Author Archive
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Aug 30, 2025The market actually performs better when the volatility index is low. -
Aug 28, 2025Small caps have trounced the S&P 500 in August -
Aug 25, 2025Hubris in financial markets is most prominent when growth is robust and investors forget the past. -
Aug 22, 2025Social Security beats anything offered by insurance companies -
Aug 14, 2025Investors are seeing bubbles everywhere. -
Aug 7, 2025If companies were confident about the future they'd raise their dividends instead. -
Aug 2, 2025The political pressure on the Fed and the push for a weaker dollar played a role in the '87 crash. -
Jul 31, 2025Risk tolerance questionnaires don't reveal much about you and your money. -
Jul 24, 2025How worrisome is the performance gap between the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000? -
Jul 18, 2025The value premium is highly correlated with inflation. -
Jul 9, 2025Most consumers are worriying more about money -
Jul 3, 2025US stocks are likely to be higher on December 31 and it has nothing to do with politics or the economy. -
Jul 1, 2025S&P 500 sectors that outperform near the end of a bull market aren't rising yet. -
Jun 21, 2025Study finds that betting against Robinhood users is a profitable business. -
Jun 11, 2025Hard to short stocks are likely to lose money -
Jun 6, 2025ETFs that take you far from the S&P 500 -
May 28, 2025Perceived seasonal stock market patterns are not an investment strategy. -
May 21, 2025Without bubbles there would be less risk taking and innovation. -
May 8, 2025It looks like a long cold summer for the US stock market -
Apr 30, 2025Past breakups, like AT&T, have been very rewarding. -
Apr 29, 2025Putting the Zweig breadth thrust buy signal in perspective -
Apr 25, 2025Stock market predictions are hard especially about the future. -
Apr 24, 2025Gold's movements cannot be explained rationally. -
Apr 12, 2025Big up days like April 9th usually happen in bear markets. -
Apr 4, 2025The last time investors were this pessimistic, the S&P 500 rose 19% over the next 3 months. -
Mar 28, 2025Stocks perform better when investors are troubled. -
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Mar 24, 2025Norman Fosback's Seasonality Timing System shifts in and out of stocks at the turn of every month. -
Mar 15, 2025If this downturn is typical it's probably about over. -
Mar 7, 2025The gold/platinum ratio has a strong track record. -
Mar 7, 2025Even the most skilled portfolio managers lose when they let their politics infect their decisions. -
Mar 1, 2025What current consumer sentiment and confidence readings mean for stocks. -
Feb 13, 2025A simple 60/40 stock/bond portfolio outperforms complicated, costly options. -
Jan 31, 2025Popularity is a contrarian signal. -
Jan 31, 2025Subjecting the Super Bowl indicator to statistical scrutiny. -
Jan 24, 2025Raising corporate taxes - not lowering then - often leads to higher growth -
Jan 22, 2025Watch what CEOs do, not what they say. -
Jan 17, 2025Price spikes happen in bear markets more often than in bull markets -
Jan 16, 2025Investors are realizing that they no longer can count on lower interest rates and inflation to support higher stock and bond prices
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Jan 9, 2025Looking for bullish signs from the ‘First five days of January indicator’ and the ‘January barometer’
