One of the common transitions that bull markets go through as they age and die is a narrowing of leadership. As formerly strong sectors begin
Here’s one for the “actions speak louder than words” file: Massive insider selling spurs stock market concerns (CNBC) – Corporate insiders have been selling their
Since their introduction in 1993, exchange traded funds (ETFs) have become a huge hit with retail (that is, small individual) investors, for a very good
By now everyone knows the corporate share repurchase story, about how major companies are engineering higher per-share profits and share prices by buying back their
Companies like Walmart and McDonalds’s have made their investors rich by squeezing costs and cutting prices. But it turns out that low-cost means low-wage, and
The US markets awoke to news of several big, disturbing overseas events: Glencore implodes. Think of Swiss commodities giant Glencore as a modern version of
The Dow and S&P 500 have fallen by around 10% since August, which in normal times would be hardly worth mentioning. But below the surface,
Back when society’s balance sheet was reasonably solid, the occasional bear market was no big deal. A 20% drop in the average S&P 500 stock
That was sudden. After soaring at the open and holding big gains all day, US equities fell off the table in the last 15 minutes
Bloomberg just posted an analysis of the recent correction in media stocks (Another major pillar of the bull market is collapsing) that contains some surprising,
David Stockman just published a chart so compelling that he didn’t feel the need to add any commentary. But there are a few things to
Advisor Perspectives’ Doug Short recently published an update on margin debt, accompanied by several well-made charts. But it only takes one to make the point.
As negative interest rates spread from Switzerland, Japan and Germany to the rest of the developed world, people with money to invest face some life-defining
US equities have been going up for so long that most investors — especially those who were only recently enticed into the casino by the
For the average person trying to decide how to feel about the economy, the single biggest data point is the stock market. When share prices
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