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Yesterday China made the much expected decision to let its currency float relative to the dollar.  What does all this mean? Well Porter Stansberry in the S&A Digest suggests "The move on China's currency presages a big increase in interest rates. China's central bank controlled its exchange rate by selling yuan and buying Treasury bonds. As the country allows the yuan to rise, it will

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-35445772729345159402010-06-21T14:54:00.000-04:002010-06-21T14:54:51.409-04:00

On June 11th, I posted that Gold looked tired based on some divergences that had developed on both the daily and weekly charts and the fact it was at the top of its upward channel on a monthly basis.  I also boldly predicted it will correct towards 1,000 and ounce. Well so far, my analysis has not been proven correct.  However, despite the fact gold has hit new highs the past few trading days,

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-14929179835692566562010-06-11T09:10:00.000-04:002010-06-11T09:10:57.148-04:00

Many market talking heads today are pushing the virtues of the yellow metal (gold).  In fact in today's uncertain market and economic environment it would seem to be the only sure thing.   It may or may not be a sure thing, but there is a time to buy gold and a time to stay away just like every other stock or commodity.  Is this the time?  Let's take a look. First, let's look at a daily chart of

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-82499322292221328862010-06-07T17:00:00.001-04:002010-06-07T17:00:02.351-04:00

The market today opened down and took out the past seven days trading range in the process.  It managed to rally midday, but closed the day at the lows after a report on consumer credit came out showing it only rose $955 million in April. Click to Enlarge The Dow and S&P closed the day right at their respective February intraday lows.   The Nasdaq has shown relative strength versus the Dow and S&

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-78460537727372344792010-06-07T07:22:00.000-04:002010-06-07T07:22:57.416-04:00

The ‘jobs report that wasn’t’ caused disillusioned investors to head for the exits on Friday. A ‘leak’ of sorts earlier in the week in which President Obama said to expect a strong jobs report caused heightened expectations. With over 400,000 of the new 431,000 jobs for May being temporary government jobs, there was no way to spin the report in a positive light. Equities sold off sharply in the

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No matter how you slice today's job report, it was not pretty.  Job creation by private companies slowed to a snails pace in May.  Oh of course, the number was up because of Mr. Obama's legacy to the world via out of control spending and the 400,000+ new jobs created to take the 2010 census. Just 41,000 jobs came from the private sector, down 218,000 from April's inflated number.  A majority of

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-84482555032913510872010-05-28T09:29:00.000-04:002010-05-28T09:29:20.842-04:00

So it looks like the 1040-1055 range I highlighted in Wednesday's Post has held...at least for now.   Not only was this technically the February low, but it was an important dividing line between a normal correction and something much more.  Yesterday's market rise of around 3% on most averages did not hurt either to solidify a possible bounce and move stocks beyond a resistance zone on the S&P

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-11026811232359004362010-05-25T08:34:00.000-04:002010-05-25T08:34:27.950-04:00

The stock futures are down big as I write this today...more than 2% on the open.  This is a critical day as we continue to consolidate at or near the February lows on the S&P 500.  These lows represent the last support before a correction could potentially turn into something much more severe or even a Bear Market. The important fact to remember here is not where the markets open here in the U.S.

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-29930231195506428382010-05-24T09:30:00.000-04:002010-05-24T09:30:06.336-04:00

Global fears over the EU debt crisis along with fresh doubts about the pace of U.S. economic growth sent equities into another tailspin last week. The decline pushed the indices into ‘correction’ territory (a 10% or greater decline) for the first time since the March 2009 rally began. The tide definitely seems to have turned in this market, but we can not officially declare a new down trend

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This morning I woke up to read numerous articles on how the stock markets closed yesterday below their 200 day moving averages officially entering Bear Market territory.  Obviously, the notion of where to draw the line in the sand for official Bear Market territory is a subject of much debate. I personally believe a hard and fast rule of the 200 day moving averages is good to watch, but every

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-570030171758942622010-05-20T11:40:00.001-04:002010-05-20T17:44:36.249-04:00

Far be for me to miss out on a good conspiracy theory, but I think the "end of the world" has gotten a little ahead of itself. Click to Enlarge I gauge this not only on a broad series of market indicators, but on what professionals term a "fear gauge", the CBOE Options Equity Put/Call Ratio.  Investopedia defines this index as "a ratio of the trading volume of put options to call options. It is

