This strategy is often referred to
as the bull bear strategy and focuses on monitoring, rising, declining and the flat trend line of the traded asset.
Not exact matches
Very near - term we see the risk of consolidation, with some of the tactical indicators extended (such
as the
bull /
bear ratio for financial advisors, while net corporate buying is low) and we expect the Fed to start tapering in January.
So unlike brokers, we have no conflict of interest pushing us to recommend high volumes of trades whether we believe in the potential of those trades or not We have no perpetual bias for a
bull market
as most of Wall Street has to be (to justify the heavily - weighted stance of «buy» vs. «sell,» a stance that always persists even in harshest
bear markets) Instead of all of these kinds of anti-investor establishment motivators, we will sell our products on subscription, with a customer - friendly, overwhelming motivation to deliver an experience that will win very profitable renewals for many years to come.
Although the bullish bias of the past two months has presented some great opportunities for momentum swing traders, no
bull market moves straight up without eventually undergoing substantial corrections along the way (just
as bear markets don't fall straight down for too long without large, counter-trend bounces).
Overall, recent weeks can be summarized
as a tug - of - war between the
bull bears, with neither team showing convincing dominance.
But it is important to remember
as Richard Russell points out, that oversold conditions can persist in
bear markets much longer than they would during
bull markets.
For someone who has been labeled both a «perma -
bear» over the past decade,
as well
as a «one lonely raging
bull» in the early 1990's (Los Angeles Times), I can't say that either description is fitting at the moment.
That is why traders should swing trade... 90 % of the time, going for a reward that is at least twice
as big
as the risk results in a mathematically profitable strategy (a positive trader's equation) for both the
bull and
bear side of the trade.
Of course it matters to anyone who wants to understand the economic cost of the adjustment, but arguments about whether the reported data are overstated, and by how much, have become part of the
bull vs
bear debate about whether Chinese growth is merely slowing temporarily, and not
as part of a major economic reversal of the growth model.
This way, if a
bear market occurs, you have a year of cash becoming available at the maturity date so that you do not have to sell stocks, and in a
bull market you can buy new bonds
as the ones you own mature, and you thereby benefit from the higher interest rates that high quality bonds give versus cash or CDs.
Young
bulls and old
bears is
as old
as the hills.
Fundamentals: There is a tug - of - war from the
bulls and
bears this morning
as trade war tensions cool, but risks remain due to the FBI raiding the office of President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, and
as we await a response to the chemical attack in Syria.
Naples also seeks to educate Millennials about Modern Portfolio Theory and the importance of consistent contributions in a tax - free environment,
as well
as diversification and rebalancing concepts to smooth long - term returns through
bear and
bull markets.
As famous investor John Templeton stated, «
Bull markets are
born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.
In addition to daily headlines, traders watch the blog for
Bear Radar and
Bull Radar posts that cover companies with unusual upside or downside volume
as well
as stocks with usual call / put option activity or positive news mentions.
Retail securities tend to track the market
as a whole but with a greater degree of volatility, resulting in stronger gains during
bull markets but larger losses during
bear markets.
As seen beneath, the final week's candle has a small physique and lengthy shadows, suggesting each
bulls and
bears fought dropping battles.
What this says is while the usual market factors surrounding OPEC and inventories may affect sentiment, the other factors are the longs (
bulls) went short (
bears, resulting on «length liquidation») and commodity trading algorithms kicked in
as prices fell («self - reinforced stop losses» and «robots smelling blood in the water»).
Remember that an ability to preserve capital in a
bear market is generally a more important skill than outperformance in a
bull market,
as if you lose 10 % of your money, you have to then make more than 10 % to return to what you originally started with.
Entertaining
as it may be, it's mostly a waste of time trying to label what type of environment we're in, because much of the time, like today, we're in neither a
bull nor
bear market.
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMahxoftUFc] The Reformed Broker, AKA Buddy Lembeck, here with today's Market Recap... Much like Rhymefest * gives up the battle to Big Daddy Kane in the above video (my favorite of ’09 so far), the
bears had to give it up to the
bulls today
as banks and techs stole the show.
But where my long term account is concerned, I really have no interest to sell,
bear market or
bull market, so long
as the business is fine and the price is fair Just wanted to explain some of my recent purchases, and why the long - term view requires a different approach.
As illustrated in the first part of this article, this
bull market is historically long, with a likelihood of a relatively short
bear market appearing in the near future.
Say, for example, rather than having a committed belief in the right to
bear arms, you have identified yourself
as a raging
bull on some US tech stock, the fact such a bias could lead you to make mistakes when analysing fresh data on that business does not bode well for the success of your portfolio.
