Category: Insights

Dow Theory Update for June 3: Is it a secular bull market?

posted on: June 3, 2014

We, primary trend Dow Theorists, simply don’t care Ed Yardeni, of the Dr. Ed’s Blog, has just posted that the Dow Theory is bullish. I agree with him. In his post, he states (something which has been defended by Schannep of “thedowtheory.com” long time ago) that we are in the midst of a powerful secular […]

Dow Theory Update for June 2: Industrials, Transports and SPY make higher closing highs

posted on: June 2, 2014

And hence, the odds favor the continuance of the primary and secondary trend. Let’s see what the Dow Theory has in store for us today. US Stocks The SPY, Transports and Industrials closed up, and thereby made higher closing highs. According to the Dow Theory confirmed higher highs tend to signal that the current trend […]

Dow Theory Update for May 30: Industrials and SPY make higher highs

posted on: May 30, 2014

Gold and Silver extend losses. US Stocks The SPY, and Industrials closed up, and thereby made higher closing highs. The Transports closed down. The primary trend remains bullish, as explained here, and more in-depth here. The primary trend was reconfirmed as bullish on October 17th, 2013, and November 13th, 2013 and March 7th, 2014, for […]

Dow Theory Update for May 29: SPY and Transports make higher highs.

posted on: May 29, 2014

Trends unchanged No post today. Sincerely, The Dow Theorist

Dow Theory Update for May 28: Manipulation and the Dow Theory.

posted on: May 28, 2014

Transports make higher closing high unconfirmed. Recently, one comment on one post of mine on Seeking Alpha raised the point of manipulation and how it can affect the Dow Theory. Here you have the question and my answer: Sharpe_Spectator Lets say the fundamentals are messed up and a group of fund managers get together […]

Dow Theory Update for May 27: Precious metals melt down

posted on: May 27, 2014

The SPY and Transports make higher closing highs US Stocks The SPY, Transports and Industrials closed up. On May 19, the Transports made a higher closing high which was confirmed last Friday by the SPY. So confirmation has occurred pretty quickly, which technically, and all the gloom and doom notwithstanding, tells me that the odds […]

Dow Theory Update for May 23: SPY makes higher closing high and confirms the Transports

posted on: May 23, 2014

Danielle Parkdebunks buy and hold. Danielle Park’s blog “Jugglingdynamite” nails it down. It exposes the hypocrisy of the ultra rich when it comes to favoring buy and hold. Her points are: · Drawdown tolerance and time horizon dramatically differ between “the very rich” and the smaller shareholders. · Book value gains are nice and dandy […]

Dow Theory Update for May 19: Stocks plummet, and Trends remain unchanged

posted on: May 20, 2014

Lower minor low made April 15 by SLV remains unconfirmed by GLD US Stocks The SPY and Industrials closed down. Yesterday, the Transports made a higher closing high which was not confirmed by either the SPY or Industrials. Confirmation should follow soon, so that we don’t consider the last rally suspect. Today’s action makes such […]

Dow Theory Update for May 19: Transports make higher closing high unconfirmed

posted on: May 19, 2014

Coiling in precious metals intensifies. US Stocks The SPY and Industrials closed up. The Transports made a higher closing high which has not been confirmed by either the SPY or Industrials. Confirmation should follow soon, so that we don’t consider the last rally suspect. The primary trend remains bullish, as explained here, and more in-depth […]

Dow Theory Update for May 16: Trends remain unchanged

posted on: May 16, 2014

And no time to post today. Sincerely,The Dow Theorist

Dow Theory Update for May 15: Trends unchanged. No post today.

posted on: May 15, 2014

Sincerely,The Dow Theorist

Dow Theory Update for May 14: Stocks close down. Trends unchanged

posted on: May 14, 2014

Gold and Silver’s and GDX and SIL’s coiling continues. US Stocks The SPY and Industrials closed down. The primary trend remains bullish, as explained here, and more in-depth here. The primary trend was reconfirmed as bullish on October 17th, 2013, and November 13th, 2013 and March 7th, 2014, for the reasons given here, here […]