Is the breakout for real?

Stocks have pushed to new highs in rather convincing fashion. Is this a real breakout, or a just blow-off top? Here is the current chart for the S&P 500 (click for larger image): Our lunar red period has not stopped the recent rally and the S&P 500 chart is showing a clear breakout from the… Continue reading Is the breakout for real?

What parabolic peak?

The recent advances in the stock market have led to an explosion in articles contending that we are in a new stock market bubble or mania. Some analysts are seeing a parabolic peak already. Almost everyone seems to agree that some market decline should come any day now. The number of references to “bubble” on… Continue reading What parabolic peak?