Chris Ciovacco

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• Big Picture Continues To Align With Bullish Case For Stocks

  Published 15 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Leadership Provides Insight Into Market's Tolerance for Risk Supply and demand is a simple and powerful concept. When investors are confident about future economic outcomes,…

• Bonds Can Help Stock Investors Monitor Correction Risk

  Published 14 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Outlook For Earnings Sparking Concern Earnings season always causes some hesitation in the bull's camp. As more and more releases hit the wire, the question…

• Will 2014 Bring Calmer Economic Waters For Markets?

  Published 13 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Eventually, The Economy Needs To Step Up The Federal Reserve has been doing the heavy lifting in the stock market for longer than they care…

• Is It Time To Sell Stocks and Buy Bonds?

  Published 10 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  After Weak Jobs Report, Prudent To Recheck Big Picture On January 9, we described the importance of considering allocation adjustments as the observable evidence shifts.…

• 2014: Leverage The Power Of Now In Investing

  Published 09 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Staying In The Now Is Key To Investing Eckhart Tolle's New York Times Best Seller The Power Of Now has sold over 2 million copies…

• What Is Relative Demand Telling Us About Stocks and The Economy?

  Published 08 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  What Is Relative Demand Telling Us About Stocks and The Economy? Businesses Appear More Confident The U.S. economy is highly dependent on consumers buying and…

• The Best 2014 Investment Advice

  Published 07 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Stop Doing What Everyone Else Does A poll was recently conducted on Twitter asking, who was the most helpful trader in 2013? We do not…

• Stocks: Be Prepared, But Not Time To Overreact

  Published 06 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Slowing Momentum Fundamentally & Technically The stock market is trying to figure out if the Fed can pass the baton to the economy. Recent hesitation…

• You Need A Plan For Next Inevitable Bear Market

  Published 03 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Not If, But When Next Big Drop Comes As we noted on January 2, the market's current profile does not point to an imminent bear…

• Evidence Says Imminent Bear Market Not Likely

  Published 02 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Aggregate Opinion Drives Markets Roughly half of the U.S. population owns stocks, which equates to approximately 156 million people. Those 156 million people along with…

• The Most Important Thing For 2014

  Published 31 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Is There A Better Way? As we prepare to close the books on 2013, investors are being hit with a variety of financial forecasts for…

• Five 2014 Questions For Stock Market Bears

  Published 30 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Systemic Fear Not As High As It Once Was Why was the stock market able to break out from the 13-year consolidation pattern we covered…

• The Most Underappreciated Bullish Evidence

  Published 27 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Growth Highest In Three Years The internet has given consumers access to information and alternate distribution channels. A more informed consumer translates to stiff competition…

• Stocks Poised To Drift Higher

  Published 26 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Durable Goods Bring Cheer To Holiday Week As noted Monday, bullish alignment of fundamentals and technicals can be a powerful bullish driver for higher stock…

• Bull Market Could Last Several More Years

  Published 23 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Fundamentals And Technicals Align Before we examine how long bull markets can last, it should be noted the bulls have the fundamental and technical stars…

• For Stocks, Economic Perception Is Reality

  Published 20 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Friday's Report Helps Investors Feel More Confident We have been stating for some time the Federal Reserve was using quantitative easing (QE) as monetary lighter…

• Taper Refreshes Bullish Outlook

  Published 19 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Sustainable, But Not Normal Yet The taper surprise was that stocks rocketed higher once the markets digested the Fed's statement. The market chose to focus…

• Low Inflation Leaves Fed's No Taper Door Open

  Published 17 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Fed Lost Control In 2008 In early December, we used Japan as an extreme example of why central banks are terrified of allowing their respective…

• Taper: Handicapping Fed's Impact

  Published 16 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Is Two Out Of Three Good Enough? Last summer, the Fed said they were using three main criteria for reducing their monthly bond buys -…

• Three Reasons To Put Stocks On Shorter Leash

  Published 12 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Waning Bullish Conviction Stronger economy Taper odds increasing Bullish trends are more vulnerable Retail Data Exceeded Expectations The Federal Reserve has been looking for noticeable…