Ed Carlson

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• It's the Most Wonderful Time of Year!

  Published 29 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The holidays bring more than just gifts under the tree, excess calories, and rude in-laws. December and January represent two of the best months of…

• Turkey Week

  Published 22 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Holiday shortened weeks (like this week) have a tendency to be bullish and the Thanksgiving holiday is more bullish than most. But with the Hybrid…

• Titanic Syndrome

  Published 15 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The Titanic Syndrome is triggered when NYSE 52-week lows out-number 52-week highs within 7 days of an all-time high in equities (or a 400 point…

• Election Day Relief?

  Published 08 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Markets have now experienced a 9-day losing streak - something that has not happened since December 1980. Over the last 20 years the S&P 500…

• Bottoms Up!

  Published 01 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Last week's commentary detailed the Hybrid Lindsay forecast for a low near Friday of last week. While the market did trend downward into Friday's close…

• Cycle Shift

  Published 25 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Last week's commentary stated that we expected to see a high in the Dow no later than Wednesday. That high didn't come a day too…

• Short Rally

  Published 18 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

  We have been waiting for a bounce into the high forecast by the Hybrid Lindsay model and it looks to have come on Tuesday. Cycles…

• Lost in Translation

  Published 11 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

  A Hybrid Lindsay high is expected late this week, or early next, but that doesn't mean equities are expected to necessarily trend upward all week.…

• September 30- October 3 High

  Published 04 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The Hybrid Lindsay model points to a high early this week (if not last Friday). While there are other highs and lows scheduled, the next…

• Crude Oil - Bull Market Correction

  Published 27 September 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Crude gained $1.45/bbl. last week closing at 44.48 even after a $1.84 loss on Friday. Since the August high, crude looks like a descending triangle…

• Gold Fever

  Published 20 September 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Gold Fever – as in "illness". Gold's bear market has been slow to get started. Rather it has played out as a consolidation since last…

• Three Peaks and a Domed House

  Published 13 September 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Friday's decline broke the neckline of a small head-and-shoulders pattern seeming to leave behind the cupola Lindsay described as the top of his Domed House…

• Fasten your Seatbelts

  Published 23 August 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Last week we asked the question 'Is the Dow headed into the final top at point 23 - or is it engaged in the typical…

• Rio

  Published 16 August 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Olympic host, Rio de Janeiro, is getting a lot of coverage in the media and not all of it good.  Much of the news is…

• August 5-8 High

  Published 09 August 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The July 25 Market Update shared an interesting 60-day cycle which was due on July 22. That cycle scored a direct hit even if the…

• August Heat

  Published 02 August 2016 | viewed 0 times

  August is known for its heat and, for market participants, this August is expected to be extra-hot. Last Thursday marked the 11th straight day that…

• And Yet...

  Published 26 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Everything seems to say this market should be going down... and yet... price is always the final arbiter. July through October is a seasonally bullish…

• A Little Late but Still Expected

  Published 19 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The high forecast by the Hybrid Lindsay model for early last week was delayed for three days by option expiration. Even if the high is…

• A Bondsy Scheme

  Published 12 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Who needs the Fed's QE when the world is seemingly beating down the doors to buy US bonds? But like all Ponzi schemes, the end…

• 5-Year Cycle?

  Published 05 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

  My own observations of a 4 year cycle show a very consistent low in the Dow every four years. In 1962 the cycle expanded to…