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Just as investors become fearful of stocks, the equity market experiences a turnaround. From an investor sentiment perspective, today's Sentiment Survey report by the American Association of Individual Investors saw bearish sentiment increase to its highest level in more than a year a...

Despite a moderate pick-up in growth during Q4, the leading indicators of the economic growth cycle suggest we are nearing a period of stagflation and potentially disinflation as growth resumes in deceleration. Beginning with the long leading indicators, they have for some time been t...

Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance rose to 222,000 for the week ending November 27, an increase of 28,000 from the previous week’s revised multidecade low of 194,000. Despite the rise, claims remain close to the pre-pandemic average level of 212,000 for Jan...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) ticked lower in November but remains elevated relative to recent history. Adjusting the forecast with short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) reduces - substantially - GMI’s ex...

Why did the market plunge again yesterday? If you believe the reasons/excuses provided by Wall Street analysts and their firms, there are 3 reasons. Let's see if any of them hold water and what the market might do from here. For further details see: Back To Panic Mode - ...

If you have recovered from your Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing food coma, you have probably woken up to the sound of a new health scare alarm - Omicron. Omicron isn’t the first COVID variant and will likely not be the last. Like the flu, which produces new strains every year,...

On Nov. 22, U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Jerome Powell to serve another four-year term as Fed chair. Of more consequence for markets was the guidance from Powell that the Fed might accelerate the tapering of its asset purchases at the December meeting. Above all else, we bel...

The discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has resulted in surging market volatility and declines in global equity markets. We believe developed nations are motivated to avoid the blanket lockdowns of 2020. Investors continue to be in a difficult spot with risk premia on global...

The economy continues to work through distortions caused by the pandemic. Inflation may continue to remain high in the coming months but the data points toward normalization over the next 12 months. The Fed is under pressure to try and contain inflation, but there is little they c...

The new COVID-19 variant has seemingly reignited the prospect of hell. This has caused the VIX to hit a 10-month high. Limited evidence points to mild symptoms and continued vaccine efficacy. For further details see: Hell Is Likely Not Coming With New COVID-19 Variant