Weekly/After Stock Market Review Archives

Every Sunday evening a full market review is sent to members of SelfInvestors.com which provides commentary on the technical and economic picture, a review of the SelfInvestors Model Portfolio, the best/worst performing industries and ETF’s for the week, IPOs to watch, upcoming economic reports as well as notable earnings reports. In addition, on days when the market makes a significant move I’ll highlight the technical action discussing price/volume movements and support/resistance levels, industries/sectors leading and lagging the market as well as a Stock of the Day. In the past these were sent in the middle of the trading day but I’ve since begun publishing them and sending them to members after the market closes. These reports will be archived here as well.

February 10, 2010

  • Another Great Depression Stock Market?

    Much has been made of the similarities between current times and the Great Depression.  The first leg down of each crash creating fear that a complete financial collapse was imminent, only to be averted by massive liquidity fueling hope and optimism, at least for a short time.  If history does indeed repeat itself (and it [...]

January 24, 2010

January 21, 2010

July 26, 2009

  • A Summer Hiatus Begins..

    It’s been more than five years now running Self Investors and it’s time for me to reflect and revitalize.  Blogging, researching and trading the markets can be incredibly demanding at times, particularly over the past two years and quite frankly, I’m exhausted and need a break.  I’m not breaking 100%, but am scaling back for [...]

July 19, 2009

  • Head Fake Head And Shoulders Top, Indices Break Out

    Wow, now that’s what I call an oversold bounce.  I was expecting some retracement of the selling off oversold conditions last week, but not of that magnitude.  The recovery was such that the much discussed head and shoulders top has failed as all the indices broke out from 4 week long down trends.  Of course, [...]

July 12, 2009

June 28, 2009

June 21, 2009

June 14, 2009

  • Nasdaq Flashes The Golden Cross; Coiling The Spring For Another Rally?

    I’m short on time this weekend so will keep the commentary to a minimum and just focus on the chart of the Nasdaq and what it might be telling us about where we’re headed.  The market is definitely showing some signs of fatigue recently but continues to digest gains in a very health manner and [...]

June 8, 2009

May 31, 2009

  • Bears Can’t Confirm Double Top, Is Another Rally Imminent?

    Once again the bears can’t take the bull (er, I mean ball) and score.  There have been several indications over the past few weeks that this rally is on the verge of falling apart and each time the market is one move away from a key breakdown, buyers step in and push this market higher.  [...]

May 18, 2009

  • Resiliency Remains As Market Works Off Overbought Conditions

    You can’t help but marvel at the resiliency of this market following the sharp V shaped recovery in the indices over the past 2 months.  Even during the first down week across the market, the pull back was fairly orderly, with a late day recovery on Friday keeping some key short term support intact (the [...]

May 2, 2009

  • Rally Continues To Tire As Nasdaq Hits 200 Day Moving Average

    Week after week, it’s the same story.. market continues to push forward as the rally continues to show it’s beginning to crack with subtle clues. Although on Thursday the market revealed the most glaring indication yet that this rally will soon take a breather.  The Nasdaq hit its 200 day moving average right around 1750 [...]

April 26, 2009

  • One Last Hoorah For the Bulls?

    This week, I’ll keep it VERY brief with a short analysis of the charts.  As I mentioned in last week’s report, the market has shown signs of cracking up here, but going into next week bulls remain in control.  Just when it appears the market may follow through to the downside, buyers step into support [...]

April 14, 2009

March 22, 2009

March 8, 2009

  • Nasdaq Takes Its Turn In Taking Out November Lows, The Relief Rally Is Near

    With each passing day, as the market plunges further into the abyss taking out critical long support levels along the way, questions surrounding Obama’s policies and whether he and his administration are to blame for the continuing losses dominate the blogs, the financial shows and even the nightly news.  I chimed in on this a [...]

February 22, 2009

  • Obama’s Foreclosure Bailout Fails To Impress Market

    Indices Confirm Bearish Triangle Patterns But Prepare For Short Covering Rally
    In my last weekly report I continued to highlight the impending collapse of the indices as they negotiated the last levels of support of their bearish descending triangles, commenting:
    “The S&P continues to manage to hold up at support at the bottom of the triangle as [...]

February 16, 2009

  • Dow Finishes Week Below 8000 For First Time In 6 Years, Another Melt Down Coming?

    In my last weekly report I commented on the hope and optimism of the looming Geithner announcement and highlighted the fact that the euphoria of government bail out plans usually wears off quickly, often resulting in sizable sell offs.  Geithner’s press conference on Tuesday which was heavy on rhetoric but lacked sufficient details, was no [...]

February 8, 2009

  • Nasdaq Goes Green, Makes Run At Top of Descending Triangle

    Well, those battle tested bulls were able to hold the line for another week and even showed a bit of life at the end of the week, rallying in hope and anticipation that Super Geithner will swoop in and save the day Monday with his bank band-aides.  Let’s just keep in mind what has happened [...]

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