60-minute charts back up but with no real price appreciation. You can’t help but notice this type of...

After spending six weeks in a sideways, coil-type of pattern at the bottom of its August 2009-June 2010 bear phase, the Shanghai Composite has broken down into new bear-market low territory Tuesday. In fact, the SH Comp declined...

The stock market indices ended the day on a sour note, slightly in the negative column, but spent the day vacillating. The day started out with a move down to new lows on the Nasdaq 100; however, the S&P 500 did not confirm...