DecisionPoint March 28, 2014 at 08:23 PM
The Investment Company Institute (ici.org) compiles statistics on mutual funds and publishes them monthly. There is a one month delay between the end of the month being reported and publication, so the data on the charts below, while being updated this week goes through Feburary... Read More
DecisionPoint March 28, 2014 at 12:54 AM
While considered a fencing term, "thrust" is an excellent allusion to one of my favorite DecisionPoint analysis tools. It was developed by Carl Swenlin as a component of one of the DecisionPoint timing models. It adds an extra dimension to straight trend analysis... Read More
DecisionPoint March 27, 2014 at 06:11 PM
This morning on one of the business channels the moderator was asking guests if there was a bubble the Biotech Sector, and at the same time a three-week line chart was displayed on the screen... Read More
DecisionPoint March 25, 2014 at 11:19 PM
While clicking through the PMO Analysis ChartList in the DecisionPoint Market Indicators ChartPack, I noticed that the PMO Analysis chart for the Health Care ETF (XLV) showed oversold readings... Read More
DecisionPoint March 25, 2014 at 12:54 AM
When I reviewed the DP Chart Gallery today, one chart caught my eye. The daily bar chart for the NDX had a clear short-term double-top formation that executed today... Read More
DecisionPoint March 21, 2014 at 11:18 PM
The DecisionPoint.com merge with StockCharts.com is coming along and we've gotten lots of important feedback from DP and SCC subscribers alike... Read More
DecisionPoint March 20, 2014 at 07:16 PM
I use this ChartPack during every trading day. It is absolutely invaluable and a "must-have" for any of you who tend to find yourself glued to StockCharts when the market is open... Read More
DecisionPoint March 20, 2014 at 12:08 AM
Today saw a sell-off after the Fed announced that it would likely be raising interest rates sooner rather than later... Read More
DecisionPoint March 18, 2014 at 05:55 PM
Central Gold Trust (GTU) is a closed-end mutual fund, which means that it trades like a stock on the NYSE. The fund owns only gold -- the metal, not stocks. Closed-end funds trade based upon the bid and ask, without regard to their net asset value (NAV)... Read More
DecisionPoint March 17, 2014 at 10:32 PM
Having basically "grown up" using the DecisionPoint.com website charts, it was critical to me to create these ChartStyles on Stockcharts.com as soon as I could... Read More
DecisionPoint March 15, 2014 at 05:43 PM
The DecisionPoint.com Daily Blog on the old website is now using Stockcharts.com generated charts... Read More
DecisionPoint March 13, 2014 at 09:33 PM
In his book "Winning on Wall Street", the late Marty Zweig showed us the value of volume ratios. A ratio of 9:1 or greater of up/down volume is considered to be very bullish and 9:1 down/up volume is considered to be very bearish. We certainly met the bearish threshold today... Read More
DecisionPoint March 11, 2014 at 08:26 PM
Good news DecisionPoint.com transplants and StockCharts technical analysts - the DecisionPoint Market Indicator ChartPack has been released! This ChartPack includes the market indicators that made Carl Swenlin and DecisionPoint famous... Read More
DecisionPoint March 10, 2014 at 10:03 PM
While the other major indexes in the DP Chart Gallery (SPX, OEX and DJIA) continue to show positive momentum with rising Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) readings, I noticed the Nasdaq 100 intermediate-term indicators including the PMO reveal weakness... Read More
DecisionPoint March 07, 2014 at 11:25 PM
Yes! It's Carl. I thought it was about time that I contribute to the new DecisionPoint blog on StockCharts.com. I plan to periodically blog here when I find something of particular interest that I'd like to share, similar to the Chart Spotlight on DecisionPoint.com... Read More
DecisionPoint March 07, 2014 at 01:12 PM
I am thrilled to announce that StockCharts members - including all DecisionPoint... Read More
DecisionPoint March 06, 2014 at 09:49 PM
In my ChartWatchers article last weekend, I reviewed the sentiment charts in the DP Gallery. I thought it would be interesting to see what's happened since then. Bullish sentiment continues to rise... Read More
DecisionPoint March 05, 2014 at 11:10 PM
The DecisionPoint.com merge with StockCharts.com brought a new indicator, the Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO). The PMO is highly versatile and quite good at identifying momentum shifts early. To read more about the PMO, click here for the ChartSchool article... Read More
DecisionPoint March 04, 2014 at 11:58 PM
Let's face it,whether you're new to the StockCharts.com website or you've been with us for years, one day you will likely need some help. I know I need help regularly and I've learned (as most of you) that you should ask for help when you need it... Read More
