SummaryRussia warns of catastrophic consequences.
Concerns increase about slowing growth in China.
Low conviction markets speak to increasing risk, calling for a diversified allocation.
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SummaryIt is said they don’t ring a bell at stock market tops.
However, the housing industry has sometimes been quite adept at doing so.
Is it currently ringing its warning […]
Let’s start with the good news since it’s been in rather short supply as of late in Marketland. The Dow (INDEXDJX:.DJI), S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) and Nasdaq (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) bounced back from their latest NCE (Near Correction Experience), leaving the first two close to their all-time highs and the third back in mountain-climbing mode. That said, where has all the volume gone?
Now, […]
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ArchivesThe unsettling market plunges of two weeks ago have stopped (at least for now), and stock prices have recovered a bit. So now everyone’s getting cautiously bullish again.
Everyone except me.I still think stocks are poised to have a decade or more of lousy returns.Why?Three simple reasons:Stocks are very expensive
Corporate profit margins are at record highs
The Fed is now tightening
I’ll go […]
Library Of CongressStocks are tanking today.
This move mirrors other dives in recent weeks — a decline that has taken the tech-heavy NASDAQ down 7% from its highs and the S&P and Dow about 3% from their highs.Drops like that are no big deal. But some signs suggest that this pullback — or another one sometime soon — could get […]
Well, last we spoke, the market was searching hard for its next direction, and my oh my did it find it. Just for the sake of clarity, the direction found was down. While the major averages — the Dow (INDEXDJX:.DJI), S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), Nasdaq (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) — only lost a few percentage points, the broad market of stocks has experienced a […]
JPMWe recently posted the latest slide deck from JPMorgan Asset Management, which has a number of charts relating to both the market and the economy. It’s a useful thing to flip through as Q2 gets under way.Two charts really stand out, as it pertains to the market. The above charts shows the S&P going back to 1997, and if you […]
April 05, 2014 at 10:04 AM | written by Arthur Hill
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