Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 25.0% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 19.8% Average Holding Period: 296 days Last week, hawkish comments from a few regional Federal Reserve Bank chiefs (most of whom do not have a policy-setting vote this year) raised concerns. Market participants wondered if… Read More

Last week, several regional Federal Reserve Bank chiefs made hawkish comments. Although most of the officials in question do not have a vote this year on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the U.S. central bank’s decision-making board, their commentary nevertheless raised the question whether the Fed holds as dovish… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 28.6% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.8% Average Holding Period: 298 days Last week the S&P 500, the widely-followed proxy for the U.S. market, turned positive—albeit barely—for the year, driven by the oil rally, by relief that the economy isn’t as… Read More

Five consecutive weekly gains had propelled the S&P 500 to within 4 percent of its all-time high, driven largely by the accommodative monetary policies of central banks, better oil pricing, and relief that the global economic situation may not be as bad as feared. Yesterday’s explosions in Brussels, however, serve… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 28.6% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.8% Average Holding Period: 298 days Appropriately, on St. Patrick’s Day, during intraday trading U.S. stocks—as measured by the S&P 500—turned green for 2016 for the first time. Although the blue-chip index gave back some… Read More