The economy has fallen into a recession. The official economic statistics are not at our doorsteps yet – two quarters of falling GDP – but it’s fairly obvious that American business has gone into hibernation for at least a few months.
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Our Emerging Markets Timer as found support in recent weeks, but that hasn’t been enough to produce a new buy signal.
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Well, we’re in the thick of it. New citywide, statewide and national mandates are being pronounced daily, the stock market fell dramatically, my two daughters were sent home from college, three close relatives lost jobs/projects, and one close relative is a basket case potentially...
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Monday’s market downturn was a bit breathtaking. First we had a stock market that was overdue for a pullback. Then the coronavirus hit, harming the Chinese economy, which in turn harms every business that sells products and services in China and manufactures products China...
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Our Emerging Markets Timer as found support in recent weeks, but that hasn’t been enough to produce a new buy signal.
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Expect Continued Volatility
I’ll continue to write Bulletins more often, so that investors can navigate through this stock market correction and take advantage of trading opportunities. I might frequently mention stocks that don’t appear in these portfolios. There are lots of excellent growth to...
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The COVID-19 problem, as it pertains to the U.S. stock markets, is compounded by the fact that the S&P 500 index had risen about 12% since October.
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Our Emerging Markets Timer as found support in recent weeks, but that hasn’t been enough to produce a new buy signal.
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The coronavirus continues to make headlines, with this week’s victim being Apple Inc. (AAPL) which announced that 2020 revenues are going to take a hit from the work stoppages emanating from China.
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Here’s how I handle my personal stock portfolio when I’m expecting a market correction. When I sell a stock, I put part of the capital in the money market fund, and I reinvest part of the capital into an attractive stock opportunity.
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Our Emerging Markets Timer as found support in recent weeks, but that hasn’t been enough to produce a new buy signal.
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The Stock Market Will Have A Lingering Cough After The Coronavirus Outbreak
When we all learned of the coronavirus outbreak in China, my first concern was, “Is this a normal flu or pneumonia germ, or is this a plague?”
I’m one of those “worst-case scenario” who...
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The stock market’s uptrend finally cracked late last week. Is this the beginning of the official market correction, or a prelude, or just a hiccup?
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Our Emerging Markets Timer as found support in recent weeks, but that hasn’t been enough to produce a new buy signal.
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The S&P 500 (SPX) index is up 10% since rising above its previous trading range in late November. While 10% is not necessarily a big move for a stock, it is definitely a big move for a major index.
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Fourth quarter 2019 earnings season began yesterday with a few large banks reporting very strong results.
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Our Emerging Markets Timer as found support in recent weeks, but that hasn’t been enough to produce a new buy signal.
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Get Ready to Rumble!
We are almost past a very quiet time period on Wall Street that featured a lack of major company news, M&A activity and earnings reports. As such, this will likely be the last recent issue where I had to scour internet...
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There was very little news or new analyst research on our portfolio stocks last week. I expect a surge in new information by mid-January as businesspeople and Wall Street analysts get back to work after the holidays.
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Our Emerging Markets Timer as found support in recent weeks, but that hasn’t been enough to produce a new buy signal.
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