I’ve noticed over the years that people love to slap labels on me depending on where we are in the market cycle. In bull markets, when stocks are trending higher, I’m often called a permabull – that’s short for “permanent…
As investors, we have to separate what we want from what we have. As the old saying goes, “You have to play the cards you’re dealt.” In other words, some people want to invest in a world they wish we…
Risk appetite for stocks isn’t slowing. It’s accelerating. It’s funny… I keep hearing people talk about “signs of a top” everywhere you look. But when I actually do the work and go through the charts, I’m seeing the exact opposite.…
I don’t know if you noticed, but for the third straight week the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) survey showed more bears than bulls. Three weeks in a row! How does that even happen when the S&P 500, the…
Apparently it’s Equal-Weight Week here at TrendLabs. I didn’t script this… but the market sure did. On Monday, we talked about Semiconductors wrestling with their equal-weight breakout. Tuesday, it was Consumers flexing new highs on the equal-weight charts. Yesterday, we…
Rotation is the heartbeat of every bull market. Not just some of them – all of them. Yesterday, we talked about Consumer Discretionary and how it went from laggard in the first half to leader in the third quarter. But…
The American consumer isn’t just a piece of the U.S. economy – they are the engine driving it. Nearly 70% of gross domestic product (GDP) comes directly from household spending. The everyday choices people make – what they buy, where…
You can’t have any technology without chips. That’s why Semiconductors are considered some of the most important stocks in the market. Right now, this critical group is trying to do something it hasn’t been able to do. That is, break…
On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at a fresh 52-week high. That’s the first time that’s happened in 2025, believe it or not. Here’s what the highest weekly close ever for the world’s most important stock market index…
On Wednesday, August 13, the S&P 500 closed at a new all-time high. So did the Nasdaq-100. That very same day, the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) released its latest survey results, as it usually does on Wednesdays. To…
Everybody hates small-cap stocks. We’ve rarely seen this kind of extreme positioning in any direction ever in stock market history. We talked about it on Tuesday: Russell 2000: The Sheep Are Short, We’re the Wolves Lurking. As a reminder, the…
Today we’re talking about the best fundamental analyst on Wall Street. Usually you won’t hear me talk too much about the funnymentals, but today that’s exactly what we’re focusing on. First, let me set the stage. According to the types…
