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 […]
Chart of the Day – Thursday, September 19th, 2019
Today’s Chart of the Day was shared on Twitter by BostonCharts (@bostonchaahhts). It is a 195 min. candlestick chart of Microsoft ($MSFT). A lot of traders have been talking about this particular chart setup lately. There’s a lot to like about it. First off, the stocks in a healthy uptrend. Today, it hit an all-time […]
What the MAGA Index is Signaling About US Stocks
The US Stock Market is dominated by large multinational companies with hundreds of billions in market capitalization. It is a common misconception that leadership from these mega-cap names is an indicator of weak market internals. To the contrary, investor interest in these popular stocks is a characteristic of a healthy bull market as their performance […]
Frank Cappelleri discusses FB, MSFT, and IWC
Last Wednesday, one of my favorite technicians, Frank Cappelleri, was on Bloomberg to discuss three charts: Facebook (FB), Microsoft (MSFT), and Micro Caps (IWC). Regarding Facebook, Frank starts off by pointing out a pretty interesting statistic that I wasn’t aware of, in that “Since the beginning of 2018, Facebook has had 18 different gap openings […]
