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We can attribute the weakness on Friday to “quadruple witching,” where every type of option (stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures) all expired simultaneously. With the market very oversold, a counter-trend bounce next week wil...

Market breadth is weakening. Economic projections are moving lower. Several major averages are breaking longer-term trends. For further details see: Bearish Elements Are Lining Up (Technically Speaking For The Week Of 9/13-9/17)

We maintain a positive view of the financial markets over the next 12-24 months based on an improving global economy. The preconditions for a market top are not present, but there can always be corrections like now. We maintain a balanced approach between growth, mainly technology...

Tax proposals and the "rate cycle" dominate the investment backdrop today. Manufacturing stays resilient, and the inflation scene improves. Energy and cyclicals come back to life while semiconductors make new highs in a lackluster week. Everyone is looking for a correction, pe...

High frequency indicators can give us a nearly up-to-the-moment view of the economy. The metrics are divided into long leading, short leading, and coincident indicators. While there were several rating changes this week, the overall picture remains of a supply-constrained expansio...

The preliminary September results from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers show overall consumer sentiment rose slightly in early September following a steep plunge in August. Overall consumer sentiment increased to 71.0 in early September, up from 70.3 in August, a 1.0 pe...

During Refinitiv Lipper’s fund-flows week ended September 2021, investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the second week in three, withdrawing $33.1 billion. Money market funds posted their third straight week of net o...

Clearly, what everyone calls inflation, rising prices or more accurately currency debasement, will lead to higher interest rates, threatening markets which are unmistakably in bubble territory. In this article I get to the source of the inflation problem, which is the monetary debasem...

Longer-term interest rates are very low and it seems as if the central banks of the world would like to keep them low for a longer period of time. However, as the debt loads have risen within the world, several countries remain attractive to foreign monies due to the confidence invest...

Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance totaled 332,000 for the week ending September 11, a rise of 22,000 from the previous week’s revised tally of 310,000. The four-week average fell 4,250 to 335,750, the lowest of the pandemic. The number of ongoing claim...