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-14269708870133417672010-05-19T10:24:00.000-04:002010-05-19T10:24:31.311-04:00

I wanted to post a quick market update based on what we see today (obviously this is fluid and subject to change).  It appears that the markets started to consolidate off the May lows formed on the 7th in what we call a "symmetrical triangle."  This is usually a continuation pattern in the direction of the short-term trend, which is down.  We are now getting pretty oversold in the short-term and

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-44226095875547771462010-05-18T12:39:00.007-04:002010-05-18T12:41:34.131-04:00

We just finished producing our latest white paper entitled "Why Trend Following Can Enhance Charitable Trust Performance."  This white paper has not been posted yet to our website (which is currently being ported to a new platform....a story for another day).  If you would like a copy, please let me know by providing your name and email as a comment to this posting. Posted by Jeff Diercks var

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The market popped sharply higher on last weekend’s announcement of the $1 trillion EU sovereign debt ‘solution’. The fact that they are trying to solve a debt crisis by creating more debt is absurd. The short term liquidity generated by the bailout will help temporarily, but does nothing to address the underlying problem. This is like the old plumber’s analogy: “instead of fixing the leak, just

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-979960321448360362010-05-14T15:26:00.000-04:002010-05-14T15:26:04.281-04:00

I love this piece from Michael S. Rozeff, a retired professor of Finance living in East Amherst, New York.  My brother in law was kind enough to pass this along to me and I believe you will enjoy his perspective on the current state of global economic and financial markets. By the way, there will be no Weekly Trend Tracker today.  The very short-term trend is down as I explained in yesterday's

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-51500980571644763312010-05-13T19:36:00.001-04:002010-05-13T19:37:06.266-04:00

I am sorry I have not posted much this week.  It's tough to get going some weeks and this has been one of them. After the mayhem of last week and the disappointment of having stop loss orders hit and executed well below targeted sell prices, it has been hard to focus on the current markets.  However, I found out that I am not the only manager with this problem as highlighted in the Kirk Report -

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-14126796478103687832010-05-11T14:37:00.000-04:002010-05-11T14:37:12.701-04:00

It seems pretty clear to me that we are still in a recession or early stages of a recovery.  If you want to confirm this just ask your neighbor as roughly 17% of the population is unemployed or under employed.  Washington, in my opinion, should be doing everything it can to promote growth at this stage until we have definitively turned the economic corner.  Several months of falling job losses

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-46229997979492047882010-05-10T09:20:00.000-04:002010-05-10T09:20:30.069-04:00

The indices posted their worst one week losses since March 2009 as the deteriorating debt situation in the EU continued to offset positive economic news. For the week, the Dow lost 5.7%, the S&P 500 lost 6.4%, the Nasdaq Composite lost 7.9%, the S&P 400 (mid caps) lost 8.1%, and the Russell 2000 (small caps) lost 8.9%. No matter what the catalyst was, our indicators were giving us warning signs

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-23194715726676371462010-05-07T10:23:00.000-04:002010-05-07T10:23:17.208-04:00

It didn't matter who you were yesterday, it was a stressful day.  If you had reduced market exposure (as we had), you still found stops getting hit on what appears to be technical glitches at the exchanges.  Not only were these stops hit, but the corresponding pricing on certain securities was just not possible.   We had several ETF stops get hit well below the market levels and then the ETF

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In part one of this article, we made the case that the proper timing of taking your required minimum distributions (RMD) could help you improve your investment results. We also showed how a 72 year retiree in a rising market would generally do better to wait before making his or her RMDs until the end of the calendar year due to the effect of compounding. Finally, we showed how to gauge the type

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If you are a retiree, how often have you given a second thought to the timing of your required minimum distributions or RMDs from your retirement account(s)? Every U.S. retirement account owner over the age of 70.5 years (except Roth IRA owners) must take an annual RMD, but the tax law does not specifically stipulate the exact timing of such distributions, except that they must be made by

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-2165167283332420652010-05-04T13:43:00.001-04:002010-05-04T13:44:39.873-04:00

I know I have been predicting this for more than two months and eventually even I must get it right...but the correction looks to finally be upon us. Click to Enlarge Today we took out recent April lows and are moving toward the April low.  This is a big move in a single day, I would expect some back filling over the next few days and then possibly a resumption of the downward trend. A reasonable

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-35071100366111253362010-05-02T21:54:00.000-04:002010-05-02T21:54:59.696-04:00

Equities managed to hold on to positive gains for April while the Dow and Nasdaq Composite posted their first losing weeks since February. Jitters over the spread of euro zone debt problems forced flows into lower risk assets (see Risk Flow Index update below). Recall that last week we wrote about the lack of bearishness in this market as reflected by the weekly Investors Intelligence Survey.

