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Amazingly, OPEC has no reaction to plunging prices and does nothing. This morning, prices are gapping down in a big way for the price of oil and the underlying stocks. Lesson time: just about the whole energy complex has been in a bear market since the breakdown in July.  How does one know when something…

I have been amazed to read many articles by pundits saying lower oil prices are a bad thing. Their contention is based on lower prices are forecasting a major global recession. I have news for them. That is just a guess. If they were smart, they would just deal in the facts…and the facts are…

As we stated, this week contains a positive seasonal bias. So far…so good. The market was much better than the Dow yesterday and will never complain about that. Even the small caps got into the fray as the Russell actually led up yesterday. If that continues, the market only strengthens. We have no complaints here…

Hopefully in the future we will not have to talk central banks any more. But…right now…they are front and center with no end in sight to the trillions that are being printed. As the markets were swooning into a bear phase, a coordinated effort was hatched around the globe. By no coincidence, at the same…

There was no doubt we were headed into a bear market as we had a classic topping pattern leading to the October plunge. This was no coincidence as the U.S. was winding down (for now) it’s printing of money. The last 2 times the U.S. stopped, markets dropped 17 and 20% respectively. It should be…

Firstly, the small caps are again underperforming with the Russell 2000 rolling over. As we have told you, market is waaaaay overdue after the easy money-induced move higher. The only sign we need to look for is the small caps as they have shown the way when the market is ready to correct. We think…

Bottom line, there just continues to be very little in the way of selling leading to a grind higher. Markets remain stretched and extended to the upside off of the recent “v-shaped” move. Bullishness is back to being off the charts. But until price action changes, it is folly to think otherwise. Recessionary news from…

Japan in deep recession…market has one down day after soaring…and right back up. Much of Europe is blah but markets rally up. You know the game by now. Markets drop…just announce more QE and do more QE…inflating things even more. Remember, all is well as long as markets continue to react well to the trillions…

After an outlier “V” shaped move up, we are starting to feel that signs of a pullback are close at hand. We are not suggesting anything disastrous but a few percent would go a long way in setting the charts up better. It would also give us a chance to decipher real strength. A few…