Dec, 30, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe feature article is our annual market review and forecast issue. Forecasting has taken a back seat to Fed watching these days, but we present some data on how markets...
Dec, 27, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanAs we always warn subscribers, a forecast for the following year is more of an exercise in theory than practice. That’s because our indicators are short-term in...
Dec, 27, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe rally that began last week with the Fed announcing tapering has broken out strongly to new highs. The fact that this occurred during a seasonally bullish period has...
Dec, 20, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanEven with the volatiilty following the FOMC meeting, SPX still has not broken out of the 1775-1812 range on a closing basis. If it DOES break out to the upside, the...
Dec, 16, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe feature article was designed to be a piece about the January Effect (the period of time when small-caps outperform big-caps, after tax loss selling has ended). But the...
Dec, 16, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillan You’d have to be a pretty long-term subscriber to remember when we used to trade the January Effect. For a long time, it worked like a charm, but then traders started to...
Dec, 13, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market -- as measured by the S&P 500 Index ($SPX) -- has declined on eight of the last ten days, and that has taken a toll on the technical indicators. However, $SPX...
Dec, 10, 2013
Lawrence McMillan was recently interviewed at The Disciplined Investor podcast where he explained some of the ways in which investing with options can be beneficial. Larry also discussed...
Dec, 09, 2013
Craig Hilsenrath For the Introduction an explanation of Expected Value, refer to Enhancing Option Portfolio Returns Using Probability and Statistics - Part 1. Expected Value and Option Strategies...
Dec, 06, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanFrom a broad viewpoint, using our indicators, the picture is actually fairly bearish except for one major thing: the price chart of the Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX)...
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