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-15748772866078616062010-04-30T10:25:00.000-04:002010-04-30T10:25:56.013-04:00

In last week's Trend Tracker I laid out a number of reasons why stocks should correct.  Nothing has really changed this week except we may be closer to that actually occurring.   Tuesday's S&P ratings downgrades of Greece and Portugal spooked markets and led to largest, high volume decline in the markets in several months and increased the overall number of distribution days for each index. Click

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-44095640407358954552010-04-29T11:10:00.000-04:002010-04-29T11:10:03.306-04:00

Weeks ago I posted a blog entry that a default by Greece on its debt could and would lead to contagion in Europe and eventually the U.S. (See Is a Default in Greece Just the Tip of the Iceberg?).  In now appears it may soon be the case as credit spreads have widened significantly for other PIIGS nations in the EMU.  Just last Tuesday, Greek debt was downgraded to junk status by S&P.  Portugal's

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-88700545242580272512010-04-28T11:00:00.001-04:002010-04-28T11:01:30.541-04:00

It appears that we have begun some kind of market correction or consolidation.  Yesterday's sell off was the most violent and deep we have seen in months and volume was up significant on all indexes. Now you may be saying, "well Jeff we have had snap backs like this before....how do you know that this two day pullback will not immediately snap back and the markets move higher?"  I think the

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-9593128945403231022010-04-23T09:59:00.000-04:002010-04-23T09:59:09.879-04:00

There was a great song when I was growing up entitled "Should I Stay or Should I Go."  I believe it was by the Clash (please correct me if I am wrong here). We face the same sort of dilema in the markets this week....Should I stay or should I start taking profits?  The goal of any money manager, according to Dan Fitzpatrick of StockMarketMentor.com is to think in terms of a triangle (paraphrase)

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-10196271424233868542010-04-22T09:43:00.000-04:002010-04-22T09:43:26.352-04:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-91921172345683617712010-04-22T09:09:00.000-04:002010-04-22T09:09:32.335-04:00

Today, we have a couple of interesting posts.  Could Housing Be In For A Double Dip? The first is from the Trumphet.com and their article stating that the housing price stability we have seen in recent months has largely been because banks have not been foreclosing on delinquent properties.  That moratorium has evidently passed and flush with cash rich balance sheets from the past 12 month

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-31804947217089335632010-04-21T09:22:00.000-04:002010-04-21T09:22:13.637-04:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-68935987073797870772010-04-19T07:45:00.000-04:002010-04-19T07:45:21.382-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); The S&P 500 was denied its seventh straight week of gains as news that the SEC filed a civil complaint against Goldman Sachs sent nervous investors scurrying for the exits. The

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-90163436697649264592010-04-15T12:59:00.002-04:002010-04-15T13:02:58.990-04:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-57158374774268782042010-04-14T08:00:00.000-04:002010-04-14T08:00:04.067-04:00

Inflation is a phenomena that we have lived with for years.  It is like an old friend and governments depend on inflation to constantly fund their ever growing needs through taxation and price appreciation. Our government continues to borrow and then sell treasury instruments to fund its budget deficits and, as a result, we should see inflation at a some point.   If nothing else inflation should

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-47358962625141039352010-04-13T10:59:00.000-04:002010-04-13T10:59:56.156-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); It has been said that complacency always leads to a fall and it is no different with the markets.  Today, I want to show you an indicator that may be forecasting such a fall.

