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Relative Strength: The Basics

by Thomas Mullooly on January 30, 2012

Relative Strength is possibly the single best approach to keep tabs on winners and losers in the stock market. How do you know if your investment is merely taking a breather or pulling back — or how do you know if this is the start of a freefall off a cliff? Relative Strength can often hold the keys.

Charts with Relative Strength BUY signals tend to:
Go UP FASTER than the rest of the market
– and tends to go DOWN SLOWER than the rest of the market.

Charts with Relative Strength SELL Signals tend to:
Go UP SLOWER than the rest of the market
– but tends to go DOWN FASTER than the rest of the market

We say “tends to” because it is not a RULE, but we often see tendencies in these patterns.

A change in relative strength is a VERY big deal. But I would also add the following: Past performance may not be indicative of future results. Therefore, no current or prospective client should assume that the future performance of any specific investment or investment strategy will be profitable or equal to past performance levels.

All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss. Changes in investment strategies, contributions, or withdrawals may materially alter the performance of your portfolio. Different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and there can be no assurance that any specific investment will either be suitable or profitable for an investor’s portfolio.

If you are relying on a blog post for specific investment advice, you are making a huge mistake. Please speak with an investment adviser before making ANY investment decisions.
If you do not have an investment adviser, we encourage you to contact Mullooly Asset Management at 732-223-9000, or through our website. Under no circumstances should the content discussed here to be considered specific investment advice.

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Bank Stocks Point and Figure Analysis January 2012

by Thomas Mullooly on January 30, 2012

How healthy are the big banks? No one knows the details, but we can get a pretty good idea of what investors think of banks, by simply looking at the point and figure charts in this sector. In fact, we can look at the entire banking sector, the entire financial sector (not just banks) — and the relative strength of these sectors. It’s a worthwhile look!

Point And Figure ChartWe close this video with the grand-daddy of all financial sector charts: Lehman Brothers from 2008.

If you’ve got a mutual fund, exchange traded fund or a stock you would like us to ANALYZE, get in touch w/us! You can find Mullooly Asset on the web, or you can call us at 732-223-9000. We would be happy to review a chart for you and maybe even make a video of it. I would also add the following:

Past performance may not be indicative of future results. Therefore, no current or prospective client should assume that the future performance of any specific investment or investment strategy will be profitable or equal to past performance levels. All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss. Changes in investment strategies, contributions, or withdrawals may materially alter the performance of your portfolio. Different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and there can be no assurance that any specific investment will either be suitable or profitable for an investor’s portfolio.

If you are relying on a blog post for specific investment advice, you are making a huge mistake. Please speak with an investment adviser before making ANY investment decisions.

If you do not have an investment adviser, we encourage you to contact Mullooly Asset Management at 732-223-9000, or through our website. Under no circumstances should the content discussed here to be considered specific investment advice.

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QQQ: PowerShares QQQ NASDAQ 100 Exchange Traded Fund

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Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Approach

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AUSAX: Columbia Acorn USA Fund

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Santa Claus Rally and 2012 January Effect

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Two old sayings can harm your investment returns and your 401k at work: “January sets the tone for the entire year” and “the first five trading days set the tone” for the whole year do not always work. We are off to a good start so far in 2012, but predictions are a slick way [...]

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Volatility in the Marketplace Podcast

January 9, 2012

Podcast January 9, 2012 Even though the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was essentially flat (up less than one percent) in 2011, we witnessed the most volatility in recent memory. However, the volatility might NOT be coming from the daily news that so many feel are driving the markets. In Bear markets (and we are [...]

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Sell Signals: Point and Figure Videos, vol 3

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If you have not seen the first video on the origins of Point and Figure Charts, I suggest you head over and watch the video, it is just a few minutes long. This video covers how sell signals are created on a point and figure chart. Buy signals and sell signals on point and figure [...]

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Managing Money in 2012: What Investors Need

January 3, 2012

I have been helping individuals manage their money for over twenty five years. Actually longer — if you count the days I spent with EF Hutton, before becoming a licensed stockbroker. I have seen everything, so I will not recount the glory days and the gory days here. We all have our war stories. Along [...]

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Point and Figure Chart Videos: vol 1

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Following the first point and figure video, this lesson in point and figure charting builds on a practice begun in the 1880′s by Charles Dow. I would also add the following: Past performance may not be indicative of future results. Therefore, no current or prospective client should assume that the future performance of any specific [...]

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