FRED Alert!

FREDAlert! Volume 8, Issue 1 January 7, 2016 We discussed that our plan has been for the market to be down for the first week of January and it looks like this will be the case. Accordingly, rather than wait for a breakout above 211 to put all of the … Read more

FREDAlert! Volume 7, Issue 6 December 11, 2015   SPY is again flirting with the 202 area we have mentioned as a benchmark for the rally off of the 190-area low. We have some points we want to make regarding this and questions we have had. The main reason we … Read more

FREDAlert! Volume 7, Issue 5   December 7, 2015We have been waiting to issue a tax loss bounce/January Effect list, and have had a lot of requests for this list. We have had so many that this strategy may not be effective this year but nonetheless, here goes!There are so … Read more

FREDAlert! Volume 7, Issue 4   August 25, 2015 We have had several questions about Monday’s open and whether the $182.40 low on SPY is close enough to our downside target of 180 to end the decline. While the market has fallen roughly 14.67% this may not be the end … Read more

FREDAlert! Volume 7, Issue 3   August 21, 2015 Thursday was an interesting day in the markets, kind of frustrating in a way as SPY moved right smack to our target area of 204 and closed slightly below it at 203.97. We received many emails asking if this was a … Read more

FREDAlert! Volume 7, Issue 2 June 30, 2015 Monday’s stock market action, and the prospect for some more downside into the end of the day on Tuesday is welcome and in line with some of our forecasts for a decline into the end of June/July. Readers will recall we have … Read more

FREDAlert! Volume 7, Issue 1 June 25, 2015 We will make the following changes to our Sector Portfolios as of the close today, June 15, 2015, In the Large Cap Sector Portfolio: We will LOWER XLV to an Equal Weight, and RAISE XLB to an Equal Weight. In the Small … Read more

FREDAlert! Volume 6, Issue 3 December 16, 2014 Here is our Tax Loss bounce list for 2014. This list is shorter than last year’s list, with only six names. It is published a bit later as well – December 16 vs. December 9 last year. This is because the market … Read more

FREDAlert! Volume 6, Issue 2October 31, 2014   As usual, markets are extremely volatile with big changes when I am traveling.  We publish a quick alert for this reason and will cover things more in the Weekly Review for Monday.  First, GLD: We have a published stop at 113 so … Read more

FREDAlert! Volume 6, Issue 1February 4, 2014   We have had enough questions to publish a quick alert, and of course we will publish the Midweek Review on Wednesday. First, stocks: SPY fell below the 177.30 support, and has quickly moved down to the next area of support. One of … Read more