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-61496813984101025332010-04-12T07:42:00.000-04:002010-04-12T07:42:16.105-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Equities continued their push higher this past week as outperformance by tech and small caps showed that the risk trade is alive and well. Financials (XLF +2.86%) continued

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-18868373052570203292010-04-09T16:50:00.000-04:002010-04-09T16:50:04.007-04:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-87584558736414746612010-04-09T08:19:00.000-04:002010-04-09T08:19:00.277-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); I am not a patient person and so I find tops much more frustrating than bottoms.  Tops are slow laborious events with up and down days drawn over weeks or months.  You can see

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-33372701188637823092010-04-07T17:02:00.001-04:002010-04-07T17:02:00.438-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); This is an interesting video from Bob Prechter.  Here he makes his case for a significant correction in the S&P 500.  Bespoke Investment Group makes the point that the S&P 500

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-27505294156316023992010-04-06T08:54:00.000-04:002010-04-06T08:54:34.572-04:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-31898257971581117562010-04-05T07:59:00.000-04:002010-04-05T07:59:24.470-04:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-1356188047752497362010-04-02T16:51:00.000-04:002010-04-02T16:51:23.598-04:00

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var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Thomas Kee recently published an article in Barrons entitled "For Stocks, 16 Lean Years" in which he makes the case that the third major "down" period in U.S. history began in

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-16917178831405650922010-03-30T15:09:00.000-04:002010-03-30T15:09:49.461-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Not only is this a shortened trading week for many, but trading volume is traditionally down the week of Easter/Passover. So far the action in stocks have not deviated from this

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-860262298656748122010-03-30T08:00:00.001-04:002010-03-30T08:00:06.866-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Investors Business Daily ran a nice article on how to cope with the estate tax.  In case you didn't know, the estate tax was repealed for 2010.  However, as great as this may 

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-27711591353042663032010-03-29T09:23:00.000-04:002010-03-29T09:23:58.820-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Equities concluded the trading week treading water after reversing Thursday’s sharp opening gains to log modest overall gains for the week. This was a monumental week which saw

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-37102670270434836602010-03-26T09:47:00.000-04:002010-03-26T09:47:02.050-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Yesterday's market action in the major averages may have painted a short-term top.  As you can see in the chart below, the market formed a candlestick pattern known as a shooting

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-58189947763685815612010-03-25T08:00:00.000-04:002010-03-25T08:00:08.347-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Two weeks ago we had a two part series on what Dow Theory might be telling us.  Well as with everything in the rally so far in this rally....it told us nothing.  Nota!  To be

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-59646051998295870002010-03-24T17:03:00.001-04:002010-03-24T17:03:00.251-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Our senator from Florida, George LeMieux (R) has done a great job in the following article entitled 10 Myths Surrounding Health Care Reform Debate in outlining the real myths of

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-49111349102860484822010-03-24T08:00:00.002-04:002010-03-24T08:00:05.811-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Click to Enlarge Despite the fact that 59% of Americans oppose President Obama’s plan, according to CNN, and more than 48% oppose the plan, according to CBS News, the President

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-29588792625518777132010-03-23T08:00:00.000-04:002010-03-23T08:00:01.345-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Under the general heading of "things are not what they seem", I want to pass along some comments and posts from others on the economy.  These links are not meant to be negative,

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-79566077227889632582010-03-22T18:11:00.000-04:002010-03-22T18:11:00.535-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); I couldn't help but stare at the chart below from VisualEconomics.com.  After all we are trend followers and the trend clearly shifted from lower misery to higher misery when we

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-21792559056665083852010-03-22T11:14:00.000-04:002010-03-22T11:14:15.483-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); The S&P 500 finally broke out to new recovery highs this past week, while the Dow and broad based NYSE Composite still lagged as each briefly broke through January resistance

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-52330443655739660162010-03-19T09:13:00.000-04:002010-03-19T09:13:48.052-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); This week's Weekly Trend Tracker shows improvement in the overbought conditions of several major indexes.  I would still advise caution as these indexes are still technically

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-20607181650598660762010-03-18T09:01:00.000-04:002010-03-18T09:01:58.058-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); The market now is in day 12 of a 13 day total melt up. Just over two weeks ago, we told you the market was overbought in the short-term and now with virtually no down days

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-54967947397767446052010-03-17T15:31:00.000-04:002010-03-17T15:31:28.458-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); For years now, China has been one of the key drivers of worldwide growth.  With a population of over 1.3 Billion people moving from lower class to middle and upper class, their

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-10632547267881359652010-03-16T10:17:00.000-04:002010-03-16T10:17:55.810-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); The U.S. Federal Reserve meets today in open market meeting.  Don't expect much news here as the Fed is widely anticipated to keep rates near zero and renew its pledge to keep

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-16585305771893916092010-03-14T21:37:00.000-04:002010-03-14T21:37:55.044-04:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); This past week saw tech shares along with small and mid caps extend gains over their breakout points while the Dow and S&P 500 once again lagged. The S&P 500 reached its January

