by Michael Markowski | Dec 25, 2018 | alerts, Crashes, Extra Cat, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
The S&P 500 officially entered into a bear market after a December 24th record decline of 2.7%. Prior to December 24, 2018, there had never been a prior Christmas Eve decline of even 1%. The decline of 15% for December puts the month on pace to become the worst...
by Richard Rosso | Dec 21, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
The bullish pundits of the Twittersphere; the pros who never met a stock market they didn’t like, grow increasingly quiet at these times; or masterfully through the art of words, combined with short memories of investors and blatantly false narratives, still manage to...
by Lance Roberts | Dec 11, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice, Secular Bulls/Bears
All of sudden….volatility. Well, that is what it seems like anyway after several years of a steady grind higher in the markets. However, despite the pickup in volatility, the breaks of previous bullish trends, and a reversal in Central Bank policy, it is still widely...
by Michael Markowski | Dec 10, 2018 | alerts, Extra Cat, Secular Bulls/Bears
Thursday December 6th may have been the final day in the life of the secular bull market. Based on the S&P 500’s price and volume on the December 6th close and the December 7th open as depicted in the chart below it appears that the bull market which began in...
by Lance Roberts | Nov 16, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice, Secular Bulls/Bears
After two significant corrections during 2018, this has to be the beginning of a “bear market,” right? It certainly is possible given the headwinds that are starting to weigh on corporate outlooks such as ongoing trade wars, weaker revenue growth, a strong dollar, and...
by Michael Markowski | Aug 19, 2018 | alerts, Secular Bulls/Bears
According to the most recent August 2018, University of Michigan Survey, Consumer Sentiment declined to 95.3. The decline was the fourth consecutive monthly decline. In April of 2018, the index had reached and had peaked at 100.0 for the first time since...
