HEDLines – Archive

We have been encouraging our readers to be short of US stocks, and by implication to be bearish of other equity markets too. This latest period of weakness since the short-lived rally into September 13th has now produced a slew…

As the stock market rally took hold through July, we pointed out resistance from old compressions in the Dow that would likely bring the up-move to an end. There are several of these, quite closely spaced and the market pushed…

We reported in the last edition that US equity indices were compressing at a daily scale, indicating that a new move was imminent into a trend that should last around three weeks or so. The break of those compressions happened…

We reported in the last edition that US equities had made compressions. This means that markets are poised on a ‘knife-edge’ from which they can push in either direction. Various US indices are still making those same signals, so the…

Apologies for our silence since the June 24th edition, due to unavoidable circumstances. There have been daily-scale compression signals in two of the main four US equity indices, so (as usual after a compression) we expect: an increase in volatility…

There have been two more bottom extensions in Australian and Korean equity markets, making a total of three such signals in different regions, so a general rebound seems possible. We already advised protecting short positions in Europe with close stops…

We wrote in the last edition on 7th June that a compression had formed in one of the major US indices (Dow futures) which would provide a ‘sell’ signal if it broke downward. Two days later, it did and now…

We advised buying Chinese equity markets in the April 28th edition, based on a daily-scale bottom extension and this signal and advice was confirmed by a weekly-scale version at the end of that week. The only practical effect of the…

We recently reported a compression signal in the US 5-year Treasury note that we thought might mark the start of an up-move in US bonds. We had already called for the end of the bear market, near the lows, but…

The stock markets of the world have all rallied in the past few days. We have 4 outstanding short-term ‘buy’ recommendations in two Latin-American markets and in China and Canada. These were issued on the 25th and 28th of last…