by John Coumarianos | Jan 7, 2019 | alerts, Markets/Economy
With the year 2018 in the books, we know the S&P 500, including dividends, has produced a meager 4.86% annualized return from the year 2000. That return has beaten inflation, but I call it meager because it’s not the 10% or so that many stock brokers, financial...
by Lance Roberts | Jan 7, 2019 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice, Secular Bulls/Bears
Just recently, Jeff Saut from Raymond James made a very interesting statement with respect to the recent market decline. “Speaking to last week’s Dow Theory sell signal, we really cannot decide to ignore it, as we did with two previous false sell signals, or honor it...
by Jesse Colombo | Jan 4, 2019 | alerts, Markets/Economy
The U.S. stock market surged on Friday after a strong jobs report and dovish comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell. The Dow jumped 764.94 points or 3.29%, while the S&P 500 rose by 84.05 points or 3.43%. Unfortunately, despite the mainstream investing crowd’s...
by Lance Roberts | Jan 4, 2019 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Over the last few weeks, I have been asked repeatedly to publish my best guess as to where the market will wind up by the end of 2019. Here it is: “I don’t know.” The reality is that we can not predict the future. If it was actually possible, fortune tellers would all...
by Richard Rosso | Jan 3, 2019 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
Bear markets characteristically align with economic contraction. In his seminal tome – “Anatomy of the Bear – Lessons from Wall Street’s Four Great Bottoms,” which should be required reading for advisors and professional investors, author Russell Napier provides...
by Jesse Colombo | Jan 3, 2019 | alerts, Markets/Economy
Apple stock plunged nearly 10% on Thursday after the company cut its revenue forecast due to slowing iPhone sales in China. Apple’s woes dragged U.S. stock indices lower by more than 2% as fears of a more extensive China-driven slowdown spread. From the New York...
