by Brandon Zamucen | Mar 3, 2025 | AJ Monte, Market Insights
Since the Great Depression of the early 1930’s, there have been 14 US recessions and, over the last century, the average recession lasted about 14 months. Historically, the standard rule of thumb for identifying a recession was two consecutive quarters of negative GDP...
by Brandon Zamucen | Mar 1, 2025 | AJ Monte, Risk Management, Trading Strategies
Friday’s markets saw some short covering & month-end window dressing, but AJ sees this as a setup for the next leg down. Hear more about this and a lot more in this week’s Weekly Market Report from AJ Monte: For a FREE, no-gimmick, two-week trial, and...
by Brandon Zamucen | Feb 28, 2025 | Market Insights, Newsletter
And JUST like that, February is in the books and we are entering the end of Q1 2025. Volatiltiy continues to be a major theme which reinforces the need for disciplined trading AND risk management. We LOVE hearing of great trade success from so many of you and are...
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 22, 2025 | AJ Monte, Market Insights, Risk Management, Trading Strategies
Equity markets are incredibly overvalued. Gold & silver are soaring, and rates are NOT going down any time soon. This is one of the most OVERVALUED markets IN HISTORY *The S&P is expensive 19 out of 20 metrics, according to BofA Analysis. *Some metrics, such...
