In a corrective environment many that wisely raise cash to protect their capital then make the unfortunate mistake of tuning the market out, becoming complacent and allowing their watchlists to fall into disarray.  This can be a fatal mistake in some instances, as when the time comes to get back to work on the long [...]

While history doesn’t exactly repeat itself, it does often rhyme.  This is why, when going over the charts of stocks that we’re interested in, we’ll often hunt for precedents –that is, past Monster Stocks –that formed similar-looking patterns.  I was recently going over the chart for SolarWinds (SWI), for example, and was looking for some [...]

We continue to be amazed by the lack of amazement at this market.  In most likelihood, this in part has to do with people underperforming and not exactly being in the mood to talk about its odd behavior.  That’s understandable.  Yet the market continues to exhibit an almost “weird” resilience, a resilience that one must [...]

In this study we look at William J. O’Neil’s work in AOL (presently TWX) in the late 90’s.
In 1965, William O’Neil bought a stock called Fairchild Camera.  What happened next would teach him a painful yet valuable lesson.  After the stock gained over 50% in a little more than a month, it corrected all the [...]

In this, the first in a series of studies of history’s Monster Stocks, we take a look at AMGN
In order to find the Monster Stocks of the future you must first know what to look for.  Without a doubt, the best way to do this is to study history’s biggest winners and to become as [...]