Rick Ackerman
Articles by Rick Ackerman
[The following is a reconsideration of a Morning Line commentary sent out to you earlier this evening. RA ]Prepare for Deflation!I spent the evening with a woman whose well-informed take on current events has caused me to reconsider my...
[The markets will be closed on Monday for President's Day, but I am putting out fresh touts and commentary because DaBoyz are required to briefly let the beast out of its cage on Sunday evening. Up-to-the minute updates from Rick's...
Although headlines can move the markets, more often the opposite is true -- i.e., the cyclically-ordained ups and downs of stocks tend to color our perceptions of the news. We are watching this dynamic unfold in real time as Russia...
Last week's pointless gyrations did little to dispel the notion that the bull market is over. The vicious short-squeeze in the final minutes of Friday's session only added to the impression that rallies are being stage-managed to suck in...
With the bull market in an apparent topping process, it will always be insightful to ponder Apple's chart. It offers a window into the minds of money managers, many of whom have staked their careers on the uptrend of just one stock. Some...
The chart above suggests that interest rates on 30-year T-bonds could be on their way up to 3.02%, a more than 40% increase over the current 2.11%. That is not necessarily bad news for investors, since a market adjustment of that...
All bull markets supposedly climb a wall of worry, moving higher and higher regardless of how bad the news and how grave the economic and political uncertainties. Supposedly, the worry warts are sitting on the sidelines waiting to deploy...
The charts of AAPL and the S&P 500 are synced to imply that a potential bull market top lies just above. Both would require a rally of 4.5% from current prices to achieve 'Hidden Pivot' rally targets of major degree, This...
The charts of AAPL and the S&P 500 are synced to imply that a potential bull market top lies just above. Both would require a rally of 4.5% from current prices to achieve 'Hidden Pivot' rally targets of major degree, This...
Friday felt like a Pearl Harbor attack on Wall Street. Since when did a Thanksgiving Friday fill investors with dread and fear? The day was supposed to have passed quietly, with second-string prop desks locked on a glide path toward what...