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-77581675331410831292010-03-12T09:44:00.001-05:002010-03-12T09:45:22.435-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Last week when I made this Market Trends post, I actually thought the markets would pull back this week and give me a better opportunity to add to client accounts.  However, this

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-49253820370545823242010-03-11T08:00:00.004-05:002010-03-11T08:00:04.407-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Yesterday, I explained that Dow Theory was developed in the mid-to-late nineteenth century by Charles Dow based on a compilation of his Wall Street Journal editorials...more than

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-58343078292673672532010-03-10T08:00:00.001-05:002010-03-10T08:00:00.422-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); The Dow Theory of price movements is a technical analysis methodology pulled from the Wall Street Journal editorials written by Charles Dow in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-48357129901330287292010-03-09T08:00:00.003-05:002010-03-09T13:23:02.194-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); This was sent to me in an email and I also know I read a very similar story in "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Tim Ferriss. I thought it worth posting. I know it is not investment

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-441073749621652392010-03-07T19:00:00.001-05:002010-03-08T10:17:49.005-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); In spite of a U-6 unemployment rate of 16.8%, record high foreclosures, last week’s faltering home sales numbers, and 36,000 more Americans losing their jobs in February, stocks

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-50324270791904795972010-03-05T09:24:00.001-05:002010-03-05T09:26:57.527-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Well the markets continue to confound in what has been one of the toughest stretches for traders I have ever seen.  Thus far, the rules of technical analysis, price and volume

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-75950971942113022092010-03-04T11:39:00.000-05:002010-03-04T11:39:07.686-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); How many of you can remember driving on a family vacation with your parents and uttering those famous words "are we there yet?"  Or maybe your kids are doing the same to you

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-3569910972914868182010-03-03T13:11:00.000-05:002010-03-03T13:11:11.093-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); If you are like most people on the planet, you covet your positive investment returns and are scared to death that you might give up those returns in this tough market climate. I

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-34322573817175338382010-02-28T22:43:00.000-05:002010-02-28T22:43:14.421-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); This past week, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured investors that there are no plans to hike interest rates for “an extended period of time”. This was taken as good news by the

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-43734574395476705332010-02-26T06:41:00.000-05:002010-02-26T06:41:40.293-05:00

About two years ago, I was handed a prophesy that was made by David Wilkerson, the founder of the Times Square Church in New York City (http://www.tscnyc.org/) and World Challenge Ministries (http://www.worldchallenge.org/).  Now I am not normally a big prophesy guy.  I tend to be very black and white in my approach to life...just ask my wife.  I think that is why I like trend following and

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-77554236605954450902010-02-25T08:34:00.001-05:002010-02-25T08:34:45.203-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Can two charts tell it all?  I think it can....today anyways.  The big news is the market may be near a turning point.  Then again it may not be.  How is that for indecision?

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-75723345885460549532010-02-24T09:30:00.000-05:002010-02-24T09:30:41.286-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); As a follow up to today's post on the financials and interest rates, this chart from http://www.businessinsider.com/ on commercial and industrial loans at all commercial banks. 

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-52255121827154646372010-02-24T08:00:00.002-05:002010-02-24T16:11:05.435-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); The major banks have profited handsomely from a steep yield curve that has allowed them to take government bailout or TARP funds and lend at the long end of the curve, while

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-55994316412622051922010-02-23T08:00:00.000-05:002010-02-23T08:00:07.799-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); There is a great market video on the Market Club website entitled "Five Reasons Why Gold Will Not Make A New High This Time" http://broadcast.ino.com/education/5reasons/. Besides

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-78048666758578616532010-02-22T16:00:00.002-05:002010-02-23T20:37:23.384-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); In case you didn’t see it on Friday, President Obailout (I mean Obama) unveiled another $1.5 Billion (with a B) program to help the unemployed with their mortgage payments, those

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-69666743213877671952010-02-21T21:33:00.001-05:002010-02-21T21:56:32.917-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); On Thursday evening after the market close, the Federal Reserve announced and increase in the discount rate to 0.75% from 0.50% in addition to changing the loan terms from as

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-59867176174711079882010-02-19T14:55:00.000-05:002010-02-19T14:55:07.594-05:00

