Tim Wood

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• Is This March 2003?

  Published 21 February 2009 | viewed 6,025 times

  Dow Theory Says NO Of late I have heard the argument made that the November 2008 to February 2009 period is like the October 2002…

• A Brief Update on Dow Theory and the Current Non-Confirmation

  Published 07 February 2009 | viewed 4,839 times

  On November 21, 2007 the primary trend, in accordance to classical Dow theory, was confirmed as bearish. To date, nothing has occurred to invalidate that…

• Don't Buy The Hype

  Published 10 January 2009 | viewed 6,201 times

  Historically, bear markets have run approximately one-third the duration of the preceding bull market. From my perspective, the last bull market began at the 1974…

• Intermission

  Published 13 December 2008 | viewed 6,597 times

  Major stock averages have retested their 2002 lows, oil hits the 40 dollar mark and the dollar weakens. Does this now mean that it's over?…

• Dow Theory: Why Opinions Differ and Brief Update

  Published 29 November 2008 | viewed 5,076 times

  It's amazing how many people write articles and publish material on Dow theory. The sad thing is that the vast majority of the material I…

• Desperate Measures

  Published 01 November 2008 | viewed 5,625 times

  The Fed's action to either raise or lower rates has become a major focal point for the markets in recent years. It seems that the…

• It Still Ain't Gonna Work Plus A Quick Technical Look at Gold

  Published 18 October 2008 | viewed 6,995 times

  As the market declined into the 2002 low we began to see more manipulation and efforts to hold the market up than ever before. In…

• It Ain't Gonna Work

  Published 04 October 2008 | viewed 5,612 times

  By every historical measure the equity markets slipped into a secular bear market in 2000. As a result, we began to see efforts by the…

• Global Markets, Commodities, and the Economic Downturn

  Published 06 September 2008 | viewed 4,575 times

  Back in 2006 and 2007 everywhere we turned we heard about China and their enormous consumption of commodities and why the Chinese were largely responsible…

• Is The Dow Jones Industrial Average Relevant?

  Published 23 August 2008 | viewed 3,118 times

  This past week I was listening to an interview with an analyst who said that she had some 27 years of experience. In this interview…

• Parabolic Moves, Bubbles and the End Result

  Published 09 August 2008 | viewed 4,865 times

  In the chart below I have included a weekly chart of the Nasdaq 100. Beginning at the 4-year cycle low that occurred in October 1998,…

• Another Look at Crude Oil, the Dow Theory Double Non-Confirmation and Gold

  Published 26 July 2008 | viewed 4,692 times

  In late June I posted an article here explaining that Crude Oil was in an unsustainable parabolic spike. Then, on July 15th I had a…

• Classical Dow Theory Proven Correct Once Again

  Published 12 July 2008 | viewed 3,889 times

  According to the founding fathers of Dow theory, which include Charles H. Dow, William Peter Hamilton and Robert Rhea, the single most important aspect of…

• A Look at An Unsustainable Advance and A Double Non-Confirmation

  Published 29 June 2008 | viewed 4,302 times

  For weeks now one of the major topics in the news and amongst the politicians is the price of oil. The republicans want to begin…

• Another Dow Theory Non-Confirmation

  Published 15 June 2008 | viewed 4,443 times

  Since July 2007 we have had an upside Dow theory non-confirmation, followed by a bearish primary trend change that was followed by a downside non-confirmation…

• An Important Juncture Approaches

  Published 01 June 2008 | viewed 3,970 times

  The definition of a bull or bear market can differ from person to person depending upon their particular discipline. My definition is based on the…

• A Toxic Economy and a Witches Brew

  Published 18 May 2008 | viewed 3,528 times

  The equity markets continue to advance out of the January/March lows, commodity prices surge, oil continues to hit record highs and the consumer is now…

• A Brief Cyclical Overview of the Dollar

  Published 04 May 2008 | viewed 3,825 times

  Cycles are really just another way of looking at various trends of various degrees. Also, cycles in the market are really no different than many…

• Bull and Bear Market Relationships

  Published 19 April 2008 | viewed 4,087 times

  Obviously, the definitions of Bull and Bear markets differ from person to person. My definition is based on the works of the great Dow theorists,…

• A Brief Technical Update

  Published 06 April 2008 | viewed 3,508 times

  In today's update I want to look at the market from a couple of different perspectives. Recently, I have heard it said that the Dow…