Technically Speaking: The Bull Won’t Die Easily
Just a short note for today as I am taking a quick vacation for the “Thanksgiving” holiday. As I noted this past weekend: “Thanksgiving week is traditionally an extremely ‘light’ trading period where...
View ArticleS&P 500 Monthly Valuation Analysis: 10-31-17
Real Investment Advice is pleased to introduce J. Brett Freeze, CFA, founder of Global Technical Analysis. Going forward on a monthly basis we will be providing you their valuable S&P 500...
View Article3-Myths About Tax Cuts
On Friday, I touched on the proposed “tax cut/reform” bill introduced by the House Ways and Means committee which is chaired by Congressman Kevin Brady. Some of the key highlights of the “House plan”...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking: A Blind Bull
“Technically Speaking” is a regular Tuesday commentary updating current market trends and highlighting shorter-term investment strategies, risks, and potential opportunities. Please send any comments...
View ArticleThree Easy Pieces
If someone told you that the President of the United States in 2028 would be a Democrat and a woman from the state of New York, could you guess who it might be? We highly doubt it. In 1998, ten years...
View ArticleCurb Your Enthusiasm
“I am a walking, talking enigma. We are a dying breed.” – Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” The Bear Cave has become a lonely place; like the dodo bird, bears are an endangered species. And so has...
View Article5-Steps To Increase Your Return On Human Capital
Written By: Richard Rosso & Byron Kidder, Jr. The human capital investment is a topic that very few on the front lines of finance wish to tackle. Thankfully, there is a growing generation of...
View ArticleBond Bears & Why Rates Won’t Rise
Here we go again… Since June of 2013, I have been writing about the reasons why rates can’t rise much and why calls for the end of the “bond bull market” remain wrong. Regardless, about every 3-months...
View ArticleWeekend Reading: It’s The Debt, Stupid
As I noted last Friday, the recently approved budget was an anathema to any fiscally conservative policy. As the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget stated: “Republicans in Congress laid out...
View ArticleThis, That & The Other Thing – 11-10-17
Review & Update Timing Of A Correction Tax Bill Overview & Expectations Managing Past The Noise Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan Manager Follow Us On: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound...
View ArticleThe Truth About Wall Street Analysis
Turn on financial television or pick up a financially related magazine or newspaper and you will hear, or read, about what an analyst from some major Wall Street brokerage has to say about the markets...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking: It’s A Turkey Market
“Technically Speaking” is a regular Tuesday commentary updating current market trends and highlighting shorter-term investment strategies, risks, and potential opportunities. Please send any comments...
View ArticleFabrications Of Financial Media Superstars – Part One
Every day, the A-listers, those known around the world as household-name financial media royalty, are making public statements that if taken on the surface as actionable advice, are going to lead to...
View ArticleVIDEO: It’s A Turkey Market
Earlier this week, I wrote about the “Turkey” market. What’s a “Turkey” market? Nassim Taleb summed it up well in his 2007 book “The Black Swan.” “Consider a turkey that is fed every day. Every single...
View ArticleKeep Calm and Carry On
“Before long, we will all begin to find out the extent to which Brexit is a gentle stroll along a smooth path to a land of cake and consumption.” – Mark Carney, Bank of England Governor In 1939, the...
View ArticleOr, Would You Rather Be A Bear
“Or would you like to swing on a star Carry moonbeams home in a jar And be better off than you are Or would you rather be a pig” —Duffy’s Tavern, “Swinging on a Star” (1945) I see downside market risk...
View Article4-Icy Message That Get Investors In Hot Water
Bear markets are a challenge for investors to endure, emotionally and financially. Bears are part of the deal. You wouldn’t know it, especially based on stock behavior as of late, but markets do...
View ArticleThe Perfect Storm (Of The Coming Market Crisis)
It is always refreshing to step away from the keyboard for a few days and hit the “reset button,” which is exactly what I did last week. My wife and I took a quick trip to Mexico to get a little sun...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking: Predicting The Future Is Difficult
Last week, as traders were all on vacation, the market surged to 2600 as the “inmates ran the asylum.” The expectation of a better than anticipated shopping holiday season and ongoing hopes of “tax...
View ArticleCorporate Tax Cuts – The “Seen”&“Unseen”
Since Donald Trump was elected President, the S&P 500 has rallied over 21% or nearly 500 points. In our opinion, a good portion of the gain is attributable to his promise, as well as congressional...
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