Sep, 29, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanOne often feels that the current market conditions are more difficult than he’s seen before, even though they’re usually not. It’s just that the past...
Sep, 29, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, remains volatile within a trading range. It reverses direction at will, and hasn’t been able...
Sep, 26, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillan...The two back-to-back “90% down days” of last week need to be worked off, and that seems to be happening at the current time. So far, over the last...
Sep, 23, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market has quickly become extremely oversold again, and thus short-lived rallies are possible. In the bigger picture, bears see a break of the recent uptrend dating...
Sep, 22, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanA week ago Monday, the stock market survived a bout of heavy selling with a late-day reversal that eventually carried the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index from an intraday...
Sep, 22, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanMORRISTOWN, N.J. (MarketWatch) — The broad stock market, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is trading within a large, volatile range that should...
Sep, 16, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanFor now, $SPX is working its way higher -- towards resistance at the 1240-1260 level.Equity-only put-call ratios generated buy signals recently, and have generally been...
Sep, 15, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanOne of the reasons that we favor $VIX derivatives as a portfolio, hedge rather than $SPX (or SPY) puts, is that $VIX is much more volatile. Also, $VIX protection is more...
Sep, 15, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market remains volatile, but it has generally been rising since establishing lows near 1,120 on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index nearly a month ago. The rise...
Sep, 09, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanToday’s stock market action is very much like last Friday’s. There is heavy selling, and it doesn’t appear that buyers have much desire to buy before...
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