By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora Terrorist Threat Please click here for a chart of  Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). Note the following: First and foremost we are politically agnostic. Our sole job is to help investors.  This post is not about politics or terrorism, but about how certain events may unfold and impact investors in the very long term. We do not expect any impact of Afghanistan on the stock market in the short term. The chart shows the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the stock market. The chart shows that investors bought the dip running

By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora To gain an edge, this is what you need to know now. Consumer Anxiety Rising Please click here for a chart of  S&P 500 ETF (SPY) which represents the benchmark for the stock market index (SPX). Note the following: The U. S. economy is 70% consumer-based. Therefore we pay a lot of attention to the consumers. This earnings season, the earnings of consumer-oriented companies have been blockbuster.  The reason is that the consumer has been confident and spending as they have never spent before. Now consumer anxiety is rising and the consumer is losing confidence. 

By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora To gain an edge, this is what you need to know now. Record Job Openings Please click here for a chart of Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ). Note the following: The chart shows that the rise in QQQ has been restrained due to mild selling by smart money. Unfilled jobs rose to 10.1M in June – an all-time record.  Unfilled job openings rose by 590K. Unfilled job openings now exceed people seeking employment. The Fed has been insisting on continuing to print money and keep interest rates artificially near zero to help the unemployed and to help prices of