Helene Meisler writes a daily technical analysis column and TheStreet Top Stocks. For more information, click here. Meisler spent more than a decade on the sell side as a market technician covering institutional accounts at various investment banks in New York City, including Cowen & Co. and Goldman Sachs. In addition she worked at Cargill in Minneapolis where she managed equity money for three years.
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| May 16, 2012
| 10:23 AM EDT
I will take the liberty of putting the gun to my head and saying I think today the pattern changes.
why? oils and materials trying to play the oversold rally today.
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| May 16, 2012 | 6:00 AM EDT
Some elements are lacking, but the ingredients remain for an oversold rally.
| May 15, 2012
| 11:37 AM EDT
This surprised me since it crushed the commodity stocks which are already so down and out. By a fraction, there were fewer new lows today than yesterday (94 today vs....
| May 15, 2012 | 6:00 AM EDT
As soon as a pattern becomes too obvious, it changes.
| May 09, 2012 | 6:34 AM EDT
The put-call zoomed above 100% Tuesday -- and the market should read as firmly oversold by next week.
| May 08, 2012
| 1:47 PM EDT
The new lows are on the cusp and not likely to contract. However the put/call ratio is now at 125%, so there is definitely some fear out there....
| May 08, 2012
| 1:24 PM EDT
It's a close call on new lows as they look set to expand by a few more than last week....
| May 08, 2012 | 6:00 AM EDT
Market action Monday could easily embolden -- or disappoint -- bulls and bears alike.
| May 07, 2012
| 12:54 PM EDT
And put/call ratios are high.
And new lows did not expand this morning. Of course we didn't break 1358 on the S&P but Naz and Russell did break recent lows.
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| May 07, 2012
| 6:48 AM EDT
What panic I saw on the airwaves last nite. It was like Henny Penny the sky is falling!!...