Here at Trendlabs, we focus on analyzing the behavior of the markets, and therefore we must also analyze the behavior of market participants – the humans. We’re always looking for divergences between what people are thinking and what the market…
Last night, in a matter of minutes, we saw $500 billion added to the market. Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings after the close yesterday. Immediately after the release, the stock was up more than 8% in after-hours trading. That’s $300 billion…
Utilities can be a bull market asset too, you know! People assume Utilities doing well is a heads-up that the stock market could be taking a turn for the worse. But that’s not necessarily the case, at all. Everybody’s wrong.…
It’s common knowledge at this point that the average annual return for the S&P 500 is somewhere between 8% and 10%, depending on what year you start counting. You even see these numbers among many sell-side analysts when they come…
Japan is probably my favorite country to visit in the entire world. I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to do that a half dozen times over the years. Whenever I’m there, I’m reminded how much I love it. The…
If you’ve been following along, it’s not every day I agree with journalists. Me agreeing with bank analysts is also something you won’t see often. However, this week they did something that really made me stop and say, “Yes, that…
Today I want to talk about what Rasheed Wallace taught me about financial markets. For those of you who are not familiar, Rasheed is a former professional basketball player, well known for his passionate, sometimes volatile personality. His signature phrase…
Everyone loves to dunk on Jim Cramer. Say what you want about the guy – he’s been around longer than most traders have been alive, and he’s seen it all. I don’t keep up with his show these days, but…
Humans can be a funny bunch. They need answers, mostly to questions like, “Why?” Whenever I find myself talking to someone about a stock that I think goes up, the next question, always, is, “Why?” If I’m talking about the…
Not everything is a Tech stock. It certainly feels that way sometimes. And we can absolutely make an argument that many publicly traded companies are directly or indirectly “Tech” stocks. But they’re not. Amazon.com (AMZN) is not a Tech stock. …
There’s a huge misconception in the stock market that you should always own “good companies” that earn money and are maybe even growing their earnings. Nope. Not true. Sometimes stocks that represent profitable companies can be a good trade, or…
One thing I learned by playing, watching, and enjoying sports my whole life is that there’s nothing wrong with your best players scoring a lot of the points. In fact, that’s exactly what they’re supposed to do. One of the…
