European Elections: Just Another Wall of Worry To Climb After Brexit, the U.S. election, and the Italian constitutional referendum in 2016, more political events await in 2017. In the U.S., investors will follow the showdown between Trump and his Democratic (and Republican) opponents in Congress as the new president attempts
On March 5, I published a blog that was highly critical of the fear mongering tactics of the Motley Fool organization. I did it simply because I was astonished at their headline that read: “The oil crash that is about to begin”. In looking over the thousands of charts I do, I
Apparently, our friend kaimu is “all-in” with Cannabis. Hmmm…I may be skeptical, but I also have been known to be wrong, so today I will write a little about a subject I know very little about and maybe kaimu or others will take my lead. Many US States have legalized
The SEC is contemplating policy regarding Multiple Voting Shares (MVS) as a result of this month’s $mega billion IPO of SNAP (Snapchat social media service) in which shareholders purchased non-voting common shares. In fact, at 200 million shares, Snap raised $3.4 billion and was valued at almost $24 billion as
Market Indicators At Extremes Each bull market and bear market has its own unique set of features and Wall Street invents a new narrative to explain the buying in each bull market and selling in each bear market. However several market-based indicators provide consistent guideposts across all markets. Three market
Under considerable selling pressure at the moment, it appears the equity market bull cycle may be coming to an end; however, the Fat Lady hasn’t sung. The Banks are key to our making a Bear call. Indications from UK and European markets this morning are that broad market selling pressure
‘Wall of Worry’ is a term I think we all know. The reason is that we appreciate the meaning of another market concept, which is that bull markets walk slowly up the stairs whereas bear markets drop quickly by the elevator. Given that most investors today have fallen in love
Reflation is a word many people misunderstand. Unlike the word inflation, which is the unintended consequence of certain policies of governments and central banks, reflation is planned. To paraphrase the well-known line in the movie Wall Street, think of it as “Reflation is good.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflation I could go on, but
Listening For The Popping Sound Equity indexes in the U.S. have been posting a series of record high closes as investors anticipate a blue sky scenario this year. Trump will reinvent the American economy with his hoped-for tax cuts and deregulation. Yellen and the Fed will do just what is
Yesterday was personally disappointing in that we were unable to publish some new GDSS-generated material under the MARKETS tab starting today, March 1. The good news is, however, that we ought to be able to start late in the day tomorrow. So, now we will have a Daily Blog. It
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