Who is the best canary in the mine? It is said that bond traders are smarter than stock traders. Considering that junk bonds are showing cracks, it might be interesting what the 'canary' has to 'chirp.'... >> READ MORE...

Stock market domination by one stock is a double-edged sword and Apple's two-fold for better and for worse mastery over stocks has introduced the need for a more objective technology index - The ex-Apple Nasdaq.... >> READ MORE...

Quadruple digit P/E ratios - like 3,893 - were thought to be in the past. Courtesy of America's premier online retailer we just got a flash from the past. Does that mean it's time to party like it's 1999?... >> READ MORE...

The S&P 500 just nailed the best January gain since 1997 and 2013 forecasts are quite positive. Although the 'Great QE Bull Market' may not yet be over, seasonality suggests a rocky February.... >> READ MORE...

A rising tide lifts all boats and liquidity buoys all asset classes. That's great, but it's not diversification. In fact, it presents a whole new type of hidden risk. Many 'diversified' portfolios today would fail miserably at any sort of Black Swan event.... >> READ MORE...

Contrarian investors love to use sentiment as a general overbought/oversold measure. There's no denying that Wall Street and Main Street have surrendered to the allure of higher prices, but just how much of a threat does bullish sentiment pose right now?... >> READ MORE...

AAPL is down 35% while the Nasdaq is moving higher and the S&P 500 is trading at new recovery highs. Is this bullish for the broad market or will 'a bad Apple spoil the whole bunch?'... >> READ MORE...

Corporate America has never before seen higher profits than now. Are healthy profits a reflection of a healthy economy or have earnings reached a point of unsustainability?... >> READ MORE...

Investors have no clue what goes on behind closed doors at Wall Street banks and the Federal Reserve. But once and a while a juicy piece of information (probably overlooked by censors) provides a glimpse of Wall Street's carefully guarded secrets.... >> READ MORE...

The December 2, Profit Radar report predicted new recovery highs, but warned that: "Any new recovery high marked by a bearish price/RSI divergence could mark the end of this rally." That's exactly where we're at now.... >> READ MORE...