By Jim Brown | President Trump was uncharacteristically quiet after his G20 meeting with Xi.

By Jim Brown | After months of angst over potential problems shares are finally ready to break out.

By Jim Brown | A less bad conclusion to the G20 meeting lifted stocks at the open.

By Jim Brown | Volatility returned to individual stocks as investors became less tolerant.

By Jim Brown | Support for prior winners is eroding as rotation hits the market.

By Jim Brown | Other than simmering US/Iran tensions the headlines were very calm.

By Jim Brown | When comparing year over year revenue is should be apples to apples.

By Jim Brown | Only five days left before the G20 showdown.

By Jim Brown | The major indexes are testing resistance at the prior highs.

By Jim Brown | Investors are eagerly awaiting the results of the G20 meeting.

By Jim Brown | The president rekindled the Chinese trade talks but it is too soon to know if they will be successful.

By Jim Brown | This retailer is growing at a massive rate.

By Jim Brown | Time is short for President Trump to ink a deal with China and keep that problem from killing his reelection.

By Jim Brown | After weeks of volatility the S&P is back within 1% of a new high.

By Jim Brown | The Chinese puzzle gained a few more pieces this week.

By Jim Brown | The market is back at that point where the expectations of a new high is pulling prices higher.

By Jim Brown | We need to know when to hold them and know when to fold them.

By Jim Brown | The Mexican trade war is over, but China is still festering.

By Jim Brown | Last Monday's extreme volatility bit us again with two closures.

By Jim Brown | The multi-week decline was one day too long, and it cost us two more positions.

By Jim Brown | The market is determined to follow the path and Monday could be a new leg lower.

By Jim Brown | After a $40 drop we are buying support.

By Jim Brown | A new trade war erupted with Mexico to cloud the headlines.

By Jim Brown | Exited a non-performer, added a new winner.

By Jim Brown | The Dow lost -3% and we only lost one position.

By Jim Brown | Hardly a day passes that we don't have a new wave of negative headlines on China.

By Jim Brown | Only one company is acknowledged to be the leader in 5G technology.

By Jim Brown | The trade war has devolved into a cold war with no end in sight.

By Jim Brown | Time to exit some winners and establish new positions.

By Jim Brown | Once again, we had some positions that posted gains in a weak market.

By Jim Brown | Both countries have established their positions and are trying to bluff the other out of the game.

By Jim Brown | This company was a great position until the market volatility knocked us out.

By Jim Brown | The decline in the prior weeks was due and the rebound was nice but the danger is not over.

By Jim Brown | The minor market rebound left the indexes with only minor losses.

By Jim Brown | There were actually stocks in the portfolio that posted gains last week.

By Jim Brown | Traders are preparing to start the new week with a new set of challenges.

By Jim Brown | The chip paradigm is shifting, and new leaders are appearing.

By Jim Brown | A 2.5% dip is a buying opportunity only if you are a trader.

By Jim Brown | It is painful to lose good positions to stop losses but it is a normal part of investing.

By Jim Brown | The China trade worries provided an excuse for traders to take profits.

By Jim Brown | The market is poised for a major decline on Monday on China headlines.

By Jim Brown | When news breaks of a major deal, the acquirer normally declines.

By Jim Brown | There is a possible buying opportunity if the trade deal send us back to correction territory.

By Jim Brown | The blowup in trade talks with China could destabilize the market.

By Jim Brown | Another choppy week for the market succeeded in stopping several positions.

By Jim Brown | After a quiet week that ended at record highs, the weekend futures are quiet as well.

By Jim Brown | Still a lot of bargains in this sector.

By Jim Brown | Adding long term LEAPS positions should be done on dips not market highs.

By Jim Brown | The S&P and Nasdaq closed at new highs on rising breadth.

By Jim Brown | After a choppy week stocks found some traction on Friday to close at new highs.

By Jim Brown | Investors have no conviction even at market highs as we move into earnings.

By Jim Brown | We are going to double up on this severely oversold sector.

By Jim Brown | Buying interest has been minimal as we near the prior highs.

By Jim Brown | The S&P is struggling to move over 2,910 with the record high at 2,930.

By Jim Brown | Despite a slight gain for the week in the Dow and Nasdaq, most stocks were lower.

By Jim Brown | Investors are all queued up about this week's earnings and hoping for good results.

By Jim Brown | In theory the market is efficient. In practice that is rarely true.

By Jim Brown | While the market is nearing new record highs that is not a buy signal.

By Jim Brown | The market is inching slowly towards new highs on the S&P.

By Jim Brown | Almost all our positions were nicely higher except for drugs and biotechs.

By Jim Brown | The market's wall of worry has turned into a molehill.

By Jim Brown | After an 8-month decline shares are back in rally mode.

By Jim Brown | The forecast for Q1 is for a -2.1% decline in earnings but 82% of early reporters have beaten estimates.

By Jim Brown | Our gains continue to grow as the markets near new highs.

By Jim Brown | It was a great week in the portfolio with lots of stocks making new highs.

By Jim Brown | Chinese stimulus has produced an unexpectedly prompt recovery.

By Jim Brown | This company provided services to 90% of patients in the USA.

By Jim Brown | Friday's rebound coupled with positive futures looks good for an earnings run.

