ITM BLOG

Finally, End of the Bear Market? Has it finally happened? After all the pain of the last eighteen months are we finally out of the bear market? It’s pretty close. After flirting with the bear

Recessions and the Stock Market As I write this, the debt ceiling is still an issue, albeit more hopeful than it was a couple of days ago. We have had  dire warnings about America’s credit

Consolidation – Again! Well, SPY is going nowhere fast. We are in a consolidation period, and have been for almost 2 months. From the chart you can see that it is consolidating at the same

Was it Just Some Big Waves? It has certainly been an interesting week. After staying in a tight trading range since the end of March, SPY broke out downwards, quite decisively, on Tuesday, followed by

Is It A Sleeping Bull? If we compare the SPY chart now and what was happening in February, we can’t help but be struck with the similarities. The market is in a consolidation phase (going

Is it a dead cat bounce? Quick answer: no. I’ve been seeing the current rally called a dead cat bounce but, while it is an amusing term, that’s not really what is going on here.