The leading retail sector has been surprisingly strong despite the high price of gasoline in the United States. The Market Vectors Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:RTH) is finally declining this morning. The important... Read »

After making a new post crash high on Monday, the S&P500 gone wobbly over the past few days trading poorly alongside global equity markets, though U.S. markets are generally outperforming. The... Read »

This morning, the leading agriculture stocks are coming under some early selling pressure. This important sector has been very range bound over the past three months. Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA (NYSE:POT)... Read »

This morning, the U.S. Dollar Index topped out around 4:30 am EST. This was the same exact time that the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-M2) bottomed out. Traders can easily see how these two indexes... Read »

After looking at many global equity index charts today, we get a sense that stocks are staring to, or trying to rollover. U.S. markets look the strongest and Asia the weakest. We don’t know where the... Read »

Nearly every trading session when the U.S. Dollar Index futures (DX-M2) are stronger before the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) they will sell off after the open. Yesterday, and today... Read »

The highly popular and important oil services stocks have been weak relative the major stock indexes since late February 2012. This morning, the Market Vectors Oil Services ETF (NYSEARCA:OIH) is trading... Read »

This morning, the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-M2) are trading higher by 0.75 points to 1400.75 per contract. The leading European stock indexes are trading basically flat this morning as well.... Read »

I hear it all the time from people. “I’m passionate about it.” “I’m not going to quit, It’s my passion”. Or I hear it as advice to students and others “Follow your passion”. What a bunch... Read »

Once again, bond yields on the 10 and 30 year U.S. Treasury Note are rising. Last week, the yields jumped sharply higher by more than 25 basis points on both the 10, and 30 year note. Higher rates will... Read »