Potential for Market Mayhem
Yesterday, the US Equity markets took a spill. It was the first selloff of any importance in a few weeks. Every selloff of since mid-August has been met with more…
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday are the Best Days to Own Stocks, Forget Thursday & Friday
The efficient market hypothesis posits that daily share price movements are random and that all stocks are priced with the expectation that the holder of an asset earning a profit…
Did Skechers (SKX) Signal Consumers are Ready to Run?
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (SKX) designs and markets lifestyle footwear for men, women, and children, and performance footwear for adults. The Company operates in 3 segments: (1) domestic wholesale sales, (2)…
The Week Ahead 10/16/2017
What to Watch for this Week This week we will see housing starts and other real estate reports for September 2017. The pace of single-family starts isn't quick enough to…
Market Emotion: Anxiously Euphoric
Anxiously euphoric, two words that do not belong together and two human emotions that should not exist side by side. But here we are, suffering from both at the same time.…
Equity Markets: Is A Change in Leadership Underway?
Equity market prices are chugging higher. This is no news to our readers. What many may not appreciate is that the character of this market rally is changing a little…
Did Bitcoin Ring The Bell?
It seems like the freedom offered by Bitcoin is too much for the Chinese Government to take. Last week, they brought the hammer down on Bitcoin Trading. We first learned of this…
S&P 500 vs Russell 2000: Who is telling the truth?
Participants in the equity markets have been in a battle amongst themselves for the bulk of this year. There has been every reason for the market to correct, but they…
Jobs Report Disappoints | Equity Investors Shrug
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that in August the United States economy only generated 156K new jobs. Consensus expectation by leading economists predicted that 180k new jobs would…
Equities Take Another Smackdown
Yesterday was a tough day for traders and investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 274.14 points or 1.24%. The S&P 500 fell 38.1 points or 1.54% and the NASDAQ Index…