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 […]
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.
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 […]
Asian Tigers Make New Highs
The historic performance of US stocks in 2019 is all the buzz heading into year-end. But it’s not only US Equities that deserve attention as indexes all over the world have been making new highs recently. Last week, we discussed the strength from European Equities in our post A Trip Around Europe and today we are […]
A Trip Around Europe
I was on my Honeymoon in Europe recently. We visited Paris, London, Brussels and Amsterdam and saw some truly amazing sites. It also prompted me to find some equally fantastic charts of European assets – which I only looked at during travel time, on the trains and planes, of course. But seriously, as someone […]
Small Caps Showing Strength
Investors appear to be warming to small caps as the group is finally outperforming large caps, not just over the trailing week, but also the past month and quarter. Small-cap stocks have had a rough go at it over the past several years, particularly in relation to their large-cap peers in the S&P 500 which […]
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