by Lance Roberts | Jan 28, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
The FOMC Meeting Approaches Was the break above the long-running downtrend line a “head fake?” Maybe. However, before we get into the analysis, let’s review where we left off last week. Such is critically the case as we head into this coming week’s FOMC meeting and...
by Lance Roberts | Jan 24, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
From a contrarian investing view, everyone remains bearish despite a market that corrected all of last year. I polled my Twitter followers recently to take their pulse on the market. Of the 1280 votes cast in the poll, roughly 73% of respondents anticipate the market...
by Lance Roberts | Jan 20, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Is the Fed trying to wean the markets off monetary policy? Such was an interesting premise from Alastair Crooke via the Strategic Culture Foundation. To wit: “The Fed however, may be attempting to implement a contrarian, controlled demolition of the U.S....
by Lance Roberts | Jan 17, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
The “pain trade” is likely higher over the next few weeks. I touched on this topic in this past weekend’s “Bull Bear Report:” Not surprisingly, the “bullish” short-term outlook garnered a substantial amount of pushback. However, there is more to this outlook than just...
by Lance Roberts | Jan 13, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Home prices have started to correct as interest rates rose sharply in 2022. However, the real problem for home prices is still coming in 2023 as the standoff between sellers and buyers comes to a head. However, before we get there, let’s review how we got here. Since...
by Lance Roberts | Jan 10, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
The lag effect of monetary policy changes will surprise the Fed as the fiscal “pig” of stimulus begins to exit the economic “python.” For those unfamiliar with the term “pig in a python,” it refers to when a python consumes its prey. It does so by swallowing it whole,...
