Global Stress Sink Equities

Keith Schneider | December 9, 2018

The trade war with China is heating up, while France is melting down and both are not good indicators for the global economy.

Luxury living in Paris has been reduced to living with a gas mask as our friends photo …


Value Earns its Keep

Keith Schneider | December 2, 2018

US equites regained its footing this week led by the NASDQ 100 up +6.22%, recovering after last week’s indigestion. All key US stock indexes are once again up YTD.

Looking at the bigger picture, stocks have been overeating for quite …


No Market for Passive Investors

Keith Schneider | November 25, 2018

US equites retreated yet again this week, down - 4% on average leaving 3 out of 4 key benchmarks indexes down for the year. Volume patterns show institutional selling with only one accumulation day over the past several weeks. FANG …


The Destabilizing Lynchpins of the Market

Keith Schneider | November 18, 2018

US equites retreated this week, ranging from down over -2% for both the Dow and NASDQ 100 to down -1.3% for the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500. FANG stocks have completely unraveled, down 20 - 40%   from respective highs, …


Risk Gauges Retreat Despite Rally

Keith Schneider | November 11, 2018

Despite the pre and post-election rally that resulted in 3 out of the four key US stock market indexes gaining nicely for the week, our risk gauges thought otherwise, slipping back to neutral territory. For tape readers, a failure here …


When is She Coming Back?

Keith Schneider | November 4, 2018

Now that the bad witch that takes flight occasionally during October has done her thing and scared everyone, what does that bode for the market? Considering last week’s rally, is she back in her lair?  Is she not merely dead, …


Happy (Not so much) Anniversary

Keith Schneider | October 28, 2018

Historically, looking back over the past 20 years, October is the best performing month with an average return of +2.49%. However, as we pointed out in our October 7 edition of Market Outlook, when things don’t pan out according to …


What’s Not Up?

Keith Schneider | October 21, 2018

Global Equity markets had a hard time finding equilibrium.  US Equities, while still the global leader, barely stayed positive with IWM closing down on the week. The Russell 2000 (IWM), which is the broadest gauge of the US economy, broke …


All that Glitters

Keith Schneider | October 14, 2018

Equities markets on Planet Earth got crushed this week, averaging about -4.0% even after Fridays bounce which was not very convincing as volume was very light. US equites which has been one of the holdouts this year finally gave up …


The Long (Bond) Goodbye

Keith Schneider | October 7, 2018

Global equities got smoked this week except for Brazil which jumped on news that a right-wing populist will most likely be the next president. The NASDAQ100 dropped -2.89% and the IWM swooned -3.79%.  October is generally a decent month regarding …