The main theme of the year so far has been the volatility in the tech stocks, with may high fliers dropping overnight, including the biotech darlings of the last few years. The money seems to be rotating into the materials. The possible reversal of the US Dollar strength along with firming in the price of energy has contributed. I have […]
Dear Lifehacker,I’ve been reading a ton about the stock market hitting more new records. Nobel Prize winning economists are warning that the market is overvalued. Does this mean a crash is coming? What should I do?Sincerely,Intimidated InvestorDear Intimidated,There are a few levels to your question, but let’s start with the main one: Is the stock market going to crash? Yes, […]
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Price Action Impressive Volume Not So MuchMarket price action has been impressive by any respect. Despite persistent bad news from around the world, and numerous internal red flags, the NYSE advance decline line continues to trade near new highs, and the market marches higher […]
Since 2008, the ultra-wealthy have been bidding up their own assets, deluding themselves that the fabricated valuations they place on them are real.Momentum bubble visualized:Sales / Price: The amount of revenue for each dollar invested in stocks:http://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-price-to-salesData from WSJ:One year ago, 41 private venture start-ups were valued at $1 billion or more. Now, 75 companies are valued above $1 billion. […]
Since 2008, the ultra-wealthy have been bidding up their own assets, deluding themselves that the fabricated valuations they place on them are real.Momentum bubble visualized:Sales / Price: The amount of revenue for each dollar invested in stocks:http://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-price-to-salesData from WSJ:One year ago, 41 private venture start-ups were valued at $1 billion or more. Now, 75 companies are valued above $1 billion. […]
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As you’ve probably read, the Winklevoss twins have been trying to get a publicly-traded Bitcoin fund on the market for some time now. Theirs is to be COIN, but in a turn of events, the Bitcoin Investment Trust has beat them to the punchline and will soon be listed as BTCV, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Bitcoin Investment […]
Will Collapse in Oil Price Cause a Stock Market Crash? By TOM THERRAMUS AND STEVE AUSTIN for OIL-PRICE.NET, 2015/01/14The Black Monday stock market crash of October 19th, 1987 was the largest one-day percentage decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The crash was a genuinely perplexing event. To informed observers it seemed to have little basis in economic fundamentals. There […]
SummaryBased on its historic trend, the stock market appears to be marginally overvalued.
The historic trend suggests a probable real gain of about 20% over the next five years.
Analysts’ long-term forecasts of stock returns made 3 years ago appear to have been unrealistically low.
The Shiller Cyclically Adjusted Price to Earnings Ratio is relatively high (but not extremely high), and a market […]
If the thought of investing in the stock market scares you, you aren’t alone. False promises and highly public stories of investors striking it rich or losing everything skew perceptions of the reality of the average investor. By understanding a little more about the stock market, and how the stock market works, you’ll likely find it isn’t as scary as […]
They may serve the same function, but not all credit cards are the same, as their commercials try to tell you. The same can be said for their stocks. Varying performance over the last several months shows that investors favor a couple companies over others. One credit card company remains in a strong uptrend, another in a weak uptrend, and […]
