Mr. Clean Market In most business schools, you eventually study Six Sigma or Lean management.One of the first steps in any lean process? Clean the environment. Why? Because clarity drives performance.A clean space improves focus, removes friction, and...

Ignoring Industrials If you live in the United States, it’s almost a certainty you are overexposed to U.S. large-cap tech. It dominates the S&P 500, which dominates nearly every passive 401(k) plan and index fund like $VOO ( ▼ 0.13% ) . That’s been...

The Recession Chart Everyone has a take on whether we’re heading into a recession. Instead of joining the macro shouting match, let’s just look at price. This chart tracks $SPY ( ▲ 1.48% ) with a 40-month moving average, going back to the late ’90s....

The Hard Part It’s hard to think, so most people avoid it. It’s much easier to grab a stat that confirms your bias, reinforce your confidence, and move on. Over time, that builds a thick callous toward opposing views, creating a tribal stance on issues...

Defense is on The Field The NFL Draft is next week, one week closer to the best sport on Earth: FOOTBALL. It’s not the fastest game, but if you understand the nuance? It’s a beautifully violent game of chess. Each player have a specific assignment that has...

Opportunity in the Chaos What a week. Last week I laid out some of our knowns and unknowns heading into the storm. The 4th known was… Capitulation rallies can be fast and brutal. And guess what? This one was no different. Wednesday brought one of the...

Why I Follow Price Weeks like this are a great reminder of why I got into technical analysis in the first place. In 2019, I was early in my public accounting career, a freshly minted CPA, knee-deep in Excel and financial statements. I studied DCF, margin...

March Sadness Confession. I’m a perma-optimist by nature. I love when the market goes up.I love seeing people succeed.And the reality is: when we’re in an uptrend, that tends to happen a lot more often. So yeah, I root for the market to go up. Now, I get...

The S&P 500 HATES Rotation The S&P 500 is not what most people think. Ask a random person on the street: “What’s the S&P 500?” Most common answer I get: “It’s a stock index made up of America’s 500 largest companies.” Fair. I don’t expect...

The Truth Hurts Another down week in the market. Risk management remains the priority. I admit—it can be lame. It’s much easier to run some all-time high scans and post those charts. If only it were that easy. My work starts with the market environment...