Even though the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SMH) and the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) have many similarities, there are some big differences in their component weightings and performance. Namely, SMH allows more concentration than SOXX and SMH is holding up better than SOXX. SOXX already broke down on the price chart and SMH is at a…
There are times when the price action of a stock is worth analyzing further. This article is a follow-up to last week’s StockCharts Technical Rank (SCTR) Report pick, Palantir Technologies (PLTR). The stock sold off significantly on Monday, and, in the blog post, I mentioned that I would buy PLTR if the stock price pulled…
In this video, Dave outlines three tools he uses on the StockCharts platform to analyze sector rotation, from sector relative strength ratios to the powerful Relative Rotation Graphs (RRG). Dave shares how institutional investors think about sector rotation strategies, evaluating the current evidence to determine how money managers are allocating between offensive and defensive sectors…
In this StockCharts TV video, Mary Ellen reveals what took place last week and how the markets closed. She also revealed what drove price action, and what to be on the lookout for next week. In addition, she shares several stocks that broke out of powerful bases on bullish news. This video originally premiered November 15,…
Join Tony as he walks you through a Macro Market outlook, where he shares his top bearish and bullish options trading ideas, These include Disney (DIS), Shopify (SHOP), Intel (INTC), Adobe (ADBE), and Apple (AAPL). He explores growth vs. value, current sector rotation, key earnings, and more. This video premiered on November 18, 2024.
When looking for stocks to invest in, spotting strong stocks in promising sectors poised to bounce can be tricky and complicated. You have to forecast a sector’s likely position in the coming months, find stocks within those sectors that are relatively strong, and then dentify which ones are declining and which are near a bullish…
Today we explore the bullish sentiment that has taken SPX valuations to the moon. There are many out there that believe we have hit a plateau on prices that will continue permanently. We talk about the quote: “Stock prices have reached ‘what looks like a permanently high plateau,’ Irving Fisher, Yale economist, told members of…
Good morning and welcome to this week’s Flight Path. Equities saw the “Go” trend continue this week but we saw weaker aqua bars at the end of the week. Treasury bond prices painted strong purple “NoGo” bars as the weight of the evidence suggested the “NoGo” will continue. U.S. commodities painted aqua “Go” bars after flirting with…
As the secular bull market takes a short-term pause, now is the time to research tremendous opportunities that lie ahead. I’ve looked at more than a thousand charts and wanted to point out 3 in particular that I see heading much, much higher as we close out 2024 and move into a brand new year….
There’s no denying the strength that the mega-cap growth names have exerted on the equity markets in 2024. With their outsized weight in the major equity averages, and their strong performance into November 2024, the Magnificent 7 stocks in many ways reflect the investor optimism that has been much of the story of this bull market….