By Jim Brown | The positive market is slowly building up long-term profits.

By Jim Brown | Stocks sold off slightly early in the week but ended strongly positive.

By Jim Brown | We may have reached a tipping point in the market.

By Jim Brown | I have not seen so many bearish charts since 2007.

By Jim Brown | Recent comments suggest a trade deal may not be completed for a long time.

By Jim Brown | Friday was a painful surprise especially after the monster short squeeze on Thursday.

By Jim Brown | The market tripped and fell flat on Friday, but it should only be temporary.

By Jim Brown | The major indexes may have closed above resistance but that will be tested again on Monday.

By Jim Brown | They say when you are bucked off you should get back on the horse.

By Jim Brown | With the China state visit sliding farther into the future, investors are playing a waiting game.

By Jim Brown | The S&P broke over resistance but will it hold?

By Jim Brown | Many of the stocks that dropped back to support last week rebounded to make new highs.

By Jim Brown | After a week of declines the futures are calm and flat on Sunday evening.

By Jim Brown | A minor earnings miss produced a buying opportunity.

By Jim Brown | Investors are watching the trade headlines for signs of a conclusion.

By Jim Brown | Is a one week decline enough of a dip to buy?

By Jim Brown | After several weeks of gains, investors took profits when no China meeting appeared.

By Jim Brown | Weekend trade headlines have spiked the futures 13 points on Sunday.

By Jim Brown | Of all the companies in the financial sector this one always gets high marks.

By Jim Brown | New trade headlines sparked a futures rally on Sunday evening.

By Jim Brown | The 10-week rally is starting to slow but it may not be over yet.

By Jim Brown | We had a great week for the portfolio, but we are rapidly approaching some profit taking.

By Jim Brown | We have entered the post earnings depression phase for Q4.

By Jim Brown | This company is emerging from a multiyear dormancy phase to rule the world again.

By Jim Brown | Moving the goal posts on the Chinese tariff deadline kept hope alive.

By Jim Brown | The Energizer Bunny rally keeps going and going.

By Jim Brown | The current rally has extended to nine weeks and we should be very thankful.

By Jim Brown | Have you ever eaten Chinese food only to be hungry again a couple hours later?

By Jim Brown | Biotechs saw the most outflows in Q4 in 15 years.

By Jim Brown | Headlines suggesting progress in the China talks lifted the markets.

By Jim Brown | Investors continue to party on with many of our positions at new highs.

By Jim Brown | Various headlines caused several days of volatility suggesting the rally was fading.

By Jim Brown | The new revelations on the trade war with China could linger for weeks.

By Jim Brown | Even small business owners use cloud utilities every week.

By Jim Brown | News there would not be a meeting between Trump and Xi roiled the markets.

By Jim Brown | The Dow and Nasdaq managed to stretch their string of gains to 7 weeks but it was a fight.

By Jim Brown | Most stocks were hit with some minor profit taking on negative trade news.

By Jim Brown | I don't know if we should be worried, but a trend is about to be broken.

By Jim Brown | Male or Female, you own this company's products.

By Jim Brown | The markets posted another weekly gain on expectations for a trade deal.

By Jim Brown | The major indexes finished up for the sixth consecutive week.

By Jim Brown | All the tech earnings were not good but there was enough to send the Nasdaq 99 points higher.

By Jim Brown | The trend for futures declines on Sunday evening is still intact.

By Jim Brown | This old company has become new again.

By Jim Brown | The major indexes paused their streak of gains ahead of tech earnings week.

By Jim Brown | The major indexes finished the week flat after early week declines.

By Jim Brown | We survived the fifth week of this rebound without any material market decline.

By Jim Brown | For the last quarter the majority of Sunday evenings have seen futures fall sharply.

By Jim Brown | After a rocky quarter this stock is near its 2018 high.

By Jim Brown | The flurry of earnings warnings are injecting uncertainty into the market.

By Jim Brown | Easing worries over China lifted the Dow 710 points for the week.

By Jim Brown | After four weeks of gains we could be coming the edge of a proverbial cliff.

By Jim Brown | The three-week market rally may have run into trouble.

By Jim Brown | This tech company has rebounded sharply from the Nasdaq crash.

By Jim Brown | We may be approaching a pothole ahead given the uncertainty over earnings.

By Jim Brown | Earnings worries are weighing on investors causing minor profit taking.

By Jim Brown | The major indexes posted gains, but the individual stocks were hit and miss.

By Jim Brown | For years market analysts talked about the Greenspan Put. Now we have the Powell Put.

By Jim Brown | The damage is over and shares are rebounding nicely.

By Jim Brown | A positive first week and strongly positive futures suggests further gains.

By Jim Brown | With China talks resuming and Powell put in place, stocks should rise.

By Jim Brown | Apple's guidance warning was a bad hiccup in an otherwise positive week.

By Jim Brown | With the futures up +20 Sunday night, 2018 could go out with a bang.

By Jim Brown | Tweets about a possible deal with China and expectations for the cancellation of Brexit lifted Sunday futures.

By Jim Brown | Do we really want to buy a 200-point gap open on Monday?

By Jim Brown | Positive China news has spiked the futures for Monday.

By Jim Brown | Santa showed up right on time the day after Christmas.