RJ Hixson

If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. Part I: The World Market Model The market type says “Bull Normal” but how does the market feel to you? To me, it feels more like . . . sideways abnormal? Let’s see what the World Market Model says at the beginning of June. Asia/Pacific markets are weak again and slightly weaker than in April. US stock market segments strengthened and now have no red segments. Two are now green. Large cap tech (QQQ) is

If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. Part I: The World Market Model The same headline and market type as last month? How boring! Though things may seem calm, there’s dynamic movement just under the surface. What’s going on underneath? Movement towards more strength, more weakness, or net break-even? Van’s World Market Model gives us insights. Let’s take a look and see. US stock market segments went from mostly yellow last month to mostly brown this month. The S&P is still yellow, with

If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. Part I: The World Market Model What’s happening? Scan the noisy news headlines to get an idea of what’s transpired in the last 24 hours. For a better idea, however, you can look over market information for a stronger signal. Let’s see what’s happening around the globe, at the end of March, in Van’s World Market Model. There are no major changes in the model from February. Here are some of the highlights for stock markets:

If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. Part I: The World Market Model As a mild winter in much of the northern hemisphere gives way to an early spring, do we see green shoots emerging from the markets? Let’s see if there are any early blooms in the World Market Model.   The picture at the end of February is pretty similar to January’s picture—a marked improvement from the year end situation in 2022. Here are some highlights: European country markets were unanimously

If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. Part I: The World Market Model Only one month into 2023, and already, things are changing? My, my, the world and the markets just keep moving. Let’s see how markets look in the World Market Model—Van’s map of the global situation. Overall, we see so much more green at the end of January compared to the 2022 year-end map. Some highlights from the model: US market segments are all positive now, with two green symbols—Mid-Cap Value

Part I: The World Market Model Happy New Year! Let’s see how the markets were feeling on the last trading day of 2022. We see very little green but lots of yellow and brown in the model on December 30th. Hmmm, not much happy in the holidays for the bulls this year end. Here are some highlights from the model. The US market segments are almost all negative again. Tech (QQQ) is red, the Dow (DIA) is slightly positive, but everything else is weakly negative. The geographic region Europe/Africa is