In general, World Equity markets have been grinding consistently higher since October with very little volatility. In the past week or so this has changed as many Indexes in Asia, particularly China’s Shanghai Composite, have endured some real structural damage. While the recent pullback is being attributed to the onslaught of negative headlines related to […]
Steve Strazza
As a Co-Founder of the Chart Report, Steve Strazza brings a unique perspective to the world of Technical Analysis due to his diverse background. Steve found an affinity for financial markets during his first job out of college as a big-4 CPA auditing some of Wall Street's largest broker-dealers, such as Interactive Brokers and Morgan Stanley. Steve then worked in the Asset Management industry in a variety of roles including Controller for a private equity start-up, Fund Accountant at two large hedge funds, and most notably a personal Accountant for Steve Cohen at SAC Capital and Point72. Steve has spent recent years writing as an Independent Research Analyst while working on a variety of Fintech projects for companies such as the TradeXchange and Deloitte & Touche. He also continues to practice part-time at his father’s CPA firm. Naturally, Steve began his research career using the financial statement analysis skills he gained as an accountant. After learning the flaws of fundamental analysis first hand (through his research career as well as his experience auditing public company’s financials) he transitioned his investing and research style to focus primarily on price action. Steve holds an MBA from Fairfield University and is currently pursuing his CMT designation as a level 2 candidate.
Be Cautious of Cap Weighting
We’re always looking for different ways to measure the animal spirits responsible for driving markets higher or lower. In many cases, we do this by examining the risk appetite of one asset class relative to another through a variety of intermarket and ratio analysis. Today we’ll look at the oft-cited Consumer Discretionary Sector SPDR ($XLY) […]
Gaming on Sector Rotation
In last weeks “Chart of the Week” column, we highlighted the relentless strength of the Technology sector ($XLK), and more specifically the fresh all-time highs from a variety of subsectors including Software ($IGV), Cybersecurity ($HACK), Cloud Computing ($SKYY) and Semiconductors ($SOXX). Today, we’re going to drill into one of those industry groups. It’s been one […]
Stick With What’s Working in 2020
2019 was quite the year for Large-Cap Technology. Our benchmark, the SPDR Technology Sector ETF, $XLK gained 50% during the year, nearly doubling the performance of the next best sector, Financials ($XLF), as well as the S&P 500 itself, both of which returned about 30%. Many of the analyst notes and financial headlines I see […]
Cannabis Sell-off Burns Out
Investors in the Cannabis Industry had a rough go at it in 2019 as our benchmark, the Horizons Medical Marijuana Life Sciences ETF ($HMMJ), traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange ($TSX), fell by roughly 37% during the year, compared to a 29% and 19% annual return for the S&P 500 and TSX Composite. Also included […]
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