Chris Ciovacco

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• Could The ECB Flip The Playing Field?

  Published 03 June 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Low Inflation In Europe and Your Portfolio Last December, we explained why central bankers are terrified of economies that slip into a very difficult to…

• Stocks and Bonds: Will We See A Turn?

  Published 02 June 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Offense vs. Defense Stocks kicked off the trading week with a 7 point drop in the S&P 500 early in Monday's session. When ISM news…

• Tired Of Missing Rallies? 4 Ways To Improve Your Game

  Published 19 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Volatility Leaves Many Underinvested Again Based primarily on fears of a U.S. default, markets have been extremely volatile over the past few weeks, which undoubtedly…

• Bonds: Should Stock Investors Be Concerned?

  Published 30 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  While numerous bearish calls have been made for stocks based on the recent strength in bonds, history says stocks and bonds can rise in unison…

• Stop Wasting Energy On The VIX

  Published 29 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The VIX Fear Index is arguably the most over-analyzed tool on Wall Street relative to its real-world predictive powers of where stocks are headed. The…

• Market Intervention Has Left Investors Confused

  Published 28 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Investors "Lack Direction" We have covered the topic of investor indecisiveness numerous times in recent months. This week, bank executives cited investor uncertainty as an…

• Is Anticipation Investing Hurting Your Portfolio?

  Published 24 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Despite The List Of Concerns, Stocks Fail To Correct...Again On May 14, we noted that by continually evaluating both the bullish and bearish case for…

• Busting Small Cap/Stock Market Risk Myths

  Published 21 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  We have all heard weakness in small caps is foreshadowing a breakdown in the general stock market. The implication is that small caps are a…

• Is The Fed Making The Same Low-Rate Mistakes?

  Published 20 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  2014: Seeing Some Bubble-Like Comments The segments below from a recent CNN Money article have a familiar 2002-2006 housing bubble ring to them: The competition…

• Until This Happens, Stock Correction Scenario Is Off Table

  Published 19 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Investor Doubt Increases Correction Odds The S&P 500 traded at 1,850 intraday on December 31, 2013. Last week's intraday low was 1,862, or just 0.64%…

• Is A Stealth Bear Market Already In Motion?

  Published 16 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  When The Godfather Speaks... Ralph Acampora is known as the Godfather of technical analysis. He also has 13,600 followers on Twitter, which means when the…

• Guideposts Can Assist With Risk Management In Uncertain Market

  Published 15 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Schizophrenic Market Still With Us In a May 14 article, we discussed ways to reduce personal bias and increase investment flexibility. Since the present day…

• Want To Reduce Missteps? Become A Two-Faced Investor

  Published 14 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Improving Your Perspective On Markets We all want: To become better investors. To improve our ability to probabilistically forecast future market outcomes. To reduce daily…

• What Is Dow Theory Telling Us Now?

  Published 13 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Positive Message For Manufacturing Stock prices have a high correlation to economic activity and earnings. History tells us bear markets are often kicked-off by recessions.…

• Dow Breaks Out: What Does It Mean For Investors?

  Published 12 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  News Flow Was Light Given financial markets have an almost infinite number of moving parts, it can be difficult to pin down why investor tone…

• Vigilantes: A Balanced Portfolio's Worst Nightmare

  Published 07 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  What Is A Bond Market Vigilante? Before we can move on to a hypothetical example of a difficult period for stock-and-bond-only portfolios, it is important…

• Growth Stocks Provide Evidence Of Vulnerability

  Published 06 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Higher Growth Shares Continue To Lag Leadership in the financial markets speaks to investor conviction. If you want to know where demand is strong, a…

• Strategies For A 60/40 Stock Market

  Published 05 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Mixed Picture Calls For Diversification And Flexibility The S&P 500 closed at 1,848 on December 31, 2013. Fast forward 125 days and not much has…

• This Chart Might Surprise Many Stock Bulls

  Published 02 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Jobs Report Means Stronger Growth, Right? The economic bulls got a blowout number from Friday's nonfarm payrolls report. From Reuters: U.S. job growth increased at…

• Sector Leadership Says What It Says

  Published 01 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Friday Primer Given the market expected the Fed to taper again this week, Friday brings the most important economic event of the week; the monthly…