It’s been a relatively quiet week for the major indexes despite some bad news (Iran, big warning from Broadcom today), which we take as a constructive sign following the strong push higher after last Monday’s market low. As we write this, the S&P up...
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With the market having come back strong since its swift retreat in early June the immediate threat of a larger correction has diminished. The S&P 500 index is back above its 50-day line and within a couple percentage points of its all-time high.
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Our Emerging Markets Timer is still solidly in the bull camp, with the recent pullback being modest compared to the year-to-date upmove.
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We’re looking at economic data that could push interest rates upward (rising food price inflation and business expansion) and we’re also looking at economic data that could push rates downward (GDP potentially falling due to China tariffs, and slowing employment numbers).
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THE BIG IDEA
On a whim, I recently reviewed our car insurance.
Something didn’t feel right, so I went online and got a quote from another provider. It turns out they could cover our two cars with essentially the same coverage – for half the was...
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The market started this week with another sharp selloff, continuing the May weakness and bringing the major indexes down 7.65% (S&P 500) to 10.8% (Nasdaq) from their peaks. But since Monday, the action has been excellent, and the major indexes are working on gains,...
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Pieces are in Place
We’re about five weeks into this market correction, and it’s been a pretty nasty one when looking at the major indexes—from high to low, the S&P 500 has fallen as much as 7.6% and the Nasdaq by 10.8%, with small- mid-cap...
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Assessing the Retail Stock Landscape
After rising 25.3% from Christmas Eve 2018 through April 30, 2019, the S&P 500 stock index fell 6.6% in May. A pullback was clearly overdue, and there was plenty of fuel to keep investors on the edge of their Many...
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Altogether it felt like a calm week. Considering the worsening performance of the S&P 600 Small Cap Index, which broke below its comfort zone, and the S&P 500, now 6% off its high, our portfolio’s resiliency continues to stand out.
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It’s the last day of May, to which most investors (including us) say “good riddance,” as the major indexes are working on their fourth straight losing week. Including this morning’s plunge, the S&P has fallen as much as 6.9% from its high, while Nasdaq...
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Our Emerging Markets Timer is still solidly in the bull camp, with the recent pullback being modest compared to the year-to-date upmove.
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Not all Dow Jones stocks are appealing right now. But these 3 have the best combination of low valuations, growth potential, and compelling dividend yields.
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The Incredible Opportunity of 5G
Technology seems to provide us with new English words all the time. Nobody ever heard the terms “tweet” or “selfie” or “photobomb” just a few years ago. So many new terms are thrown around that it’s tempting to ignore of...
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Looking at the broad market we see that the S&P 500 is just 4% off its recent high, has thus far held above support around 2,800 and remains above its long-term (200-day) moving average line. The Nasdaq dipped to its May 13 low 7,627,...
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The major indexes have had another rough go of it, notching their third straight weekly decline. Before the opening bell this morning (futures are indicating a modestly higher open), the S&P 500 is sitting on a 1.3% weekly loss, while the Nasdaq is a..
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Time Likely Needed
In The Perfect Speculator (written by Brad Koteshwar), fictional trader Boyd Hunt said, “Everything in the market takes time. Learning takes time. Making gains takes time. Even losing big takes time because the market will occasionally offer small crumbs to remove (We...
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The market has been all over the place this week, starting with a decisive cracking of its intermediate-term on Monday, a good-looking snapback from Tuesday through Thursday (especially among leading growth stocks, many of which zoomed to new highs) and bookended with this selling...
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This is a great time to be invested in these stocks, clearly. And I hope the trend continues. But I do think we have a missing ingredient before we can feel super confident that these gains will stick. And that ingredient is more from...
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Our Emerging Markets Timer is still solidly in the bull camp, with the recent pullback being modest compared to the year-to-date upmove.
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The weeklong tariff threats and (this morning) levies have caused a consistent wave of selling this week, which, as we write, has brought most major indexes down to (or a bit below) their 50-day moving averages.
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