by Brandon Zamucen | Mar 19, 2025 | AJ Monte, Market Insights, Technical Analysis, Trading Strategies, Volatility
The S&P had it’s best Fed day since July; Hear more from AJ Monte as he discusses the short term upside expected in the markets and his updated views on the VIX, S&P, Dow, and additional market commentary in his 19-Mar-25 MidWeek Market Report: back to...
by Brandon Zamucen | Mar 17, 2025 | AJ Monte, Market Insights, Risk Management, Technical Analysis
The current P/E ratio of the S&P 500, based on trailing twelve-month earnings, is approximately 26.4, which is well above the historical average of 15.7x earnings. When the P/E ratio climbs 50% above the historical average, markets start looking stretched, and...
by Brandon Zamucen | Mar 14, 2025 | Market Insights, Newsletter, Technical Analysis
As you await to fill out your basketball brackets, March Market Madness is already here. March is half way in the books but market volatility is 100% here. We have really enjoyed our webinars and interactions with our amazing community as of late. It is great to hear...
by Brandon Zamucen | Feb 24, 2025 | AJ Monte, Indicators, Technical Analysis, Trading Strategies
According to Dow Theory, trends go through three phases, where in a bull market these phases are the: Accumulation phase – when prices rise alongside an increase in volume Public participation (or big move) phase – when retail and average investors begin to notice the...
by Brandon Zamucen | Feb 8, 2025 | AJ Monte, Market Insights, Risk Management, Technical Analysis, Volatility
With less than 10% of 2025 in the books, we’ve already seen a resurgence in market volatility, a spike in interest in hard assets (specifically Gold and Silver), and a hyper concentration in a handful of equity names like we have never seen before. Per Goldman Sachs,...
