The Bull Is Back…But Will It Stay? 04-26-19
The Bull Is Back, But Will It Stay? Millennial Soccer Quick Note On Q1-GDP Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan Manager Follow Us On: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound Cloud,Seeking Alpha Please...
View ArticleBoomers Are Facing A Financial Crisis
There is a “crisis” brewing in America which will affect more Americans than the subprime crisis in 2008. What is it? It’s the pension and retirement crisis. According to a recent report from the...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking: A Warning About Chasing This Bull Market
This past weekend, we discussed the breakout of the markets to all-time highs. The question I asked this past weekend was simply; “The bull market is back, but can it stay?” When I was growing up my...
View ArticleS&P 500 Monthly Valuation & Analysis Review – 5-1-19
J. Brett Freeze, CFA, founder of Global Technical Analysis. Each month Brett will provide you their valuable S&P 500 Valuation Chart Book. This unique analysis provides an invaluable long term...
View ArticleUNLOCKED: The Curious Case of Rising Fuel Prices and Shrinking Inflation
The following article was posted for RIA Pro subscribers on Monday. We share it with you to give you a flavor for the benefits of becoming an RIA Pro subscriber. Sign up today at RIA Pro and use our...
View ArticleThe Great Stock Buyback Debate
I recently wrote about stock buybacks in our weekly newsletter. However, a recent report from Axios noted that for 2019, IT companies are again on pace to spend the most on stock buybacks this year, as...
View ArticleAn Obligatory Market Commentary
The most interesting thing about the stock market this year to date has been the failure of the experts to encourage their clients to jump back in. I suppose the bears will finally have an argument...
View ArticleNever Hurts To Ring The Cash Register 05-03-19
Market Update & Review Never Hurts To Ring The Cash Register Portfolio Management Guidelines Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan Manager Follow Us On: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound...
View ArticleHas The Fed Done It? No More Recessions?
“Wow!” That is all I could utter as my brain spun listening to an interview with Chamrath Palihapitiya on CNBC last week. “I don’t see a world in which we have any form of meaningful contraction nor...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking: “‘Trade War’ In May & Go Away.”
Over the weekend, President Trump decided to reignite the “trade war” with China with two incendiary tweets. Via WSJ: “In a pair of Twitter messages Sunday, Mr. Trump wrote he planned to raise levies...
View Article3-Ways To Be Your Own Financial “Superhero”
The latest in the Marvel movie portfolio – Avengers: Endgame has blown away every theatre attendance record. The film has earned $1.48 billion on a global level (as of this writing). There’s little...
View ArticleInflation: The Fed’s False Flag
“Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining” –Clint Eastwood/The Outlaw Josey Wales On April 30, 2019, one day before the Federal Reserve’s FOMC policy-setting meeting, the Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleBeware Of The ‘Permanently High Plateau’ Fallacy
Last week, venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya said that central banks have virtually eliminated recessions through their aggressive monetary stimulus programs such as quantitative easing (QE) and...
View ArticleWhat Could Go Wrong? The Fed’s Warns On Corporate Debt
“So, if the housing market isn’t going to affect the economy, and low interest rates are now a permanent fixture in our society, and there is NO risk in doing anything because we can financially...
View ArticleTrump Is Asking For A 1999-Style Stock Market Melt-Up
Last week, President Donald Trump reiterated his call for the Fed to cut interest rates: President Trump is technically correct in saying that the economy (or, more accurately, the stock market) would...
View ArticleGame Of Thrones: Winter Is Coming 05-10-19
Market Review & Update Game Of Thrones Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan Manager Follow Us On: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound Cloud,Seeking Alpha Market Review & Update As we...
View ArticleValuations, Returns & The Real Value Of Cash
Since the beginning of 2019, the market has risen sharply. That increase was not due to rising earnings and revenues, which have weakened, but rather from multiple expansion. In other words, investors...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking: The Drums Of Trade War – Part Deux
In June of 2018, as the initial rounds of the “Trade War” were heating up, I wrote: “Next week, the Trump Administration will announce $50 billion in ‘tariffs’ on Chinese products. The trade war...
View ArticleIs Capitalism Responsible For Socialist Sentiment?
In 2009, I shared 2 words on Facebook that I felt would shape the future of our social and economic discussions: Socialism & Nationalism. Not trying to be a smarta**, however, I told you so. A...
View ArticleOpportunity Of Misplaced Inflation
The global economy is apparently facing a significant problem. Inflation’s gone missing! Central bankers can’t seem to stoke it no matter how deftly they act. Neither lowering interest rates to zero...
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