The pessimism around the stock market is back. That didn’t take long. All it took was software stocks sliding back toward last year’s lows and bitcoin getting cut in half, and suddenly the same crowd is declaring the bull market…
Today marks one year since the company formerly known as MicroStrategy announced it was rebranding to simply Strategy (MSTR), leaning all the way into its new identity as a Bitcoin treasury company instead of a software business. Since that announcement,…
Over the past three months, almost everything has been going up. No, really. Most stocks have been rallying. It just doesn’t feel that way if your entire frame of reference is the biggest technology stocks and the so-called “Magnificent 7.”…
The end of each month is the perfect time to step back, zoom out, and look beyond the noise. Not just at U.S. stocks. At stocks everywhere. This is a global asset class. Always has been. And many of the…
The stock market rarely reacts well when volatility erupts elsewhere. Last week, we saw historic swings in the metals market. That volatility spilled into currencies, and before long it showed up in many stocks as well. When commodities and forex…
We just entered one of the most difficult months of the year for stocks. The strongest three-month stretch on the calendar, November through January, is officially behind us. Historically, what follows is not a victory lap. It’s the hangover. As…
Founder’s Note: Our man Down Under is enjoying the benefits of the Southern Hemisphere right now, including the fact that he can get ready to play golf while we’re up here just trying to not freeze. Grant Hawkridge is always…
There’s no shortage of tools, indicators, and frameworks designed to make trading and investing harder than it already is. Early in my career, I fell into the same trap most people do. I kept adding things. More indicators. More overlays.…
Sector rotation is the lifeblood of every bull market. You’ve heard me say it a million times. And you’re going to keep hearing it, because it never stops being true. What we’re seeing so far in 2026 is a textbook…
There’s a lot we don’t know about markets, especially about what comes next. Uncertainty is part of the deal. What we do know is that markets evolve. We’ve watched structure change over time. Decimalization at the turn of the century.…
During bull markets, my job is to stay alert. I’m always hunting for cracks beneath the surface. Small shifts. Subtle changes. Anything that could signal a bigger problem before it becomes obvious to everyone else. During bear markets, I do…
Continuation patterns are exactly what the name implies. They are pauses within ongoing trends, not signals that the trend is ending. In markets, we generally see two types of patterns, continuation patterns and reversal patterns. The key difference is frequency.…
