So...is It Too Late To Sell? No. Not too late. Most everything remains on sell signals. One of the reasons I say this is because it's harder to recover with negative numbers than positive numbers. Avoid losses whenever possible! Look, you tell me which is better:...
More about the Bullish Percent A question that's often asked is, "if your signals suggest we are on defense, why does it seem like the market is still going up?" Over the last few years, we've seen many pullbacks in the range of 5% to 8%. So it's quite normal (and to...
How the Bullish Percent Index works To understand how the bullish percent index, our main coach, works, you need to begin with and understand three main concepts. First, the bullish percent index merely measures the percentage of stocks currently on buy signals. It's...
Our main coach, the New York Stock Exchange bullish percent chart has signaled this week it's time to bring the defensive playbook out. "Wealth preservation" becomes the key now. The bullish percent is a "risk" indicator, not a predictor. It means stay alert, clear...
The primary indicator that I follow, the New York Stock Exchange Bullish Percent chart is within 1% of a move from a column of X's to a column of O's. This kind of shift indicates a move from offense to defense. Moving to defense does NOT mean that the market will...
Am I a broken clock? Or is the rest of the world figuring out what we've been saying all along? The primary indicator that I use to measure risk in the market is the New York Stock exchange bullish percent chart. This chart merely tells us the percentage of stocks...
A "buy signal" occurs when there is demand for a stock. You know from Economics 101, anything in demand will see its' price rise. The "Bullish Percent" is a way to count all of the buy signals. That tells us the *percentage* of stocks that are currently on buy...
Lots of people are buzzing because the Dow is at 13,000. Let me tell you, the return over the past six years from the Dow Jones is less than what you could have earned in a money market account. Don't get too excited. As I showed you last week, small cap stocks have...
As I am writing this, the Dow Jones is down nearly 180 points. Sounds like a lot, right? That's about 1.5% By comparison, October 19, 1987 the stock market dropped 22% in one day. Perspective does matter. Anyway, the last few days, I've seen headlines like: -...
Think you would you be HAPPY earning less than 1% a year on your money? Many people are...and you might be one of them! Look in your retirement plan, or 401k at work. Say we invest it in the S&P 500 Index at the end of 1999. Leave it there. You're supposed to be a...
