The past week has seen the market rocket higher on hopes for a massive $2 trillion economic stimulus plan that would try to help consumers and businesses get through the tunnel of productivity and financial devastation that this pandemic has created.
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Uncharted Territory—But We Have A Compass
As of Monday, we’d experienced the market’s quickest 30% drop ever. Just 22 days from top to bottom.
Yesterday, the Dow had its best up day in 87 years—up 11%!
And tomorrow?
Well, as the headline says, we’re in uncharted territory. one...
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The market doesn’t know how long this will last. And that’s why it hasn’t been able to find a bottom. But there has been some very encouraging news in the past week.
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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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The market is strong, our portfolio is full, and the prospects for the months ahead look good. Thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that help you meet your investing goals.
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As financial markets begin to thaw, global leaders build consensus on how to address this pandemic, options of potential interim treatments for Covid-19 surface and the framework of economic relief starts to firm up (even though it won’t be enough), the stock market be...
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Because of all the craziness out there I’m pushing back the stock section of this week’s update to tomorrow.
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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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With the market down more than 30% since it peaked a month ago, it’s worth reviewing the reasons for the quick crash.
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The quarter’s revenue surged in their Europe and licensing businesses, and lagged in their Americas Retail, Americas Wholesale and Asia businesses.
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Fear of the spread of a new virus has devolved into an economic disaster, at least in the short term.
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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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We’re taking another step to adjust our market exposure today.
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The market is strong, our portfolio is full, and the prospects for the months ahead look good. Thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that help you meet your investing goals.
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As you pour over stock websites and ponder which stocks you might like to buy in the coming weeks, think hard about how badly these companies might be harmed by the cessation of public gatherings.
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In this rare, mid-week update I will try to be brief, because I know you have a lot to read, including numerous notices of cancellations and closings.
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To say that the coronavirus has infected the stock market would be to state the obvious. Less obvious is the answer to the question; what’s the antidote?
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The good news is that the amount of cannabis intercepted along all U.S. borders has fallen by 89% since 2011, from 2.5 million pounds per year to about 270,000 pounds in 2019.
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We are now living through an unprecedented time in the U.S., and in the world at large, when institutions, schools, universities and more are being shut down from public attendance so as to curtail the spread of a virus named COVID-19.
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With this stock below its September lows, we’re back to square one. How did we get here?
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