Eric's Weekend Review

[ericoleman]

Hello friends,

Please find attached my weekly market observations.

In addition, I include a trade report from last year, coming out of the 2010 correction. There was a small group still posting their monthly trade idea in the EV Training group. The reason I share this particular trade is twofold. First, it highlights the way one can synthesize EV with other methods like growth or momentum investing. Second, it highlights why late summer 2010 is so much different than the current period. There were so many stocks moving in a powerful fashion on big volume at that time. Price does pay, but volume speaks. I don't see the same type of landscape right now, and am consequently more skeptical of the sustainability of the recent advance.

I also encourage everyone to read Aly's CSI, which is top notch as usual. Jerry also posts his leader's index, which is worth checking regularly. There are so many resources here!

Have a great week.
Best,
Eric

Market Observations 10-14.pdf
RDWR.pdf

[nickola.pazderic]

Eric,

The contrast provided in these two articles is very informative and thought-provoking. The "tepid" quality of our current rally has never been more clear to me than now. Thanks!

[ericoleman]

Here are this weeks market observations. There are bullish and bearish perspectives one can find. After my review, I remain cautious. The action of leading stocks has me on high alert. Charles Kirk's Chart Show presents some balanced perspectives and Aly's CSI as usual highlights various scenarios in addition to top-notch sentiment analysis.

Best,
Eric

Market Observations 10-22.pdf

[ericoleman]

Lots of good stuff out there, but too much to contain in my weekly notes, attached below. Please consult some great resources, too, especially Charles Kirk's Weekend Chart Show and Brian Shannon's free weekly videos. Additionally, Kevin Marder's reports on Marketwatch are frequent enough to stay on top of a selection of leading growth stocks. Of course, Pascal, Billy's, and Mike's daily comments and Aly's CSI, too. I really appreciate all those sources. If I had more time, I would expand my notes. Nonetheless, the main point is that shares have a bid, and that bid is from a subset of both growth and value oriented investors, depending on which stocks one is watching.

Have a great week.

Best,
Eric

Market Observations 10-30.pdf

[ericoleman]

Please see attached the weekly report. I have chosen to narrow the focus since there is often too much to cover and feel that it is adequately done. I intend to focus on the most important things I come across while preparing my review. This will allow me to keep things a bit simpler. Please feel free to comment or give feedback, as one is always learning.

Best always,

Eric

Market Observations 11-5.pdf

[asomani]

Please see attached the weekly report. I have chosen to narrow the focus since there is often too much to cover and feel that it is adequately done. I intend to focus on the most important things I come across while preparing my review. This will allow me to keep things a bit simpler. Please feel free to comment or give feedback, as one is always learning.

Best always,

Eric

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Another captivating read, Eric. In particular, your reviews of sector leadership and highlighting of individual names that are standing out provides a nice reference point for further research for those of us who so inclined.

Also, I particularly liked this sentence:

Ultimately, one’s analysis is an attempt to contextualize the market, a very dynamic entity, into something a bit more manageable.

Couldn't have said it better myself - and it seems especially pertinent right now, as there currently appear to be some smart people on both sides prepared to place aggressive bets.

[ericoleman]

One of the most challenging aspects of sharing one's analysis is the possibility of being wrong. This week highlights some of my observations, which lead me toward an increasingly positive view of equity markets. Now there are participants out there with more experience who are seeing things different, so I find it a bit difficult going against certain dominant thoughts.

The aim of my weekly report is to do market analysis. Some folks are experts at technical analysis and Elliot Wave. Others focus on fundamentals. I simply want to improve my assessment of supply and demand for shares against the backdrop of important conceptual market themes (momentum, value/growth investing, market anomalies, breadth, large vs. small players, sentiment). And by improve, that means I recognize all analysis has potential to be flawed or subject to new information - and that one is usually learning all the time. I find that stage analysis is very encompassing and am grateful for the tools created by others like the Alphascanner and EV.

Best,

Eric
Market Observations 11-12.pdf