I’m a Chartered Market Technician While traveling to India last week, I received the official news that I had become a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). This week I wanted to reflect on a few key lessons I’ve learned since being introduced to the world...

The Problem – S&P 500 Doesn’t Care About Diversification The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) might seem well-diversified at first glance, but it really doesn’t care about diversification. As a market cap-weighted index, the S&P 500 does the opposite...

SPDR Sectors – The Construction of the S&P 500 As a market-cap weighted index, the S&P 500 ($SPY) is not designed to fully reflect the overall story of the stock market. The good news is with some simple sector analysis, the picture becomes...

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...

You’re Always “The Student” When it comes to the markets, you’re always the student. The market itself is the teacher, and every day it offers lessons for those willing to observe and learn. Our goal is simple: to gain more insight today than we had...

The Volatility We Can’t Control – Mr. Markets Larry Fink and Ken Griffin haven’t taken the time to subscribe yet, so I can say this with confidence: you can’t control the market’s volatility. Phew, glad I got that off my chest. Now, let’s...

Take A Deep Breathe In through your nose, out through your mouth. In through your nose, out through your mouth. One last time….In through your nose, out through your mouth. See how refreshing that is? That’s the Kryptonite to bad decision-making in...

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...

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is a daily theme in financial markets. Media pundits sensationalize daily market move implications over and over again to a point where the public becomes numb. One of this year’s victims has been the concept of rotation;...

It’s Messy Out There The market is messy, if you have an ego to feed do it somewhere else. You make money by listening to the markets message not by trying to define it. $SPY – S&P 500 is Messy. $540 is the level but I want to see strength...