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Spot The Odd One Out

We hate to spoil the surprise, but the answer, as clearly shown by the first blue bar on the chart below, is Energy, and specifically the ridiculous valuation that energy companies are currently trading at. Why? Because as the following Factset chart shows, the forward P/E of the energy sector is currently 27x – an all time high – and […]

BiotechStocks.com Goes Live: Investors Looking For Information Hub On Growing Biotechnology Sector Now Have "Go-To …

CORAL GABLES, FL / ACCESSWIRE / March 19, 2015 / BiotechStocks.com, an online destination for the burgeoning biotechnology sector focused on information concerning biotech stocks is proud to announce that after several months in development, the Company’s online destination has been fully optimized with live media and exclusive articles on biotech companies and biotech stocks.The biotech industry encompasses a wide […]

Goldman Sachs: Small-Cap Valuations ‘Still Stretched’

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen last week said small-cap stocks appeared to be “substantially stretched.” Now, Goldman Sachs (GS) is on board with a similar view.In a note to clients, Goldman strategist David Kostin said he expects the small-cap Russell 2000 will underperform the S&P 500 over the next 12 months due to pricey valuations and lower earnings forecasts. He […]

Stock Market Outlook For 2015 | Seeking Alpha

SummaryThe market had a great run since March 2009.
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Investors have reaped the benefits of a market recovery since March 2009. The SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) is now trading significantly higher than the market peaks from […]

Historical Monthly Stock Market Data is Pretty UselessPragmatic …

There’s an endless parade of articles and pundits today discussing the historical monthly returns of September.  It’s not a very good month historically.  But we see this stuff every few months.  In January the media will run with the “January effect”.  Then in May they’ll pump the “sell in May” story.  Then in September they’ll pump the scary September stories.  Then […]

GREENSPAN: A 'Significant' Market Correction Has To Come …

Rob Wile

Jul. 30, 2014, 1:05 PM
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Bloomberg
A week ago Wednesday, the S&P500 hit another new all-time high, continuing an incredible five-and-a-half-year run of average gains.
For former Fed chief Alan Greenspan, the surge will have to end at some point. Appearing on Bloomberg’s “In The Loop with Betty Liu,” Greenspan warned :…the stock market has recovered so sharply for so long you […]

Stock Market Leading Indicator Political Crises – Business Insider

Socionomist
Winston Churchill once said that Russia “is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
But not everyone is so baffled by the world’s biggest country.The Socionomics Institute released a two-part study that examines Russia’s past in order to foreshadow to Russia’s future. In the first part of the study, they examined Russia by assessing historical social events in a […]

Why the Stock Market Is Heading For A Fall – This Time Is Not Different

Why the Stock Market Is Heading For A Fall – This Time Is Not DifferentStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 25, 2014 – 02:22 AM GMTBy: LewRockwellDavid Stockman writes: The 2008 Wall Street meltdown is long forgotten, having been washed away by a tsunami of central bank liquidity. Indeed, the S&P closed yesterday at 1,983—or up by nearly 200% from its […]

Stock Market Grinding :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets …

Stock Market Grinding Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jun 17, 2014 – 03:45 PM GMTBy: Jack_Steiman

The worst possible scenario is upon is for now. Grinding is not necessarily a precursor to a large move lower, which we know has to come to unwind froth. Grinding can last an incredibly long […]

Jeff Saut: Stock Market Appears To Be In Final Upside Blow-Off …

Money managers are unhappy because 70% of them are lagging the S&P 500 and see the end of another quarter approaching. Economists are unhappy because they do not know what to believe: this month’s forecast of a strong economy or last month’s forecast of a weak economy. Technicians are unhappy because the market refuses to correct and gets more and more extended. Foreigners […]