RZG News and Press, Invesco S&P Smallcap 600 Pure Growth From 07/09/22

It will be a busy week for Fed speak as Williams talks about LIBOR on Monday, Barkin discusses recession on Tuesday, Waller speaks on Thursday and Bostic talks on Friday. Energy traders will have a lot to keep their eye on next week as President Biden makes a trip to the Middle East a...

Initial jobless claims remain historically healthy in the low 200K range, but the most recent week’s data did mark one of the highest readings of the year. The current week has historically been the worst of the year in terms of week-over-week moves only having seen unadjusted ...

Private payrolls posted a 381,000 gain in June. Gains in recent months have generally been broad-based. The June jobs report shows total nonfarm and private payrolls posted strong, albeit somewhat slower, gains. By Robert Hughes U.S. nonfarm p...

The massive Federal Reserve interventions provided a perverse incentive to take on extreme forms of risk. Currently, Wall Street continues to expect earnings to grow through the end of 2024 despite the growing risk of a recession. However, while estimates, and forward expectations...

Rates of change continue to improve across the economy. Don't be whipsawed by recession and inflation fears. The market and economy look positioned for a second half recovery. Stocks got a big lift at the open yesterday after China’s Ministry of Finance announced ...

Financial tightening by central banks is never good for financial assets. Consumers are being squeezed by high inflation and more restrictive, yet still accommodative, monetary policy. Commodity prices have more than doubled from their COVID lows. With inflation still in...

The first half of the year has been an unsettling time for equity investors. While quality hasn’t worked particularly well so far this year as a factor, we do believe that going forward companies that exhibit strong quality should be able to prosper through the uncertain econom...

Why the economy, practically speaking, may already be in recession. Why defensive sectors may be worth a closer look in the current environment. Market sentiment might be bearish, but that doesn't mean there aren't opportunities. Aggressive moves by central banks...

Secular bear markets begin from a point of mass exuberance and over-valuation and end when they have crushed both into remission. Bear markets have bottomed over the past 50 years when the price reaches 10 to 12x forward earnings estimates. Bear markets have never ended before med...

Value Line Arithmetic Index bottomed on 6/16. The S&P 500 Index bottomed on 6/16. The NADSAQ 100 Index bottomed on 6/16. I'm going out on a very shaky limb and calling the Stock Market Bottom was on June 16th. You can never predict the day that the Market will bottom nor...