Today’s Chart of the Day was shared on Twitter by Michael Batnick (@michaelbatnick). The chart shows all the drawdowns in the Russell 2000 index since 2009. A lot of people suggest that this bull market is over a decade old and getting long in the tooth. Michael pokes a hole in that argument by showing […]
Chart of the Day – Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
Today’s Chart of the Day was shared on Twitter by Dan Russo of Chaikin Analytics (@DanRusso_CMT). It’s a daily candlestick chart of the Small-cap Russell 2000 index over the past year. The Russell 2000 has been in focus recently as it continues to underperform the other major indices. Today, it fell beneath the June low and […]
Should New Highs Equal Blue Skies?
The market is going this way, no its going that way. Maybe this way, and maybe the other direction because of this reason over here. This is likely the rhetoric you hear from pundits, social media, and maybe even your beloved financial representative. It’s confusing, I know. I’ve been there, jumped through and around the […]
Chart of the Day – Monday, June 10th, 2019
Today’s chart of the day was shared on Twitter by Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello). It’s a ratio chart of the small-cap Russell 2000 Index relative to the large-cap S&P 500 ($IWM/$SPY). It’s currently at its lowest level since 2003. When this ratio is falling it means small-caps are underperforming large-caps and vice vera. The relative weakness of […]
