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The graphic below is Page 8 of 9 from our June 22nd Investor Sentiment & Asset Flows Tracker (access requires subscription), which “follows the money” in US financial markets. Extremes in investor positioning typically lead reversals in financial asset prices, and this is a good example of that. Our monthly Investor Sentiment & Asset Flows >>>
The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) traded as high as $80.89 per share on Monday June 26th, essentially meeting our $81.00 upside target first mentioned in our May 1st Keys To This Week report, to capture a 14% gain in a little less than 2 months. For perspective, during the same period the S&P 500 >>>
John Kosar, CMT will be visiting the Dallas / Fort Worth area this week to present his latest investment research to the local chapters of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society and Market Technicians Association (MTA) . Topic: “Is The Trump Trade In Trouble?” What: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society Dallas/Fort Worth When: Wednesday, June >>>
Our current trade ideas include: COL ENZL MCO NOC PHM PLD SRE VRSN XHB XLI XLV Through Friday June 24th: the average open trade profit on these 11 ideas is 4.8%, the average risk/reward ratio on these 11 ideas is 1:4.7 (risking $1.00 to make $4.70), and if all 11 ideas were stopped out >>>
The following is one of three charts and a brief excerpt from a report that was sent to Asbury Research Subscribers earlier today, entitled US Stocks At Minor Decision Point & Poised To Resume Post Election Advance. Investor Sentiment: A New Leg Higher? The blue line in the lower panel of Chart 2 below plots >>>
John Kosar, CMT will be presenting his latest investment research tomorrow morning to the Los Angeles Chapter of the The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). What: The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII), Los Angeles When: Saturday, June 17th 2017 Where: Skirball Cultural Center’s Magnin Auditorium, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049 >>>
Our current trade ideas include: COL ENZL MCO NOC PHM PLD SRE VRSN XHB XLI XLV Through Friday June 9th: the average downside risk per trade of the 11 ideas listed above (based on stop loss placement) is just 1.0%, the average open trade profit on these 11 ideas is 3.5%, and >>>
The Taiwan Weighted Index traded as high as 10,227 yesterday, June 5th, meeting our 10,200 upside target first mentioned in the October 10th 2016 Keys To This Week report (access requires subscription), to capture a 934 point, 10% advance in a little less than 8 months. Our primary interest in TWII is its tight and >>>
Our current trade ideas include: XLI ENZL SRE XLV NOC PLD VRSN MCO XHB COL Through Friday June 2nd: the average downside risk per trade of the 10 ideas listed above (based on stop loss placement) is just 0.1% (one-half of one percent), the average open trade profit on each of these ideas is 4.1%, >>>
The S&P 500 (SPX) met our 2430 upside target at the end of trading today, which was first mentioned in our April 25th pre-opening report entitled SPX, DJIA Target At Least An Additional 1%, 3% Advance (access requires subscription), to capture a 2.4% advance in 5 weeks.
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Click the highlighted link above to view our most recent Keys To this Week report for the US Stock Market. We also produce weekly Keys To this Week reports for US Market Sectors & Industry Groups, US Interest Rates & Treasuries, and Commodity-related ETFs. Our new copy of this report will be available to Asbury Research subscribers tomorrow morning, Tuesday May 30th.
The report includes the key market factors that are likely to influence US stock market direction during the upcoming week, and also our current list of stock and ETF ideas.
Editor’s Note: The following guest column is written by my friend Jim Oswald. Jim is a very smart, self-made guy that understands the bond market as well, if not better, than anyone I know. Although the information in Jim’s column is much more bond market-specific than the financial market analysis and directional forecasting that we >>>
NiSource, Inc. (NI) traded as high as $25.33 per share this morning to meet our $25.25 initial upside target, first mentioned in our April 24th Asbury Alert entitled Nisource, Inc. (NI) Resuming Its November Advance (access requires subscription), capturing a 4% gain in just about 1 month. During the same period, NI also outperformed the S&P >>>
The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (HKHS) has traded as high as 25,386 today, meeting our 25,200 upside target first mentioned in the July 25th 2016 Keys To This Week report (access requires subscription), to capture a 3,207 point, 15% advance in a little less than 10 months. Our primary interest in HKHS was its >>>
Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) traded as high as $83.26 per share this morning (May 15th), meeting our $83.00 target first mentioned in our April 17th Asbury Alert entitled Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) Resuming Its November Uptrend (access requires subscription) to capture a $3.25 per share, 4.1% gain in slightly less than one month. During the >>>
Jim Puplava of the popular Financial Sense website welcomes back John Kosar CMT, Chief Investment Strategist at Asbury Research LLC. In his latest interview by Financial Sense, which took place on Friday May 12th, John discussed Asbury Research’s outlook for the US financial landscape, as well as specific areas of the economy including: the US >>>
Master Card (MA) traded as high as $119.71 per share yesterday (May 2nd), essentially meeting our $120.00 target first mentioned in our September 29th 2016 Monthly Investment Compass report. Under these circumstances we suggest that investors consider taking profits on long positions which, considering MA’s current level of $117.85, would capture a $17.24 per share, >>>
John Kosar, CMT will be speaking tomorrow morning at the National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) 2017 Annual Conference What: National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) Annual Conference When: Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 Where: Hilton San Diego Resort and Spa, 1775 East Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, California 92109 Topic: Investing During The >>>
One of the many reports we produce for subscribers is called What We’re Watching Today (WWWT). WWWT’s are typically short, 1-2 chart reports that are emailed to subscribers before the market opening. Their purpose is to identify important, potentially market-moving changes in market conditions as they occur. We have included below the entire WWWT from >>>
