I've often viewed new financial product launches as a contrarian signal.  Similar to magazine covers and above-the-fold headlines, a new product often signifies that the idea behind the product has already played out. ..

I posted an article on airlines over at stockcharts.com after I noticed the group strengthening on the RRG chart.  A great example of using data visualization to focus on outliers within a group of names...

As I continue my quest to clean out my Pocket queue, I came across an article from Ben Carlson on his A Wealth of Common Sense blog called "The Art of Doing Nothing." In my endless pursuit of the perfect work/life balance, I have often thought about the trap of "busyness" and the perils of pursuing perpetual productivity...

A friend of mine turned me on to Visual Capitalist, a website that designs infographics for a variety of subject areas including finance. As you can probably guess from my career as a technical analyst, I am huge fan of using data visualizations to tell the story...

I wrote an article for seeitmarket.com on the Utilities sector, highlighting five key stocks to watch in the space. While we're often drawn to the stocks and sectors making headlines, sometimes the best ideas are out there in unexpected places!

When I saw this Bloomberg article on bubble conditions, I immediately thought of last weekend at the Behavioral Finance Symposium in San Francisco.  I helped run a workshop on the relationship of behavioral finance to trading and technical analysis...

Three things bothered me about this article about the Hang Seng selling off one day.  First, why does there always have to be a reason for the market to sell off?...

I recently attended the 30th annual conference for the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA).  The IFTA Conference is held in a different location every year, and this year's event brought us all together in beautiful Milan.

I was honored to receive the Mike Epstein award last week in New York from the MTA Educational Foundation.  This is an award given "for support of the MTAEF mission, and being an outstanding advocate of Technical Analysis."

I read a series of articles on growth vs. value and the euphoric rise of the FANG stocks.  Made me think a little more about "herding" and the emotional pull of uptrends...