Mind Your Own Business
It doesn’t matter what other people do with their money. That’s none of my business. For a lot of people, that’s a hard idea to accept. They worry about what their neighbors own. They think about what their coworkers are…
JC Parets is one of the most widely followed Technical Analysts in the world, known for his ability to cut through market noise and uncover real opportunities. As a Chartered Market Technician (CMT), JC specializes in identifying high-probability setups with a unique top-down approach which has helped hedge fund managers and thousands of everyday investors navigate the markets with confidence.
When the Leaders Stop Leading
For a long time, the story was simple. A handful of mega-cap stocks were doing all the work, dragging the market higher while everything else lagged behind. That story hasn’t really changed in people’s minds. But the market itself has…
The Books That Shaped My Life (Part 2)
Many of the most successful people I know read a lot of books. Unfortunately, many of the people I know who feel stuck in their jobs, unsure about their careers, and frustrated by what they do not know rarely read…
The Market Is Telling the Fed Chair Inflation Isn’t Gone
Founder’s Note: You’re about to read one of the best lessons about how markets process complex information in real time you’ll ever get. That’s what Jason Perz does… he takes on hard challenges and makes them seem a lot easier. …
The ‘Good Fundamentals’ Crowd Is Late… Again
The small-cap stocks with the “good” fundamentals are finally starting to participate. Until recently, leadership in small caps was coming almost entirely from indexes that didn’t care whether companies made money or not. If you were small enough, you were…
So Much for ‘Only the Mag 7 Matter’
There’s a lot of winning going on in the stock market right now. As of this morning, more stocks on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are in uptrends than at any point since 2024. That’s worth pausing on. Just…
Does This Bull Market Have a Divergence Problem?
We’ve been in a raging bull market for stocks, and suddenly this week everyone’s telling me we’re finally getting “confirmation” of it. That’s interesting, because just two or three months ago the narrative could not have been more different. Back…
Angry Consumers. Happy Stocks.
There’s been so much winning lately that it’s almost hard to keep track. Stocks have been posting historic numbers year after year, and 2026 has picked up right where the last few left off. At the same time, something interesting…
If This Is a Bubble, I’d Like a Refund
Businessweek is out with a cover warning investors to “Beware the Bubble” and teaching you how to “survive” the year ahead, as if investing has suddenly turned into some kind of apocalyptic endurance test. This is a real magazine. With…
The Books That Shaped My Life
I hated reading when I was younger. I didn’t have the attention span, and I definitely didn’t have the interest to make it through an entire book, let alone a chapter. All I wanted to do was play baseball. That…
Small-Caps Just Made History. Breadth Doom Didn’t.
The Russell 2000 closed yesterday at the highest level in its history. That matters. This index includes 2,000 stocks and represents roughly two-thirds of the Russell 3000, the broadest measure of U.S. equities. When small-cap stocks are making new all-time…
Jan Brady Just Made a New All-Time High
Mid-cap stocks broke out to all-time highs yesterday. That’s new. And it matters. We’ve spent plenty of time talking about large caps making record highs. The S&P 500 keeps doing what healthy bull markets do: pushing into uncharted territory. Small…