V-Bottom Update: Current Cycle Still Following The Template On August 19, we noted that given the recent action in the stock market, “V-Bottoms” were still…
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U.S. Households Are The Most Heavily Invested In Stocks Since 2000
From the Federal Reserve’s latest Z.1 Release (formerly, Flow Of Funds), we learn that in the 2nd quarter, household and nonprofit’s stock holdings rose from 34.2%…
Equal Weight S&P 500 Starting To Lag – Shades of 2007? Another divergence post? Yes, sorry, we know it is getting mundane. However, we post…
Unchanged Issues: The data column everyone ignores DOES have value Considering the vastness of an entity like the stock market which aggregates millions of decisions…
Is the duration of the small cap divergence a concern? We have commented on many occasions about the importance of broad participation of stocks and…
52-Week Highs Struggling To Reach 52-Week Highs The grand daddy of all breadth indicators, the NYSE advance-decline line, recently made an all-time high. This is…
Volume Is Low…Even For August
It’s no secret that stock exchange volume has been declining for some time. It’s also no secret that volume in August, particularly towards the end…
No Evidence of Froth In Penny Stocks There is certainly no shortage of excessive behavior in the financial markets right now, from equity valuations, allocations…
Updates & Accountability Check
It seems to be the case on financial social media — and perhaps media in general — that the half-life of a post, tweet, story,…
CAPE Fear?: Using 5-year average earnings only slightly lowers valuations
There’s been a bit of a firestorm in recent days regarding CAPE, or Cyclically Adjusted Price to Earnings Ratio, at least in the amusing world…