This is our final Tharp’s Thoughts newsletter – a kind of end. Rather than being the destination, however, we have arrived at a midpoint. Before we consider your journey ahead, let’s make a quick assessment of where we are. What a long, wonderful, rich, and transformative journey we have had with Dr. Van Keith Tharp […]
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As we approach the closing of the Van Tharp Institute (VTI), we will focus the last few newsletters on Van and his contributions. This is the first in the series. We will continue to publish this newsletter until our last issue on November 15th. Models, Genius, and Bliss Van liked to call himself a modeler,
Dr. Van Tharp’s Genius: Modeling and Transformation By, RJ Hixson Read More »
If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. Just past the summer solstice, the month of June and second quarter ended last Friday—the halfway point for the calendar year. Yes, the S&P market type is “Bull Normal” but that’s not half of the story. Part I: The World Market
Bull Normal Market Type Market Update June 30th, 2023 By, RJ Hixson Read More »
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
Bull Normal Market Type: Market Update June 2nd, 2023 By, RJ Hixson Read More »
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
Sideways Normal Market Type – Market Update: May 3rd, 2023 By, RJ Hixson Read More »
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
Sideways Normal Market Type: Market Update April 5th, 2023 By, RJ Hixson Read More »
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
Market Update February 28th, 2023: Sideways Normal Market Type By, RJ Hixson Read More »
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.
Sideways Normal Market Type Market Update: January 31st, 2023 By, RJ Hixson Read More »
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
Bear Volatile Market Type Market Update: December 30th, 2022 By, RJ Hixson Read More »
