The Weekly Trend
Episodes
299 episodes
Episode 297: All Time Highs
In this week's episode David and Kevin discuss the areas of the market going out to all-time highs, the return profile if you buy at all time highs, and the continued effect semiconductors, storage, and electronic components is having acr...
Episode 296: The Semiconductor Show
In this week's episode Ian and Kevin discuss the continued strength out of Semiconductors and Technology, while other areas of the market failed to reach or surpass previous highs. They also discuss the strength out of Asia while Latin Am...
Episode 295: Tough Stuff
In Episode 295 of the Weekly Trend podcast, David and Ian break down the market’s stunning return to new all-time highs, unpacking what the sharp V-shaped recovery means for investors, advisors, and anyone still waiting for a pullback that may ...
Episode 294: Datalyzation
In this week's episode David and Ian discuss the S&P 500 being back above a 200 day moving average, where do you start with reconstructing your portfolio, the strength out of semiconductors and other risk-on areas of the market. They also d...
Episode 293: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
In this week's episode David and Ian discuss the S&P 500 moving below 6500, continued strength early in the week followed by weakness moving into the weekend, Magnificent Seven and mega-cap tech leading to the downside again, the rela...
Episode 292: March Madness 2.0
In this week's episode Ian and Kevin discuss the major indices now below their 200-day moving averages, what it would look like if the S&P 500 does not find support at 6500, the rough look for long-term treasuries and fixed income in ...
Episode 291: Ides of March
In this week's episode David and Ian discuss the bullish engulfing candles witnessed on Monday, but no follow-through in sight with the S&P back below 6800. They also discuss the relationship between oil and energy prices, when else h...
Episode 290: The Great In-Between
In this week's episode David and Ian discuss the continued chop in the S&P 500, bearish sentiment, retail buying, energy stocks with the increase in oil prices, support and resistance, theses for the range in the S&P 500 being fur...
Episode 289: The Waiting Game
In this week's episode David and Ian discuss the S&P 500 continuing to be rangebound, sector rotation and industry performance during different points of the market cycle. They also discuss what it would look like if there is a mid-ye...
Episode 288: Glass Box
In this week's episode David and Kevin discuss the S&P 500 continuing to be within a tight range, bearish market sentiment with large amounts of short selling, what would happen if the Magnificent 7 and software begin to participate t...
Episode 287: New Leader on the Podium?
In this week's episode David and Ian discuss the S&P remaining range-bound, differentiation between S&P 500 performance and the average performance of it's constituents. They also discuss market breadth, sentiment, the continued drawdow...
Episode 286: All American
In this week's episode David and Ian discuss the move to the downside in Bitcoin and other crypto assets, the poor performance from mega cap names and software, the strength out of industrials, financials, small caps and mid caps. They also tal...
Episode 285: Shot Across the Bow
In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss how the strongest areas appear to be getting hit the hardest to close out the week, an update on seasonality, sector rotation dynamics, if the move in precious metals and mining is over, the V...
Episode 284: Idiomatic
In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss the continued move to the upside in precious metals and the relative relationship between the metals and their miners. They also discuss the 5-standard deviation move in Japanese Bonds, signs for ri...
Episode 283: Differentiation
In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss how mega cap growth names are lagging behind, while small caps and international equities continue to outperform. Does this mean 2026 will be a year of differentiation? They also discuss precious me...
Episode 282: New Year Same Market
In this week's episode, Ian and Kevin discuss how metals and mining are off to a good start this year, the Russell 2000 with a nice setup again, international equities, areas of Financials that are performing well, a mixed bag from semiconducto...
Episode 281: Plan > Prediction
In this week's episode, David and Ian discuss areas of the market that had a good year in 2025, like international equities, metals and mining, precious metals, and also what areas had a poor year in 2025. They also discuss semiconductors in th...
Episode 280: Elf on the Shelf
In this week's episode, David Zarling and Ian McMillan discuss growth versus value, high beta versus low volatility, market cap relative relationships, and other risk-on/risk-off relationships to close out the year and what might be in sto...
Episode 279: Floating Prison
In this week's episode, David Zarling and Ian McMillan discuss if we are seeing rotation out of tech and growth areas of the market into value and small cap focused areas. They also discuss international areas that are holding up well, bitcoin,...
Episode 278: 5x the Fun
In this week's episode, David Zarling and Ian McMillan discuss the areas of the market that are out to all time highs, improved breadth, what is supporting the bullish thesis, 5x leverage funds, cryptocurrency, and interest rates. <...
Episode 277: Living on the Edge
In this week's episode, Ian McMillan and Kevin Firari discuss the price action following Nvidia earnings, reinforcement of key price levels for the S&P 500, rotation into later-cycle sectors like Healthcare, Energy, and Financials, Fu...
Episode 276: Deja Vu
In this week's episode, David Zarling and Ian McMillan discuss market breadth and participation, areas of healthcare that have been holding up well, like biotech and pharmaceuticals. They also discuss whether the leadership from large cap...
Episode 275: Thin Ice
In this week's episode, David Zarling and Ian McMillan discuss the current pullback in equities, important levels moving forward, the US Dollar, Gold and Gold Miners, International areas still holding up well, and earnings reactions. &nbs...
Episode 274: Trick or Treat
Hosts David Zarling and Ian McMillan discuss the state of the markets amid a split environment where large-cap tech and semiconductor stocks drive the S&P 500 to new highs while many smaller stocks lag behind. They note mixed earnings react...