The raging bull market took a breather. The S&P 500 actually pulled back 7% from the high at the peak of the recent Labor Day selloff. But that seems to be over. The market has since regained some traction and appears to be an...
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A High Growth/Low Volatility Stock for an Uncertain Market
Here we are. The cold Labor Day slap in the face has arrived.
For several weeks I have warned that investors could change their attitudes when the rubber hit the road after Labor Day. As people off...
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Labor Day marks the start of a new year of sorts and a rebirth of seriousness in the collective psyche. The other side of Labor Day is a new ballgame, when investors shake off the apathy of summer and refocus with intensity.
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These are the dog days of summer. It’s a rare time of year when a certain degree of slackery is not only tolerated, but expected. People tend to focus on enjoying the waning days of summer. More serious issues and considerations get postponed after...
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After a brief decline in early June, the market has resumed the uptrend that began on March 24th. It has been a spectacular 55% rally in less than five months.
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You Can Bank on an Aging Population
What a spectacular market. The pandemic and economic crash was apparently just a temporary diversion for the stock market. The indexes are right back to nosebleed territory.
The S&P 500 is now within bad breath distance of the record...
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The horrible second quarter is behind us and a rapidly recovering economy with a very accommodative Fed lies ahead. There are a lot of reasons for the rally and unless investors get scared straight the rally seems destined to continue.
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So far, earnings season hasn’t had that much of an impact on the overall market. I don’t think investors know quite what to make of this quarter. It’s bad. But everyone knows that going in.
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Every week there’s bad new and good news. This week there is bad news about tensions with the Chinese and good news regarding a European Union stimulus and energy demand. Every week there’s bad news and good news about the virus. The spread the...
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The market is also having a stronger reaction to good news than to bad news. The indexes soared yesterday on news of potential Fed asset purchases, like quantitative easing, to support the economy and the market. Today the market is loving news of trial...
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The Pandemic Creates a High-Yielding Superstar
It’s time to look beyond the market disruptions and personal nuisances caused by this pandemic. It will go away sooner or later, and headlines will obsess with something else. But the ordeal of the lockdown and virus may to...
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The S&P 500 soared 46% from the March bottom in about 11 weeks, the fastest such rise in history. It couldn’t keep that up forever and it was bound to falter eventually.
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While there are growing signs of risk, the market is, as always, difficult to predict in the near term. If it does selloff, that’s okay. Stocks in this portfolio are well positioned to endure further hardship and thrive beyond this crisis. Another down in...
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It’s been another crazy week in pandemic-land. After an interruption last week, the market seems to have resumed its ascent.
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A Cheap Price and a Safe, High-Yield
These are humbling times for market prognosticators. Who saw the coronavirus coming? Who saw the market surging 47% from the lows in late March?
The last several months have beautifully exemplified why no one can predict the market the...
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The S&P 500 is now up over 40% from the bottom in March and less than 10% from the all time high. Forget about a bear market. It’s not even a correction any more.
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The stock market rally is now more than two months old. The S&P 500 has rallied 35% since March 23 and is now just about 10% below the all-time high.
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We are in the midst of a rally that has continued for about two months. This market seems to want to go higher. While the rally has slowed significantly from the initial bounce off the lows in March, the overall market is still an...
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Maybe Too Far Too Fast
Don’t look now but we are in the midst of a huge rally, and technically a bull market. The S&P 500 has soared more than 30% from the lows of March 23rd in just 50 days. The index is down...
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The S&P 500 has now regained more than half of what it lost in the bear market selloff. We are still in the midst of a six-week rally, although it has leveled off in the past few weeks. What can you expect going forward?
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