Market Overview

A Little “Did You Know” From JP Morgan:On average the market experiences a -14.2% intra-year decline, but the market has still ended the year positive in 27 of the last 35 years. The point...

The Advance Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders released yesterday gives us a first look at July's durable goods numbers.This update has more extensive data on factory...

I’ve had my fair share of horrible memories in life, but one that stands out as among the worst is September 1, 2010. I’ve mentioned this date before, as it was a searing, horrible...

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 32.07% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 9.61% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Two sectors are calculated to be...

I don’t usually drink on a Monday afternoons. But this week I made an exception. Once the market had closed, I snuck out of the office for a cold beer (a Shiner Bock, of course). And then I...

In my last piece I mentioned the importance of doing more than just buying and holding stocks and/or mutual funds. Nothing wrong with putting some money into the market and leaving it there. But if...

Monitoring purposes SPX: long SPX on 8/21/15 at 1970.89. Monitoring purposes Gold: Flat Long-Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat It appears a bear market has started. The above charts will help to...

US stocks finished lower on Tuesday, erasing morning gains as selling accelerated at the close of trading session. The dollar recovered some of its previous day loss, the ICE US dollar index, a...

China’s turbulent stock markets slipped again on Wednesday, as a double-barrelled blast of central bank stimulus failed to convince investors of Beijing’s ability to jolt the world’s...

U.S. indices are expected to open around one and a half percent higher on Wednesday, as we head into what is likely to be another volatile trading session.We’re still seeing some big market...

“The typical Dow stock now trades for 15.5x this year’s earnings and 14.0x next year. Not cheap, but no longer the 18x earnings we had with the Dow at +18,000. Dividend yields – and...

China cuts ratesThe next shoe to drop in China following Monday’s market performance was always going to a be a policy shift, but who from? Yesterday’s cut in interest rates from the...

The US stock market couldn’t hold on to its snap-back rally in early trading on Tuesday, but Treasury yields posted a sharp U-turn yesterday (Aug. 25). For a day, at least, the notion that the...

The inability of the US stock market to sustain gains following the Chinese rate cut has left the market unsettled. Similarly, despite early gains, Chinese stocks finished lower, with the losing...