Plenty of Market Gifts This Year!
What’s In Store for 24? (Part 1)

Keith Schneider | December 24, 2023

Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to our loyal subscribers, friends, and periodic Market Outlook readers.  We wish you and your families an enjoyable holiday and a relaxing end of the year, and we send our heartfelt wishes for all things …


The Fed Pivots and The Party Starts. Will It Continue?
Why We Still Suggest Being Cautious!

Keith Schneider | December 17, 2023

Welcome Gaugers, friends and interested readers.  Happy you joined us.

By now, you are well aware that on Wednesday Jerome Powell and the Fed became “dovish” and pivoted to a STOP on interest rate hikes. More importantly, the Fed Chairman …


Has The Fed Engineered A Soft Landing?
A Deep Dive On the Magnificent 7.

Keith Schneider | December 10, 2023

Welcome to our weekly commentary and insight on the markets, economy and global macro inputs that have an impact on the investment landscape in the near future.  We are pleased you are here.

The markets ended on a positive note …


A November to Remember! What Might December Hold?
A Shiny Metal Makes a New Historical High.

Keith Schneider | December 3, 2023

November 2023 surpassed all expectations in the stock and bond markets.  Those investors who participated hit the bullseye. The month started off with a cooling CPI and PPI along with GDP jumping and the Fed’s hawkish stance softening.  This was …


These Charts Clarify The “Big” Picture
See What They’re Telling You Now.

Keith Schneider | November 26, 2023

Welcome back Gaugers.  We hope that you have had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday and have been participating in the positive markets that we have recently experienced.

Most major indices finished this holiday shortened week up around 1%.  Interest rates have …


Investors Were Thankful This Week After Cooling Inflation Data.
Will We See Additional Follow Thru?

Keith Schneider | November 19, 2023

We wish you, our loyal readers and subscribers, a very Happy Thanksgiving Day!

We hope that you enjoy this day of gratefulness with family and good friends.  We thank you for being part of our extended family, and we look …


Leader Led. Laggards Fell. Is Momentum The Tell?

Geoff Bysshe | November 12, 2023

Due to travel schedules, this week’s Market Outlook will be exclusively the Big View bullets and the “one thing.”

The “one thing” is an exercise I practice in our weekly members-only mentoring sessions, which involves answering the question, “If you …


Has the Fed Closed the Door To Future Rate Hikes?
Or, Does the Door Remain Partially Open?

Keith Schneider | November 5, 2023

Hello Gaugers.  Hope it was a profitable and more enjoyable week in the markets for you (then last).

The Stock and Bond markets think the door has closed or is about to close on future rate hikes.  Stocks soared and …


A Frightful October in the Markets
Will the November Seasonal Turn Happen? Read On…

Keith Schneider | October 29, 2023

Hello Gaugers.  Hope you have weathered the volatile and negative stock (and bond) markets.  We have described the negative cycle trends that can and do often take place in September-October.  2023 has certainly been amplified.

As all of us are …


New Highs. But Perhaps Not Where You Want Them!
Positive Seasonality May Be Coming!

Keith Schneider | October 22, 2023

Happy weekend Gaugers.  Thanks for tuning in.

It was an ugly week in both the bond and stock markets.

Headlines did their part to keep investors in a selling mood.

Geopolitical risk continued to rule the markets.  Uncertainty in the …