At first, you might laugh at the title and say: "What selloff? The market was only down -0.41%." Keep in mind I mainly trade individual growth stocks and beneath the surface, there was some damage today. 1) Relative to how much the general market was down, an abnormal amount of stocks were down over -4% on Monday. [...]
1) The NUMBER ONE criteria I use to evaluate the overall health of the market is the price action of leading stocks. Right now, I am finding many strong fundamental companies forming strong technical patterns. When I see this across many sectors, the market has a high probability of doing well. 2) Seasonally, we are [...]
Nothing has changed with my Fourth Quarter Game Plan that I outlined on 9/16/13. 1) There will be no Fed taper until next year. 2) The S&P 500 could see +5-7% upside from here, but individual stocks could potentially see significantly more upside. My feeling is that individual stock pickers will be rewarded more than [...]
As I mentioned in my weekend video, here is an outline of what I am expecting for the 4th quarter. 1) There will be no taper at all this year. I discussed my reasons in this blog post on August 12th. Even if there is a small taper, I think it will be a non-event. 2) [...]
The Guinness Book of World Records refers to the Honey Badger as "the most fearless animal in all the animal kingdom." In popular culture, people know that the honey badger "just don't care!" Recently, the stock market has seen numerous events that could potentially slow it down, but like the honey badger, the market doesn't [...]
In the past week, I received 3 unsolicited emails from people who attended my seminars. By the way, this is not a plug for them, as I don't plan on running one any time soon. I am writing this to make a point. During my seminars, I constantly stress the importance of watching price action [...]
Every night, I go through my stock screens and look at approximately 1,000 stocks. Why? Because this is the way I was taught to evaluate the overall health of the market. If I find tons of strong fundamental companies building sound technical bases, breaking out on strong volume, and holding their gains, I feel confident about exposing my capital [...]