The duck test goes like this – “if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.” Based on the duck test, our data says markets are overbought and due for a healthy pullback. Mapsignals Performs A Duck Test Market From Wikipedia, “If it… Read more »
“When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you.” Walter Payton – #34 – Hall of Fame running back, Chicago Bears Those words echoed loud and clear on Friday. That’s when a subscriber asked us about profit-taking. Since we’re not financial advisors, we can’t give personalized advice. What… Read more »
When I get a song I like, I play it non-stop. Maybe my brain is motivated by repetition – the “big buying in stocks” is a lot like a broken record. But, that’s what great stocks do – they go up over time. Speaking of broken records, yesterday (11/25/19) Health Care stocks saw the largest… Read more »
We’ve been bullish all year. Sometimes it felt like a lonely row to hoe. But, if look under the hood, demand for stocks has said “BE BULLISH.” When playing poker and playing markets, you win by stacking the odds. Below are the 3 most important charts that you won’t find anywhere else. Our data gives… Read more »
“All rise, court is in session.” Once the bailiff says that phrase, you stand because that’s what you do. It’s the law. The market is seeing a lot of demand for stocks – they all rise, that’s what they do. The market is governed by a law – the law of supply and demand. If… Read more »
Last Friday, the big money did something that historically means the bulls are ready to run. You see, the story of the market’s future, is like many things, often written in the past. We scan 5,500 stocks each day and get “yellow flags.” This is when big money is moving in or out of stocks… Read more »
We always say, “we are buyers on dips.” What does that mean? Last week sprang this very question from a friend. If we are going to talk the talk, we’d better walk the walk. We practice what we preach and here’s a little insight on how we go about it. When markets dip, we push… Read more »
Shakira claims that “hips don’t lie” – Mapsignals can’t speak to hips, but we can speak to rips…rips in big money buying. As we prepared for a 5% dip in the market, under the surface, our data was saying that big money was stepping in to buy. Big money buying can precede a rip in… Read more »
We prepared you for August volatility. We started telling readers in July, but this morning something happened. The Mapsignals Big Money Index (BMI) breached a key level – 45%. You may remember that this means we expect to see lower market prices near-term. Basically, selling overtook buying and pushed our index down below 45%. But… Read more »
“They should just close the market for August and re-open in September” is what a multi-billion dollar fund manager said to me a few weeks back. It’s true, markets tend to catch a cold in August. Maybe we should all be zombie investors in August…more on that in a bit. Since mid-July we said that… Read more »