So What’s the deal with Gold lately? Gold has been in a channel for almost 2 years now since May 2011 between 1550-1800.
In the shorter term, Gold has been on a downtrend and has been selling off from the top of the channel at about 1755 and encountered an intraday low of 1539.7 on Thursday. Some of . . .

Stocks ended Q1 on a powerful note. The S&P closed at an all-time high of 1569. Besides two quick pullbacks in late December and February, the S&P has marched in a near-straight 200 point tear since mid-November 2012. In a virtually identical playback to 2012’s start in which the market also . . .

Market cycles are synonymous with asset rotations. During rotations, Money flows from one asset to another as we see a previously out of favor sector become in favor and in favor sectors become out of favor. I think today’s action in the market put an explanation mark on a rotation into gold miners that . . .

Last Tuesday, March 12, Costco (COST) announced their Q2 FY2013 earnings. They came in at $1.10 per share, topping consensus estimates of $1.06. This was not a huge upside surprise but it was in keeping with COST’s recent pattern of behavior: simply beating estimates. COST has reported consistent sales . . .

Bank of America has emerged as a strong investment choice following the devastating 2008 financial crisis. Most recently, it reported that it is positioned well enough to sustain any similar financial crisis by passing the Federal Reserve’s stress test.
Regarding the importance of the tests, the Federal . . .

The market is doing very well Monday and Tuesday of this week but if I look back over the last month or two sector-rotation is telling a slightly different story. Industry groups tend to rotate in and out of favor with investors as the business cycle changes. In the early stages of a rally, technology, . . .