Ned Davis Research has looked at many of the major
Bear markets worldwide for the past Century, and found that they tend to last about a third
as long
as the preceding
Bull.
If we're going to ride a
bull or a
bear, might
as well get into this roller coaster together, right?
But where my long term account is concerned, I really have no interest to sell,
bear market or
bull market, so long
as the business is fine and the price is fair
I do not know whether I should nominate myself
as a
bull or a
bear.
As the underlying economy and baseline earnings level grew, the market slowly whittled its P / E back to levels associated with typical secular
bull ends and secular
bear starts.
And
as you guys know, in a
bull market it's very high and in the
bear market, it's very low.
The time, for example, for small cap is bouncing off the bottom of a
bear market
as a
bull market begins in the first third.
However, after enormous bailouts of the largest financial institutions in the country,
as well
as the auto industry, and even more monetary ease than in 2003 (accompanied by TARP, the stimulus plan, QE, and QE2); we started another cyclical
bull market within the secular
bear market.
The ratio of the HUI (NYSE Arca Gold BUGS Index) to gold resides at 2014 levels when gold was in full
bear market retreat
as opposed to the current two - year
bull market that is alive and well and making progress.
In contrast, the recent «
bull market» (probably better viewed
as an upward correction in an ongoing secular
bear market) started at valuations too rich to justify an aggressive investment position.
If so, we would be dealing with a US$
bear market
as opposed to a gold
bull market.
A market reversal should definitely not be ruled out
as the current market trend is showing a strong sign of uncertainty between the
bulls and
bears.
As an old mentor told me, it takes a lot of buying to create a
bull market; but for a
bear market to get started, people don't have to sell; they just have to stop buying.
The LPSY is most notably described
as a series of peaks and valleys on a fairly narrow spread
as the
bulls and
bears exchange positions.
The
Bulls vs. Bears Death Match Intensifies A few weeks ago, I wrote an article describing the current state of the market as a death match between two camps — the bulls and the b
Bulls vs.
Bears Death Match Intensifies A few weeks ago, I wrote an article describing the current state of the market
as a death match between two camps — the
bulls and the b
bulls and the
bears.
Man is
born into original «sin», so all those, 5 billion or so, that never heard of your god are never going to be or can be saved because they see Jesus Christ
as sheer
bull sh!t.
Over time, so many deals were struck «at the
Bull and
Bear» where the gilded statues stood that regular patrons adopted the moniker
as the bar's unofficial title.»
The signature bronze
Bull &
Bear statues stand behind the legendary bar
as commanding reminders of the steakhouse's significance to city's financial sector and its rich history — ultimately serving
as the location's namesake.
A lot of folks recall that
Bear Bryant himself was on record, way back when, saying he wasn't near so tough
as Bull Cyclone.
As after 9 months of sobriety, cutting out any and all toxins, I know many women are craving a glass of wine or a sip of a red
bull once baby is
born, but unfortunately if breastfeeding, this is likely to go straight to the baby.
As part of a wider inquiry, it found two
bulls born in the UK from the embryo of a cloned US cow, one of which had entered the food chain.
And Mayr says it's important that people not rely too much on wishful thinking: «If traders come to habitually ignore losses through cognitive reinterpretation, they may miss the signals that indicate trouble ahead
as a
bull market starts to shift to a
bear market.»
Fortunately, TCMFF 2018 did offer various opportunities to celebrate talented, perhaps less zingy writer - directors such
as Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career); James Ivory (Maurice); Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer); Melvin van Peebles (Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, a salute which makes me happy even though my mind remains boggled that it ever managed to happen); and Ron Shelton (
Bull Durham), whose gem - laden career
bears an inordinate degree of dedication to making sports movies the way Hollywood doesn't like to make»em — raunchy, unpredictable, often melancholy — and then proving that audiences would come to see them anyway.
The competitiveness between the pair (which was also featured in A Cock and
Bull Story) talks to the ego of the performer, and Coogan's
bored expressions
as Brydon pulls out party - piece after party - piece are worth the ticket admission alone.
Fletcher is a brute, a bully and a
born leader; comparisons have been made to R. Lee Ermey's Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in «Full Metal Jacket,» but another cinematic predecessor that springs to mind is Robert Duvall's Lt. Col. «
Bull» Meechum in «The Great Santini» — a father - figure who cares less about the condition of his charges
as they are than he cares about what they could be.
It's the year of the
Bull and the
Bear as Lamborghini's Urus SUV draws closer to its production debut.