Very weak January’s have had a tendency to lead to weak long-term returns in the stock market. Investors must be thinking, “thank God February is…
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Latest Twist In The Stock Market’s Wild 2016 Ride
The Dow Jones Industrial Average just alternated 1% moves up and down for 4 days in a row – just the 17th such stretch in…
Will Record January Stock Volatility Produce Long-Term Tremors?
The stock market has seen more big moves in 2016 than any other January in history; other volatile January’s have often come near market tops.…
What’s Next For Stocks After The New Year’s Day 1 Hangover?
After getting hammered on the first trading day of 2016, what can we expect from the stock market? Happy New Year, stock investors! Equity markets…
Can The 4th Quarter Save 140-Year “Year 5″ Streak In Stocks?
4th quarters in years ending in “5″ have typically been big…but will it be enough to save 140-year streak of positive “year 5′s”? Way back on January…
Record Margin Debt: Tailwind Or Bubble?
The topic of margin debt always seems to be the source of much debate by market observers. Folks seem to fall on one of two…
Dow Divergences Part 2: Utilities
This is part 2 of our series (or mini-series…TBD) on divergences. As we stated yesterday, divergences (in which one index achieves a new high whereas…
May Has Become The (short-term) “Toppiest” Month
Yesterday, we looked at the “Sell In May & Go Away” phenomenon, with a couple new twists. With many seasonality-type indicators or trends, it is common…
Should You Break Up With Stocks?
In a February 9 post titled Seasonal Trend Says Date This Market, Don’t Commit, we looked at historical market tendencies when a weak January was…
Bearish Fund Bets Hit All-Time Low
We have discussed measures of market sentiment on many occasion. These measures take the pulse of the collective mood on the part of a particular…