Bull, Bear, or Sideways, you win!
Jan 24, 2017 | Investing Strategies
We’ve shown time and again now that the TradeStops Stock State Indicator system (SSI) can make you more money and can do so under different market conditions. That’s impressive. What’s even more impressive, however, is that it can do so with less risk. When you factor both reward and risk into the equation you see how truly powerful the SSI…
Why the S&P 500 Could Surge Higher this Year
Jan 20, 2017 | Investing Strategies
A new chart unexpectedly grabbed our attention this week because it has such big implications for the future of the U.S. stock market. Let’s get right to it. For the most part the USD and the S&P 500 move in broadly opposite directions. Stocks in the S&P 500, just like gold and oil, are priced in USD. When the USD…
SSI Stock Signals During the Lost Decade
Jan 17, 2017 | Investing Strategies
We showed you last year how the SSI stock price signals crushed the S&P 500 for almost 20 years. How did they do during the lost decade of the 1970s? One of our TradeStops members, Harold R., recently sent us an email wanting to know how the TradeStops SSI system would have done 40-50 years ago when the markets went…
Updated Gold Price Forecast
Jan 13, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Back in December we outlined what we thought it would take for gold to form a bottom and start its long awaited ascent. We’re seeing several encouraging signs that the bottom may be taking hold. The big issue for gold of late is the strength of the U.S. dollar (USD). We shared this chart last month which shows how gold…
SSI Stock Investing in the Red Zone
Jan 10, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Our mantra at TradeSmith is you’ll have the best chance for success if you invest only in stocks with an upward momentum that aren’t in the SSI Red Zone. That is far and away the safest strategy to stay out of trouble for the majority of investors. But we realize that for many investors, there are valid reasons to hold…
Healthcare Stocks Point To Your Good Health!
Jan 06, 2017 | Investing Strategies
The healthcare sector has underperformed the rest of the stock market for most of this year … and particularly for the last six months. That could be changing soon … in a big way. The SSI chart on XLV, the ETF that tracks healthcare stocks from the S&P 500, tells the story … XLV literally started and ended 2016 right…
Our Most Important Research
Jan 03, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Back in June, we published one of our most important pieces of research of 2016 … how to crush the S&P 500 using just the S&P 500 … plus the TradeStops SSI system. The simple system we published back then beat the S&P 500 by 2 to 1 … and did so with less than half the risk! The team…
What do you mean 2 VQ?
Nov 21, 2016 | Investing Strategies
Last week’s article on doubling up on your winners seems to have struck a chord. After reading it, longtime subscriber Joe M wrote in and said, Just so you know, as I was reading this, I said out loud, “YES!!” That reaction rarely happens…. Thanks Joe! Joe wasn’t the only one that had something to say about our recent research. Phillip D….
Doubling up … on Your Winners
Nov 15, 2016 | Investing Strategies
Doubling down on losing positions is a common strategy amongst average investors. The thinking is usually that buying more shares at a lower price will help get the position back to “break-even” faster. Thinking about “doubling down” got me wondering … is there ever a good time to double up on a winner? Developing a smart strategy for helping TradeStops subscribers add…
Capturing Crazy Gains
Oct 25, 2016 | Investing Strategies
Last week we talked about Going Green … i.e., buying on strength when we see the Stock State Indicator (SSI) change from red to green … and not even waiting for a pullback. This week we’ve got some compelling examples of just how profitable “going green” can be. It’s every investor’s dream to buy a stock at its exact low and sell it at…
