Marty Chenard

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• A Great Stock Market Indicator

  Published 25 January 2008 | viewed 5,183 times

  Every day, on our paid subscriber website, we show and rate 9 underlying fundamental conditions that are critical relative to rallies and corrections. This morning,…

• Moment of Truth?

  Published 17 January 2008 | viewed 6,813 times

  Are we approaching a "moment of truth"? ... where the market finds a bottom, or loses critical support that has a more serious down move?…

• Why Did the PF - SPY Project a Down Opening this Morning?

  Published 11 January 2008 | viewed 2,961 times

  Last week we shared our Intra-Day, short term Point & Figure model and how that showed a down condition. Yesterday, investors wanted to know "What…

• The Banking Index is Sounding the Alarm ...

  Published 09 January 2008 | viewed 5,208 times

  Too often, investors only look at the short and medium term trends in the markets. When we have had a year with exceptionally damaging sub-prime…

• Expect Increasing Market Volatility in the Coming Days ...

  Published 28 December 2007 | viewed 4,606 times

  A big market decision is approaching: Expect increasing market Volatility in the coming days ... and then a powerful move afterwards. The reason: Everyday, we…

• The Volatility Index's Concentric Circle Pattern and Market Down Movements ....

  Published 18 December 2007 | viewed 3,036 times

  It has been months since I posted our VIX Concentric Circle chart. It has always been one of the free subscriber favorites in the past.…

• Financials Represent 20% of the Stocks on the SP 500

  Published 13 December 2007 | viewed 3,752 times

  As we have pointed out before, the Financials represent 20% of the stocks on the S&P 500, so the Banking Index is very important to…

• Will Black Friday be Black or "in the Green"?

  Published 23 November 2007 | viewed 3,701 times

  1. Its Black Friday, when retailers typically get 10% of their sales today. U.S. and Foreign markets will be closely watching what happens here today.…

• Are the Margin Debt levels on the New York Stock Exchange sending us a message?

  Published 17 November 2007 | viewed 5,729 times

  Yesterday, I looked at the NYSE Margin Debt levels. On a short term basis, they don't tell you a whole lot, but from a longer…

• Stock Trends, Charts and Commentary

  Published 09 November 2007 | viewed 3,528 times

  Today we will look at the Transportation Index, and what happened in China last night. A potential market problem we pointed out last Friday, was…

• What Inverse Data is Saying About Market Conditions and Risk Levels

  Published 31 October 2007 | viewed 5,338 times

  In this update, we will cover: 1.) What the VIX Directional Tendency Indicator is saying prior to Bernanke's announcement today. 2.) Part 2 of the…

• How The Financial Sector is Dragging Down The SP and Pushing Up The VIX

  Published 24 October 2007 | viewed 3,800 times

  The S&P 500 is a key index that is watched by the Institutional Investors. Why? Because, it is the best measure of the economy with…

• A Rare "Double Event"

  Published 17 October 2007 | viewed 7,504 times

  Fibonacci numbers are ignored by many investors and not understood. However, the Fibonacci retracement values of 38.2% and 61.8% are often very useful as we…

• Higher Volatility

  Published 12 October 2007 | viewed 3,725 times

  Yesterday, we discussed why the NYA Index (New York Stock Exchange) is an important index to watch ... because most of all the program trading…

• Watch for a 4th. Quarter Semiconductor rally. Here is why ...

  Published 05 October 2007 | viewed 3,506 times

  The past 4 years have seen a Semiconductor rally every 4th. quarter. Will there be another Semiconductor stock rally between now and the end of…

• Be A Kid And Play Follow The Leader For Stock Market Profits ...

  Published 28 September 2007 | viewed 3,440 times

  Remember when you were a kid and played "follow the leader"? The leader would jump, run, and often do body contortions that you were supposed…

• Why Following Stock Market Liquidity Inflows or Outflows are Very Important...

  Published 21 September 2007 | viewed 5,783 times

  Liquidity levels and inflows are a critical element in the stock market, just as they are for Corporations and family finances. Our Liquidity model is…

• Who Really has Control Right Now ... the Bulls or the Bears?

  Published 14 September 2007 | viewed 3,949 times

  There are different ways of measuring what is happening in the markets. Indexes measure the market, but some indexes are price weighted, some are market…

• Bargains and Trouble Ahead at the Same Time??

  Published 04 September 2007 | viewed 4,693 times

  Labor Day is over and investors witnessed a quiet weekend. There were two noteworthy news Headlines this weekend. The first headline was: "Merrill Lynch &…

• Stock Trends, Charts and Commentary

  Published 16 August 2007 | viewed 4,858 times

  Noon Time Update: We will look at seven charts this Noon time, based on where a number of indexes were at the close yesterday and…