3 Industry Sectors Vital to the Stock Market’s Health
Performance divergences, especially in key industry sectors, are either supportive or non-supportive of the broader stock market’s move. Although the S&P 500 (SNP:^GSPC) and Dow...
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2 Times When Diversification Becomes Di-Worsification
Diversifying your investment portfolio: It’s a dull exercise that people repeatedly hear, yet a chore they execute with consistent imprecision. Are there times when diversification...
Home Depot is Optimistic. Should You Be?
If you follow our research you know that we have been bearish the housing sector since May 2013 when we warned falling lumber prices were...
Why Do So Many Investors Self-Destruct?
“The investor’s chief problem—and even his worst enemy—is likely to be himself,” once quipped the great Benjamin Graham. The truth of Graham’s observation is seen in the...
Are Emerging Markets Ready to Outperform?
Since 2011 emerging market stocks have been significantly underperforming the more traditional U.S. and European indices. In fact, over the past three years the ETF...
Will Small Cap Stocks Find their Mojo?
Followers of our research already know that the latest market pullback is not like any of the recent others. For starters, we are entering the...
How to Beat the Low Yield Cycle
How would you like an 11% cut to your paycheck? That’s exactly what’s happened to income investors who own long-term Treasuries (ChicagoOptions:^TYX). At the beginning...
Treasury Bonds Sizzle, High Tech Fizzles
What do you get when you add up Twitter, Yelp, and Weibo? Answer: Deflation. That’s the latest joke as former high-flying tech stocks fizzle, while...
Is Stock Market Volatility Increasing?
Is stock market volatility rising or falling? For most of this year, stock market volatility has actually outperformed the stock market itself. But for whatever...
What Would Baron Rothschild Say about Russian Stocks?
Russia is in deep trouble. Never mind that it’s on the brink of full-blown war with Ukraine. International sanctions were just imposed against 17 companies...