This column’s predictions for stock prices in 2022 have proven painfully correct. Now, the Technician is watching crypto for signals on how equities will perform in 2023. The S&P 500 index reached its highest point in history on Jan. 4, 2022, the same day Luckbox published an article called Dark Days Ahead. The story concluded … Continued
Stock prices used to surge after off-year voting, but the Fed’s adjustments to the economy may have changed that A lot of investors are convinced that a four-year U.S. presidential cycle governs some of the ups and downs of stock and options prices. They say it happens because presidents institute market-friendly policies in the third … Continued
Luckbox’s Technician columnist reviews a crypto classic that explores bitcoin’s libertarian underpinnings My story begins in the summer of 1993. We were renting an office for my 1-year-old company, and one of the guys called me over to his desk to show me something. He fired up something on his screen called a “browser,” which … Continued
Are you inclined to question the merits of technical stock analysis? Then consider this history lesson. Early in 2021, Luckbox examined the charts of public companies in the education sector in an article called Seven Smart Stocks. Let’s look at how those stocks have fared in the intervening 18 months and see what lessons investors … Continued
A famous stock picker got almost everything wrong with a set of predictions Nearly two years ago, stock prognosticator Jim Cramer created a seminal video called The Magnificent Seven to showcase stocks he considered the superstarsof the COVID-19 pandemic. All had achieved cult status despite weak earnings. “What if earnings just don’t matter anymore?” Cramer … Continued
Only 0.014% of the solar energy reaching Earth is converted into usable power. That leaves plenty of room for improvement, and companies are rushing to meet the challenge. Let’s examine the securities of five of those firms from a charting perspective. Ranking charts requires subjective judgment, but we’re presenting them in what we consider descending … Continued
The public’s interest in 3D printers has waned because the devices failed to live up to the hype. What can that teach us about trading technology trends? Whatever happened to 3D printing? It was supposed to be in every home in America by now, busily cranking out all the tools, human organs and automobiles anyone … Continued
Over the years, some retailing-sector equities have posted staggering gains Circumstances—like inflation or the fickle tastes of consumers—can whip valuations of retailers up or down by thousands of percentage points over the long haul. The wildest high-stakes sectors, such as biotechnology, can move more dramatically than retailing, but staid industries, such as equipment manufacturing or … Continued
Technical analysis of stock prices indicates the markets’ “everything bubble” may burst in 2022 Unhelpful pundits often make technical analysis seem terribly complicated. But the basic tenets of good charting focus on supply, demand, support, resistance and trend lines. Using a limited palette of tools, a skilled chartist can glean great insight from long-term charts … Continued
Prospects for continued inflation may interfere with finding a pot of gold The word “inflation” may not mean much to anyone who wasn’t around in the 1970s and early ‘80s. Ever since Paul Volcker successfully broke inflation’s metaphorical back during the first Reagan administration, the cost of goods and services has generally inched up only … Continued
