Tag: stock market analysis
S&P 500 Technical Update: Bulls And Bears Set To Collide
Just as traders were readying for some follow through to the downside, stocks put in a strong performance Thursday, erasing all of Wednesday's losses....
Investing ETFs To Watch For Global Deflationary Signals
The stock market has been pretty choppy to begin the New Year. Could this be a deflationary signal? Stocks have see-sawed up and down...
Cyclical Timing Metrics: Stock Market Pullback Nearing
It has been more than 18 months since the stock market experienced a pullback that exceeded 10%. The last one was April to June...
Caution: XRT Underperformance Puts Retailers In Focus
There has been an interesting development in the S&P Retail Index (XRT) in recent weeks. Namely, it’s been severely underperforming the S&P 500. This...
Why Past Performance Indicator Does Not Apply To Today’s Market
The recent Wall Street Journal article, “How to Lose Money in the Market in a Hurry,” argues against making an investment based on the...
S&P 500: Time To Flex? Or In Flux?
With the S&P 500 churning for the past week or so, chatter has grown that a correction is in the offing. Now I definitely...
2014 Emerging Markets Outlook: Not Much Better
Emerging market equities have been out of favor going on three years, and technical conditions suggest the 2014 Emerging Markets outlook probably isn't much...
US Financial Markets: December Caps a Memorable Year
by Greg Naylor December was an eventful month in the US financial markets. On an economic front, the Fed unexpectedly slowed QE and the...
2014: See It Market Insights
From the very beginning, 2014 seems determined to assert its independence from 2013's steady and timeworn market themes. Active investors enter the New Year...
Caution: Investor Optimism Running High Into 2014
I am at best agnostic about technical analysis. I tend to believe that charts are like footprints: they show where you’ve been, not where...
