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…
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What Do Falling Corporate Profits Mean With Stocks Near Their Highs?
If you’ve followed this blog for awhile, you may have noticed that we don’t cover fundamental or economic data too often. That is for a…
More Weight Added To Equity Bear Case
For the past 12 months, we have been taking note of a gradual accumulation of ancillary factors suggesting the longer-term outlook for stocks was becoming…
Bull Market Dealt A Significant Blow?
In January, we wrote a post titled “Are Bears Missing The Forest For The Trees?”. The gist of it was that while there were certainly concerning…
A Breakout To Nowhere
We’ve spent a good deal of “ink” over the past few months on the trendless, range-bound action that has characterized the U.S. stock market recently. This…
Small Cap Volatility Hitting Historic Lows
If it feels like the stock market hasn’t moved in a few days, you’re not imagining things. With the long weekend approaching, it seems as…
What Is The Grand-Daddy Of Divergences Telling Us Now?
Today, we continue (and possibly end) our series on market “divergences”. These of course represent a condition wherein one index goes to a new high while…
With Banks At New Highs, Are Stocks Out Of The Woods?
With the major indexes again pushing up near new highs, it is a good reminder that despite all of the ancillary concerns about the market…
Stock Indicator Suggests Big Move (Lower?) Coming
We don’t talk too often (because we don’t use them) about traditional technical analysis indicators. We have nothing against them; it’s just that we have…
Final Pillar Of Bull Market Showing Cracks?
We have repeated ad nauseam the litany of concerns we have regarding the longer-term fate of the U.S. stock market. These concerns include metrics pertaining…