The President’s inclusion of Mexico into the trade war, especially on a scaling up basis, will have a wide breath impact across the United States, including consumers and businesses. This, on top of the escalation in the trade war with China (which may end up including tariffs on retail items such as clothing and shoes) … Read more
& the other potential results of these continued tariff threats on the stock market. The news this week has taken quite the global turn, as President Trump adds tariffs to Mexico, threatens Japan, and adds more industry groups to the escalation in the trade war with China. I’ve maintained a cautiously bullish stance through the … Read more
& the weakening of the Indexes Last week, we discussed the changing market conditions, as the market began to make a steeper pullback than what it’s done previously, throughout 2019. We also discussed potential buys, only once the market bottoms out, and buyers begin coming in. We also talked about the potential break of key … Read more
For today’s letter, I wanted to do something a bit different and talk about the final result of my stock picking process. Now, you’ve heard a lot about specific picks I make, along with the tools and strategies I use. But, today I wanted to give you my watchlist. A watchlist is critical to have, … Read more
Like adapting to the weather… They always say, “Sell in May, and go away.” We hear phrases and sayings like this frequently. While we never know if they’ll come through, they’re good to keep in the back of your mind. Why? Because, to some extent, they can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. “Uh oh…it’s May! Sell … Read more
The past two weeks, the movement in the stock market has largely been due to news announcements — President Trump’s tweets and escalating trade war rhetoric. Even though it’s now May 2019, and the stock market has essentially traded directly higher since December 26th, it wasn’t too long ago it seemed as though the sky … Read more
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale This past week has been the most volatile trading that we’ve seen in 2019. Today, to start the day off, we opened with an almost 500 point drop in the … Read more
In the last edition, we discussed strategies to use to prepare for market pullbacks. Market pullbacks are just part of our reality as traders. For me, like I noted, I tend to stick with a swing trading approach and hold through a minor reversion to the mean. Typically, especially on a news related drop like … Read more
I was able to join Judy Hoberman on her podcast “Selling In A Skirt.” A podcast that’s near and dear to my heart as it’s put on by The Women 4 Women Network, and it’s focused on women in business both inside and outside of the home. I took the opportunity to join her for … Read more
On April 25th, in my Wrong in the Best Way episode, we talked about using Fibonacci extensions to determine when a market is too extended to the upside and needs to take a breath. While in this instance, the extended state of the market went on for seemingly forever, it’s still critical to know the … Read more