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What happened last week. What we're watching for next week. Fun with numbers I keep reading bloggers and pundits and strategists saying that the correction is over because the market is up 13.3% from its recent low on December 24th. The rationale seems to be "you can't dismiss a 13.3% ra...
"Patience is not just about waiting for something… it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting." - Joyce Meyer The rally off the lows has been impressive, and like all short-term moves, they eventually run out of steam. For now, the turnaround has left the S&P 9%...
Jim Puplava recently spoke with financial analyst and commentator A. Gary Shilling on FS Insider . Shilling has a long history with Wall Street - he was fired from Merrill-Lynch for accurately calling the 1969-1970 recession, noting how important it is to be aware of the bias of many Wall S...
We’ve published several articles detailing the continued strength of the US economy as a whole. Yet, the stock market seems to ignore good data regarding the largest portion of the economy (consumer spending), such as continued job growth, rising wages, record-setting holiday spending...
By Jill Mislinski Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending January 19, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 199,000, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week's revised level. This is the lowest level for initial claims ...
Last month, when stocks were tanking, there was a lot of talk about " algos " and how the computers were responsible for the waterfall decline. It's true that, as recently reported by the Wall Street Journal , "Roughly 85% of all trading is on autopilot-controlled by machines, models, or pass...
By OpenMarkets Earnings projections following the last earnings period were subdued, with input costs expected to rise for many companies. That hasn't necessarily proven correct this earnings period. Jack Bouroudjian discusses the market result. Editor's Note: The summary bullets ...
On Christmas Eve, the US stock market appeared to be caught in a bear market, based on econometric analysis via a Hidden Markov model ((HMM)) . Since then, we've seen a strong rally in the new year. But the regime shift to the dark remains intact and in fact has strengthened. On the Chris...
Depending on what kind of valuation indicator you are looking at, you can either say that US stocks are excessively overvalued or reasonably priced. It ultimately comes down to how sustainable you think current earnings numbers are in the middle term. When making investment decisions for 201...
By Jill Mislinski All eight indexes on our world watch list posted gains through January 22, 2019. The top performer is Hong Kong's Hang Seng with a 7.46% gain, and in second place is our own S&P 500 with a gain of 4.90%. In third place is Germany's DAXK with a gain of 4.82%. Coming in...