Nov, 27, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanMORRISTOWN, N.J. (MarketWatch) — While there are still some mixed signals for stocks, some very powerful signals have lined up so that the bulls once again have a chance...
Nov, 23, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market, as measured by the Standard & Poors 500 Index (SPX) has been in a steady decline since mid-October. There is resistance in the 1395-1410 area, and that...
Nov, 20, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanToday's early market action was a continued grind higher as further shorts were forced out of their positions. $SPX made the intraday high just below 1390, the upper end...
Nov, 16, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market has continued to decline rather sharply this week. As a result, the support at 1370 was broken -- yet another major support level giving way. The...
Nov, 15, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe bears have finally managed to take control of the stock market, mostly due to some worries about upcoming economic and regulatory issues. However, the market has quickly...
Nov, 12, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanPut-call ratios are useful, sentiment-based, indicators. The put-call ratio is simply the volume of all puts that traded on a given day divided by the volume of calls...
Nov, 09, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe keep track of “90% days” with a great deal of accuracy. A “90% up day” is, in its purest form, a day when advancing issues outnumber declining...
Nov, 09, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market, as measured by the Standard and Poors 500 Index ($SPX) continues to break down through important support levels. It is the close below 1395 that matters....
Nov, 08, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks are trying to make sense of the election results, the newly bad news out of Europe, and the potentially foreboding “fiscal cliff.” This resulted in some very...
Nov, 06, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe occasionally publish charts showing the seasonal pattern of $VIX. Figure 2 below shows the composite price of $VIX for a 23-year history (1989 through 2011). This...
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