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Dow Theory Sell Signal

Given the dramatic market decline in worldwide equity markets last week, Mark Hulbert’s recent MarketWatch column titled “The Dow Theory just flashed a sell signal” was especially timely.

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Equity Market Snapshot 01-23-2015

The recent increase in volatility has raised serious concerns among many traders and investors. The following article applies several different technical indicators to the S&P 500 Index (SPX) in the daily and monthly time frames. This article will replace the … Continue reading

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Equity Market Snapshot 10-15-2014

The recent sell-off in the equity markets and the dramatic increase in volatility has raised serious concerns among many traders and investors. The fact that the sell-off is occurring in October and the expansion is in its fifth year has … Continue reading

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Equity Market Snapshot 08-21-2014

There has been a lot of confusion lately regarding the direction of the market and the risk of a major correction.  The following article applies several different technical indicators to the Russell 2000 Index (RUT) in both the daily and … Continue reading

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Divergence Strategies Generate High-Probability Trades

Divergences are simple conceptually.  When prices are making higher highs and higher lows and a predictive indicator, such as market breadth, is making lower highs and lower lows, then the indicator has diverged from price and the upward price trend … Continue reading

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Relative Strength Indicator Predicted Current Pullback

The weekly relative strength market timing indicator (RSMTI) signaled the current equity market pullback on January 24, 2014 when the indicator crossed below its 21-week moving average.  The daily RSMTI provides earlier signals than the weekly RSMTI and is more … Continue reading

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5 Near-Term Warning Signs

Despite the impressive V-shaped recovery in stock prices over the past two weeks, there is still serious cause for concern.  There are five near-term warning signs the equity markets must vanquish before the bulls can declare a short-term victory over … Continue reading

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Relatlive Strength Warning Sign

The relative strength market timing indicator (RSMTI) is one of my favorite tools. It has been very useful in identifying short-term and long-term market turning points before they occur.  It correctly predicted the recent pullback in the equity markets eight … Continue reading

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