Monthly Archive: July 2018

Daily Update Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The U.S. stock markets closed to the upside today as healthcare and industrial shares led the charge. With three yellow lights and a DnDn situation Prudent Investors should not buy stocks if the market is falling.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market as it develops.Today’s Derby Winners, having…

Daily Update Monday, July 30, 2018

Disappointing earnings along with falling tech shares combined to send Wall Street to a lower close today. With three red lights and a DnDn situation Prudent Investors should not buy stocks if the market is falling.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market with a bias to the downside….

A Goldilocks Scenario.

The Price of the VectorVest Composite, VVC, closed above the formidable $48.00 per share resistance barrier on Wednesday and Thursday and gapped $0.08 higher at today’s Open to $48.26 per share. Given this tepid response to today’s favorable GDP report of 4.1% Q2 growth, the message was clear. The bears took…

Daily Update Thursday, July 26, 2018

Weakness in Facebook dented sentiment today and the U.S. stock markets finished mixed. With one green light and an UpUp situation Prudent Investors may buy stocks long if the market is rising. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market as it develops with a bias to the…

Daily Update Wednesday, July 25, 2018

President Trump agreed not to impose any new European auto tariffs and Wall Street closed to the upside today. With two green lights and an UpUp situation Prudent Investors may buy stocks long if the market is rising.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market with a bias…

Daily Update Tuesday, July 24, 2018

The latest round of corporate earnings caused the U.S. stock markets to finish today’s trading session mixed. With two red lights and a DnUp situation Prudent Investors should not buy stocks if the market is falling.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market with a bias to the downside.Today’s…

Daily Update Monday, July 23, 2018

Rising financial shares offset geopolitical concerns and the U.S. stock markets finished mixed today. With three yellow lights and an UpUp situation Prudent Investors may buy stocks long only if the market is rising.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market as it develops.Today’s Derby Winners, having ten-stock portfolios,…

Weekly Newsletter Friday, July 20, 2018

Although the Price of the VectorVest Composite (VVC) gained $0.06 per share over the last five trading days, it is still bumping up against the formidable $48.00 per share resistance zone. The market is essentially flat-lining right now, a la the lazy, hazy days of summer. All Five of the Top…