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2024-07-08 06:30:00 ET Summary The big banks start reporting next Friday, July 12th, ’24. The June CPI and PPI data are also due this week. The forward 4-quarter estimate jumped $9 this week as the old quarter (Q2 ’24-Q1 ’25) fell off and new quarter was added...

2024-07-04 20:05:00 ET Summary The 18-month annualized return for the S&P 500 is 28.55%. That’s a tad stretched. The 60%/40% standard balance portfolio returned 8.78% in the first half of 2024. The big difference between today and 24 years ago is sentiment: stock ma...

2024-07-04 12:30:00 ET Summary The French election: I discuss the investment implications of three possible scenarios: a far-right majority, a far-left majority, and a temporary administrative solution. We received two important data points that could bring us closer to the long-a...

2024-07-03 22:30:00 ET Summary Closing out the first half of 2024, the S&P 500 Total Return Index (which includes dividend reinvestment) is up an incredible +15.3%. According to Apollo asset management, Nvidia accounted for a record-breaking 34.5% of the total return in the S&...

2024-07-03 09:41:00 ET Summary Global stocks posted healthy gains in the first half of 2024, although second quarter performance moderated from the previous quarter’s breakneck pace. In a trend that has become familiar to equity investors, large-cap market breadth was again...

2024-07-03 07:42:00 ET Summary The second quarter of 2024 has come and gone, which was a surprisingly strong quarter for dividend-paying stocks. Focusing on June 2024, the year-over-year comparison with June 2023 is favorable. We find there is a bearish storm cloud potentially...

2024-07-03 02:30:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets are in a period of extended calm, with the benchmark S&P 500 Index closing in on one year since it last dropped 2% in a single day. An extended period of calm means investors must be vigilant and not become complacent. However...

2024-07-02 17:30:00 ET Summary Astonishingly, the top five giants of the S&P 500 now account for a staggering 27% of the entire index. I remember when I first started working in the financial services industry how glamorous it appeared to be a stockbroker, day-trading in the l...

2024-07-02 09:25:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 index surged +3.5% for the month. Despite the looming presidential election this November and the recent debate, the stock market has continued on a +56% bull market tear since the October 2023-low, eight months ago. The job and i...

2024-07-02 01:00:00 ET Summary I was not happy to see so much selling into strength last Friday, the last day of the quarter – following what should have been encouraging inflation news. Both bonds and stocks sold off, and we ended up having a flat (slightly down) week, off...