Dive Chart Reaches Ominous Low Point
By Friday, May 10's close the S&P 500 Dive chart had reached a low only seen three times since January 2018 (see below). This took place...
Hasta La Vista, Baby!
This blog was originally published July 16, 2018. It was updated 1/6/2019. I can hear Kenny Loggins singing “This is It” in the...
Act Two, Part 1.
Act Two, Part 1. Mention bear markets and to many of us it conjures images of crashes such as the Black Monday Crash of October 1987 or...
Act Two, Part 2.
Having established the trend in Act Two, Part 1, let us now look at the detailed data behind the charts in that blog. One thing to keep...
Playing the Odds – The Confluence of Value, Quality, Momentum and Timing
"It seems combining value, quality and momentum can marginally outperform the market. Is there a chance investors may do even better? I
What Is Behind Struggling Sales?
..."sales growth was lower than it was prior to major market drops in 1997, 2000, and 2007 or the follow-up recessionary years 2001 and
Market Update 4/8/2018
"We may be floundering around the -10% mark longer but it is still a pretty good correlation"..to the 2000 market.. "The comi
Bear Bond Market, Interrupted
Our present situation reminds me of Alan Greenspan’s equally resolute Fed back in 2007. Much like today’s Fed, Greenspan’s had embarked on a
Still On Script - A Market Rally And Then a Bear Market
The market always seems to find a way to follow the historical script. Just two weeks ago it seemed poised to go off script as it inched jus
Shades of 2000
A look back at the previous six major bear markets that went through a correction before toping, showed that all but one dove steadily to th
