Cross currents, undertows, and turbulent winds wreak havoc for sailors. This metaphor can relate to all the mixed messages in today’s business environment for investors. Some [...]
Although the U.S. stock market and many international ones have rallied nicely since the beginning of this year, there is a fragile sense of confidence in future returns. To a degree, the [...]
Stock market investors recently have had three major concerns: over monetary tightening by the Federal Reserve, the economic consequences of the Government shutdown, and an escalating trade war [...]
Corporate earnings for the past quarter and year are now being reported. So far, they look excellent. Certainly, recent results along with announced outlooks from many CEO’s do not point to a [...]
It is looking more and more like a V bottom for the recent sell-off. The classic case is for a retest of the most recent lows before real recovery begins. That is what many pundits have been [...]
The U.S. stock market may have made the bottom in the recent correction on Christmas Eve. Since then it has been recovering. Two important things happened; the Federal Reserve indicated that [...]
A slowdown in Chinese manufacturing is the latest metric to rattle markets. Some other Asian countries are also showing signs of slowing. This may not be as bad as it looks. The prospect of [...]
If not panic, then certainly a lot of pique! Selling sometimes begets selling; that is what seems to have been happening recently. What had been an established trading range has now been broken [...]
