DecisionPoint August 31, 2017 at 07:28 PM
It's the last day of the month so all of our monthly charts have "gone final". First, here are the DecisionPoint Scoreboards currently (you can add these to your member dashboard!). You'll note two new Short-Term Trend Model (STTM) BUY signals arrived on the SPX and OEX... Read More
DecisionPoint August 30, 2017 at 06:26 PM
As you can see on the DecisionPoint Scoreboard summary, we had two new Short-Term Trend Model (STTM) BUY signals on the Dow and NDX. I've annotated the charts below the Scoreboards. Of particular note on those charts are the breakouts above the declining tops trendlines... Read More
DecisionPoint August 29, 2017 at 07:16 PM
First, thank you to all of the live MarketWatchers LIVE webinar viewers! You've been making writing my blog articles easy by posing excellent questions in the chat room during the live show... Read More
DecisionPoint August 25, 2017 at 07:15 PM
While we usually focus on the large-cap market indexes, they often disguise what is happening with smaller-cap stocks. Recently I decided to delve into this question with a chart showing the relative strength of smaller-cap indexes... Read More
DecisionPoint August 24, 2017 at 07:01 PM
No changes to report on the DecisionPoint Scoreboards and based on the charts in the DecisionPoint ChartList (link at top of the DecisionPoint blog page), I only see the Intermediate-Term Trend Model signals nearing Neutral signals on the daily chart... Read More
DecisionPoint August 23, 2017 at 07:16 PM
Today was my first day back on the MarketWatchers LIVE show (you'll find the recording under the "Webinars" tab) and it was so much fun to reconnect with all the fans in the chat room and on Twitter... Read More
DecisionPoint August 22, 2017 at 07:38 PM
After a wonderful wedding and honeymoon, I have finally returned! It took some time to review and update my annotations and I see that we've had quite a few signal changes while I was gone... Read More
DecisionPoint August 18, 2017 at 06:19 PM
Last week I wrote: "I would like for the correction to continue for a while, but honestly, we may have just hit bottom." Well, the market did make a bottom, but it was just for a short bounce prior to this week's failed retest of last week's low... Read More
DecisionPoint August 18, 2017 at 05:19 PM
Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) 5EMA crossed down through the 20EMA, changing a Short-Term Trend Model (STTM) BUY signal to NEUTRAL... Read More
DecisionPoint August 17, 2017 at 06:13 PM
Today both the S&P 100 ($OEX) and Nasdaq 100 ($NDX) Indexes switched from Short-Term Trend Model BUY signals to NEUTRAL, when their 5EMAs crossed back down through their 20EMAs... Read More
DecisionPoint August 17, 2017 at 01:02 AM
** While Erin is away, we will be posting some of her "greatest hits" educational blogs... Read More
DecisionPoint August 15, 2017 at 01:01 AM
** While Erin is away, we will be posting some of her "greatest hits" educational blogs... Read More
DecisionPoint August 14, 2017 at 05:33 PM
On Friday the S&P 100 ($OEX) and Nasdaq 100 ($NDX) had Short-Term Trend Model (STTM) signal changes from BUY to NEUTRAL. Today they switched back to BUY. The dreaded whipsaw again. Also, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) had a short-term PMO signal change from BUY to SELL... Read More
DecisionPoint August 11, 2017 at 07:49 PM
In October 1962 I was a 21-year-old B-47 aircraft mechanic in the Strategic Air Command. One morning that month I reported for duty only to find the aircraft ramp covered with bombers loaded with nuclear weapons. Welcome to the Cuban Missile Crisis... Read More
DecisionPoint August 11, 2017 at 05:22 PM
Today there were three signal changes: The S&P 100 Index ($OEX) and Nasdaq 100 Index ($NDX) had Short-Term Trend Model (STTM) signals change from BUY to NEUTRAL. And the Nasdaq 100 ($NDX) intermediate-term PMO BUY signal changed to SELL... Read More
DecisionPoint August 10, 2017 at 04:46 PM
Today the S&P 100 Index ($OEX) daily PMO crossed down through its signal line and generated a short-term PMO SELL signal. Of the four major indexes on our score board, three have switched to short-term PMO SELL signals... Read More
DecisionPoint August 10, 2017 at 01:02 AM
** While Erin is away, we will be posting some of her "greatest hits" educational blogs. Some information may be dated ** I recently received a question from one of the attendees of yesterday's webinar (recording available here)... Read More
DecisionPoint August 09, 2017 at 05:21 PM
Today on the daily chart the Nasdaq 100 ($NDX) PMO dropped below its signal line and generated a short-term PMO SELL signal. This is not what I would call a robust crossover... Read More
DecisionPoint August 08, 2017 at 05:30 PM
Today on the daily chart the $SPX PMO dropped below its signal line and generated a short-term PMO SELL signal. More notable, price opened and traded higher, but then it reversed and closed lower -- a key reversal day... Read More
DecisionPoint August 08, 2017 at 01:01 AM
** While Erin is away, we will be posting some of her "greatest hits" educational blogs... Read More
DecisionPoint August 04, 2017 at 06:30 PM
Last week it looked as if the market was beginning to form a top, but that result still hasn't been realized. SPY continued to churn sideways, and the daily PMO came within a hair of crossing down through its signal line... Read More
DecisionPoint August 04, 2017 at 05:31 PM
Today the weekly PMO for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) crossed up through its signal line and generated a weekly PMO BUY signal... Read More
DecisionPoint August 03, 2017 at 01:01 AM
** While Erin is away, we will be posting some of her "greatest hits" educational blogs. Some information may be dated ** The definition of "Smart Money": Money bet or invested by people with expert knowledge... Read More
DecisionPoint August 01, 2017 at 04:56 PM
Today a new IT Trend Model (ITTM) BUY signal was generated by U.S. Oil Fund (USO), our surrogate for crude oil, when the 20EMA crossed up through the 50EMA... Read More
DecisionPoint August 01, 2017 at 01:01 AM
** While Erin is away, we will be posting some of her "greatest hits" educational blogs... Read More
