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With references to FDR and the New Deal, America embarks on a new expansionist phase backed by incredible fiscal largess and monetary ease. No one knows how this will all work out. Will we have [...]

Another lesson in the use of leverage in stock trading; the family office, Archegos, recently faced massive margin calls and was substantially liquidated. The calls came about because this [...]

What does this mean? Simply, it means fewer stocks are attracting new investors. It’s a market where money seeks the “safer and proven bets.”  It takes us back to a [...]

Stock markets around the world reacted to the great news of the successful development of Covid-19 vaccines by anticipating a return to normal. However, initial optimism was soon tempered by the [...]

This how many investors feel! Uncertainties abound; among them a reacceleration of the Covid-19 pandemic, a very important Presidential election, the future course of the economy, and much more. [...]

(Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google) Until recently, U.S. stock market action was dominated by a handful of very large technology-based companies. They drove the returns and became such a [...]

The money flow model just recently gave an important buy signal.  This algorithm works best when the stock market broadens and becomes more value oriented than merely growth focused. [...]

It’s now earnings season again. Soon, most public companies will be reporting their second quarter results. What can we expect? Firstly, it will be messy; a mix of companies whose [...]

The stock market has predicted a faster and more robust economic recovery than many economists and pundits forecasted.  It is well off its lows and nearing healthy recovery levels.  [...]

Volatility rocks the stock market almost daily as investors scour news items to further gauge prospects and progress to the reopening of much of our economy. Any disappointing news is immediately [...]