The markets continued to move higher this week in a retracement rally on the heals of January's correction.  We have yet to confirm a lower higher at this point in time, so the March 2009 rally is technically still intact.  Although I believe caution is advisable here as volume on this retracement rally has been weak and declining relative to the volume on the correction. (For more on this see

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-19380673537486573672010-02-17T08:00:00.005-05:002010-02-17T08:00:05.782-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); What if I told you there was a way to improve your financial situation versus your peers. Would you be interested? According to a November 2009 survey of high net worth

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-34413869865713563382010-02-16T07:54:00.000-05:002010-02-16T07:54:04.644-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); As expected, the market breathed a sigh of relief last week as we were all warmly re-assured that Greek’s sovereign debt would not be allowed to fail. Greece stepped up and gave

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-81808231666467040232010-02-15T10:02:00.000-05:002010-02-15T10:02:27.294-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); We hope you and your families have a wonderful and happy Presidents' day!  The markets are closed today in the U.S. so we will not be posting any market related news or analysis.

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-42047382944739209062010-02-12T09:29:00.000-05:002010-02-12T09:29:26.359-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); The market continued to be under pressure from the bears this week, although stocks are extremely oversold and have bounce some the past few days.  As we open Friday on what

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-90599447887292534002010-02-10T21:54:00.000-05:002010-02-10T21:54:04.820-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); In this week's market update, I am going to take you Around the World in Five Charts.  Let's start our journey in the market that is really driving it all, the U.S. dollar. Here

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-87099010661719214832010-02-10T08:00:00.002-05:002010-02-10T08:00:02.408-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); The truth of the matter is most of us will never truly be able to retire. Oh, we may leave our current job or vocation, but in this new global economy, true retirement the way

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-46916011899609618032010-02-10T08:00:00.000-05:002010-02-09T10:15:36.815-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Courtesy of Capitalworks.net and Bloomberg: This is a pretty simple picture of what is driving the market...the dollar.  The markets since January have been negatively

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-42487909909208805442010-02-09T11:59:00.001-05:002010-02-09T11:59:00.329-05:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-83535059401445217032010-02-09T08:26:00.000-05:002010-02-09T08:26:52.558-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Treasury bonds have historically been a safe haven for investors in times of trouble, a barameter on the economic activity and impartial voice on the policies that Washington is

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-69279835249736335732010-02-07T18:16:00.001-05:002010-02-07T21:58:22.913-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Concerns over potential sovereign debt defaults in Europe gave investors a reason to flee for the exits last week before late short covering and bargain hunting on Friday pulled

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-16996383141050602252010-02-05T08:00:00.009-05:002010-02-05T08:00:07.522-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Yesterday's post talked about a potential reversal point and the need for confirmation, we'll did we get confirmation....ugly confirmation!   The NYSE composite careened 3.6%

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Here is a quick market update from our video market update last Thursday. As we explained last week, we thought the market was overbought and was due for a bounce.  We saw that bounce earlier in the week, now I fear we may be ready to head lower.  Here is why: First, today's price action formed a Japanese Candlestick formation called a "Bearish Harami."  This is a classic reversal (change in

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-25366505530294608912010-02-03T08:00:00.001-05:002010-02-03T08:00:07.861-05:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-41731598032530995542010-02-02T08:00:00.001-05:002010-02-02T08:42:26.767-05:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-12638460301976787232010-02-01T09:07:00.003-05:002010-02-01T14:04:59.941-05:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Q4 2009 GDP came in at the highest pace in six years, Microsoft and Amazon posted better than expected earnings, yet the market gave up early gains and rolled over again on

InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-64646327799522365842010-01-29T08:28:00.001-05:002010-01-29T08:30:19.910-05:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-88814492479807203352010-01-27T08:00:00.002-05:002010-01-27T08:00:02.621-05:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-70005978767718205722010-01-26T08:00:00.000-05:002010-01-26T08:00:06.784-05:00

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InTrust Advisors, Inc.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492316562292644525.post-18901523321093032452010-01-25T06:41:00.000-05:002010-01-25T06:41:42.839-05:00

The markets were roiled last week on multiple fronts, from uncertainty at home to tighter monetary policy abroad. The Chinese government is beginning to apply pressure to try and keep a developing inflation problem under control. Last week The People’s Bank of China took measures to clamp down on virtually all new bank lending. This comes on the heels of their January 12 announcement to dampen

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