With 2019 in the books, let’s take a look at how stocks performed this year. 2019 was undoubtedly a good year for US Equities with all four major indices sporting above-average returns. The Nasdaq was the strongest index with a gain of 37.87%, marking its best year since 2009. The S&P 500 also had an […]
Chart of the Day – Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
Today’s Chart of the Day was shared in a note from LPL Financial Research. It’s a table that breaks down the performance of the S&P 500 in each decade going back to 1950. Over the past decade, the index averaged an annual return of 11.2% (13.5%, including dividends.) The 1950s, 1980s, and 1990s all […]
Chart of the Day – Tuesday, December 10th, 2019
$XLY: $XLP An observation for the bear camp, almost. pic.twitter.com/OfXGBlv4NH — Peter Alexander, CMT (@relativetrend) December 10, 2019 Today’s Chart of the Day was shared on Twitter by Peter Alexander (@RelativeTrend). It’s a ratio chart of the Consumer Discretionary ETF, $XLY, relative to the Consumer Staples ETF, $XLP. This ratio is used to gauge the […]
Chart of the Day – Friday, December 6th, 2019
This little week-long shakeout and round trip back to record highs has left a cute little island. Populated by stranded bears? pic.twitter.com/WtI1eeqNXn — Michael Santoli (@michaelsantoli) December 6, 2019 Today’s Chart of the Day was shared on Twitter by Michael Santoli (@michaelsantoli). It’s an intraday chart of the S&P 500 index over the past four […]
Range-Bound
After a stellar June and July, markets have been hit in August. So far, we saw a nearly 7% drawdown from all-time highs on the S&P 500 ($SPX), but have rebounded over the last few trading sessions. However, even being so close to these highs, sentiment remains quite bearish, as we have pointed out in […]
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