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We've been bullish precious metals since the 4th quarter last year and even coming into 2019. We're not gold bugs, thank goodness. The risk vs reward was just...

Think about how well everything is going this year! The S&P500 is up almost 20%. Bonds are up 22% and even Gold is up 17%! Heck Bitcoin has more than doubled! Can things get any better than this???

How are you liking the day to day swings in the market? Is it too much for you? Go through this checklist and make sure these questions are answered before moving...

We're all here for different reasons. Each of us have our own time horizons. My risk tolerance is different than yours.

There are 3 questions every investor should answer before ever entering into a new position:

1. Why am I here?...

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

Tuesday's ...

Stocks are still trying to break out of this massive range since early 2018. After some selling early this week, the range is still intact. I think this chart of the Global 100 Index tells the story best:

This is a question I get a lot from friends and family or someone I just met that knows what I do for work.

What's funny is that they don't ask it quite like that. They won't ask, "JC how do I make money in the market?", even though...

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

New Mystery Chart!

For those new to the exercise, we take a chart of interest and remove the x/y-axes and any other labels that would help identify it. The chart can be any security in...

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

The TSX Composite Index is attempting to hold above its 2018 highs after breaking out earlier this month.

In early August we wrote a...

Nothing will frustrate stock market bears more than European Stocks breaking out to new all-time highs!

Do you know anyone who has anything positive to say about European Equities? Are conversations you're having and articles you're reading...

Stocks in the U.S. Financials Sector have been underperforming since the beginning of 2018. If you recall, that is precisely when the majority of stocks around the world stopped going up. It's been a sideways grind for many stocks and sectors since...

It's that time again where we start heading into the next monthly expiration cycle and I review any options positions that remain open which might require some adjustments, monitoring, or closing before we get too close to expiration.

The...

During the course of my day-to-day engagement with the markets and market participants, including subscribers to All Star Options, I'm often asked my thoughts about how I would manage...

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From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

Technology is the largest sector of the market from an indexing perspective, but it's also pervasive because it finds its ways into other sectors/industries and often plays a big role.

We look at a lot of intermarket relationships and try to analyze the same things, but from different perspectives. It's all part of the ...

Weekends are great to just take a step back and see what is actually going on. It's really easy to get caught up in the day to day noise. I talk about the power of ...

I've been in the camp that this 20-month consolidation in the U.S. Stock Market is just that, a consolidation within an ongoing uptrend that started in early 2016, or 2013, or even further back depending on who you ask....

In this Episode of Allstarcharts Weekly, Steve and I talk about how the spike in Crude Oil earlier this week is impacting Energy Stocks. When we look specifically at the Oil &...

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

Tuesday's ...

We are back with another episode of The Money Game Podcast with Phil Pearlman. Today we talk about the inability for some people trade...

Okay, having a play in mind for Kansas City Southern $KSU made the title of this post low hanging fruit. Captain Obvious, this guy.

Our boy JC here at All Star Charts went shopping this weekend and couldn't help catching a glimpse of the cover...

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

We look at a lot of charts every week, so it's not surprising that we often come across charts that look "too simple."

A setup we've seen thousands of times or a trend that's...