Thursday, December 31st * I'm always amazed how poorly traders perform in job interview situations. Here is what years of experience, both as an interviewee and an interviewer, have taught me about winning at the job interview . * The weakness yesterday has continued into early trading today, raising the odds that we've seen a price peak for the current cycle. If that is the case, we could see a meaningful correction back toward prior cycle lows. As has been the case for a while, weakness in the oil market has accompanied stock weakness. * Here's where we stand with my favorite intermediate-term overbought/oversold measure. It appears to be cresting, as do my cycle measures. My best wishes to readers for a happy, healthy, and profitable 2016!! Wednesday, December 30th * I was looking for signs of weakening breadth in Tuesday's session and what we got was the reverse: consistent buying through the session, accompanied by strength in commodities. New highs among