The following is Slide 15 of a 29 slide presentation that John Kosar, CMT, made on April 12th to the Pittsburgh Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society. The chart highlights contracting investor assets in two key US stock market ETFs: The ProShares QQQ which tracks the market leading NASDAQ 100 and the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) >>>
John Kosar, CMT will be speaking next week at the Pittsburgh Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society’s Monthly Luncheon Date: Wednesday, April 12th 2017 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Topic: A Quantitative, Technical, and Behavioral View of the Markets John Kosar, CMT, Asbury Research’s Chief Market Strategist, will discuss from a strategic standpoint what >>>
In addition to our top-down, macro analysis of the US financial landscape, we have recently added specific trading ideas in individual stocks and ETFs that include entry price, target price, stop loss level, and corresponding risk/reward parameters. The tables below display and analyze our 31 most recent closed out trading ideas which encompass Q4 2016 >>>
Darden Restaurants (DRI) met our $83.50 per share upside target this morning, first mentioned in our March 20th report entitled Darden Restaurants (DRI) Resuming 2015 Advance, to capture a $6.72 per share, 9% advance in 9 business days. In addition, DRI outperformed the S&P 500 (SPX) by 8.8% during the same period. Here is the >>>
John Kosar, CMT will be speaking at today’s at the Market Technicians Association Chicago Chapter Meeting. Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017 Time: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Topic: John Kosar, CMT, Asbury Research’s Chief Market Strategist, will discuss from a strategic standpoint what Asbury believes is in store for the US financial markets during the rest of >>>
John Kosar, CMT will discuss what Asbury Research believes is in store for the US financial markets during the 2nd Quarter, and for the remainder of 2017, and how a Trump Presidency may uniquely influence the direction of certain asset prices. John will walk webinar attendees, step-by-step, through Asbury’s unique blend of both popular and >>>
John Kosar, CMT will discuss what Asbury Research believes is in store for the US financial markets during the 2nd Quarter, and for the remainder of 2017, and how a Trump Presidency may uniquely influence the direction of certain asset prices. John will walk webinar attendees, step-by-step, through Asbury’s unique blend of both popular and >>>
In the following 12 minute video, John Kosar, CMT, Chief Market Strategist, walks you through our individual stock and ideas, including: recent performance data and where to find it, what our methodology is, how we choose which stocks and ETFs to buy, how we mitigate risk, how to read and understand our table of new >>>
Conclusion, Investment Implications, Strategy Our research suggests that those who overweighted large cap stocks on January 9th per our recommendation on that date, versus small or mid cap stocks, should consider locking in the 8% of relative outperformance accrued since then as this recent trend of relative performance may be coming to an end. We >>>
In addition to our top-down, macro analysis of the US financial landscape, we also provide subscribers with specific trading ideas in individual stocks and ETFs that include entry price, target price, stop loss level, and corresponding risk/reward parameters. The following tables display and break down our 26 most recent closed out trading ideas, through 02-27-2017, >>>
John Kosar: The Upcoming Market Surprise No One Is Expecting Jim welcomes back John Kosar CMT, Chief Investment Strategist at Asbury Research LLC. In his latest interview by Financial Sense, John discusses Asbury Research’s 2017 macro outlook for the US financial landscape, as well as specific areas of the economy including: the US stock market, market sectors, >>>
CBRE Group (CBG) traded as high as 36.09 last week, on Tuesday February 21st, to get within $0.41 or 1% of our $36.50 per share target first mentioned in our January 26th Asbury Alert entitled CBRE Group, Inc. (CBG) Resuming Its November Advance, before stalling into Friday’s session. Considering current market conditions, we are closing >>>
John Kosar, CMT, our Chief Market Strategist, will be doing some traveling over the next few months to speak at various investor conferences around the country. Click the highlighted link above to view the current calendar of these events.
The iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD) has traded as high as 57.32 this morning, meeting our 57.00 upside target first mentioned in our January 24th Keys To This Week report, to capture a $1.77 per share, 3.2% advance in about 3 weeks. Here is the chart from our January 24th report. Here is >>>
The SPDR Consumer Staples Sector ETF (XLP) has traded as high as 55.07 this morning, meeting our 55.00 upside target first mentioned in our February 6th Keys To This Week report, to capture a $2.00 per share, 4% advance in about 2 weeks. Here is the chart from our February 6th report. Here is the >>>
Kla-Tencor Corp (KLAC) has traded as high as 90.32 this morning, meeting our 89.00 upside target first mentioned in our January 23rd report entitled KLA-Tencor Corporation (KLAC) Resuming Its 2016 Advance, to capture a $7.25 per share, 9% advance in about 3 weeks. Here is the chart from our January 23rd report. Here is the updated >>>
Analog Devices (ADI) has traded as high as 81.50 this morning, meeting our 80.50 upside target first mentioned in our January 27th report entitled Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) Resuming Its July 2016 Advance (access requires subscription), to capture a $5.00 per share, 7% advance in a little less than 3 weeks. Here is the chart from >>>
Asbury Research provides subscribers with a top-down, macro analysis of the US financial landscape that includes the major US stock indexes, market sectors and industry groups, US interest rates, economically-influential commodities like gold, crude oil and copper, and the US Dollar. In addition,
The included table displays and dissects our 20 most recent closed out trading ideas along with some performance-related information.
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Facebook, Inc. (FB) traded as high as 131.57 thus far today, meeting our 131.00 upside target first mentioned in our January 6th report entitled PFE, FB Poised To Move Higher (access requires subscription), to capture a $7.58 per share, 6.1% advance in a little less than 3 weeks.
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Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) traded as high as $91.98 per share this morning, essentially meeting our $92.00 per share upside target first mentioned in our August 19th 2016 report entitled Emerging Trend Change in Skyworks Solutions Inc. (SWKS), to capture a $19.69 per share, 27.2% advance in just a little over than 5 months.
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