10/13/2026 - Bull/Bear: Mastercard (MA) nears breakout, while American Express (AXP) remains vulnerable This Straight from the Chart post contrasts two divergent Financials setups. Mastercard (MA) is consolidating beneath key resistance at 601-602, where a decisive breakout would confirm a bullish pattern and open the way toward 665 and 735. American Express (AXP), by contrast, has reached its initial downside target at 303, but weakening relative performance and volume trend

10/13/2026 - NASDAQ 100 historically surges during the best part of the Presidential Cycle. We highlighted that the NASDAQ 100 (NDX) has historically remained strong following a year-to-date (YTD) rally of more than 20% through September (see our latest Charted Market Insights). This post examines NDX returns during the strongest phase of the U.S. Presidential Cycle, which begins in the fourth quarter (4Q) of the midterm year, and compares them with returns across other cycle

10/13/2026 - In summary, the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA) corrects lower to test key support but needs bullish confirmation. EFA has struggled after failing to hold its breakout from a February-to-August bullish consolidation pattern in early October. The pullback has pushed EFA below its rising 13- and 26-week moving averages (WMAs) at 106.02 and 104.73, respectively, and into a test of the rising 40-WMA at 103.17. This level converges with the 38.2% retracement of the...