by Lance Roberts | Feb 1, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Market bottom? Is it in? That was the main question I got last week, and I even discussed it with Charles Payne of Fox Business. It’s the one answer everybody is searching for. Is it time to “load up the truck” for the next leg of the bull market or go to cash? It...
by Lance Roberts | Jan 29, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Market Review & Update It was a busy week with a lot of market volatility. So let’s start with a recap from last week. “This past week, retail investors began to panic sell as “meme” stocks fell apart. Previous favorites became an anathema from AMC to Gamestop to...
by Mark Kolakowski, Investopedia.com | Jan 28, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy
Lowest since November 2011 on rising inflation, low confidence in government The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (MCSI) ended January 2022 down by 4.8% from its level in December 2021, according to final results released on Jan. 28, 2022. This also...
by Tyler Durden, Zerohedge.com | Jan 28, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy
It’s not just buybacks that emerge seemingly out of nowhere (technically, the tend to emerge out of select VWAP desks) to help lift stocks higher: month end is notorious for pension and mutual fund rebalancing flows, and in a month when stocks tumbled far more...
by Lucia Mutikani, Yahoo.com | Jan 28, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending fell in December, suggesting the economy lost speed heading into the new year amid snarled supply chains and raging COVID-19 infections, while annual inflation increased at a pace last seen in the early...
by John Mauldin | Jan 28, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
You’ve heard the old stock market adage, “As goes January, so goes the year.” If so, 2022 will be a wild ride. Of course, in this context “wild” doesn’t necessarily mean a loss. But it could, and given the well-documented human tendency to buy high and sell low,...
