It was a rocky week until Friday when we saw a gap up in prices with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closing higher on the week but still not breaking through the ~5790 resistance level: Relative to other major asset classes, US equities fared reasonably well: although Commodities was the clear winner, likely due to […]

It was a relatively uneventful/quiet week in the US Equity markets with stocks showing a modest 0.5% gain on the week: While we are still near all-time highs in the SPX (S&P 500 Index) I see possible resistance around the 5790 level before seeing another pullback/correction towards to lower portion of the current bullish trend […]

Due to the disruption in access to Yahoo price data, and the fact that I am presently travelling, I was not able to post a review of the Rutherford Portfolio last week so I will attempt to play catch-up this week. After a minor pull-back last week it was a bullish week in US Equity […]

It was a week of consolidation in the US Equity markets with prices trading in a narrow range in comparison with the volatility of the past 2 months: Prices are hovering at the resistance level of the all-time highs in the SPX (S&P 500 Index) and we must wait at least another week to see […]

It has been a wild month in the US Equity markets with significant volatility – but we are currently back near the all-time highs that we saw in July: The range that we have seen in in the last few weeks extends far outside the “normal” 2 Standard Deviation range (indicating significant nervousness in the […]

The bounce in equity prices continued this week as just about all the major asset classes continued to climb. US Equity prices hit the high end of the downtrend channel: Now we wait to see whether there is any follow-through from here or whether we see some softening after after 9 days of higher highs. […]