It is no secret that the stock market is driven by greed and fear. Normally I measure levels of greed and fear in the market using proven algorithms. At extremes, greed is a sell signal and fear is a buy signal for stocks. The reaction to the coronavirus shows that
Apple reported blowout earnings after the stock market closed Tuesday. Earnings were better than the consensus and the whisper numbers. Still, those numbers are in the rearview mirror. Let’s look ahead: The prospects for iPhone 12, a 5G-based phone, just got better. However, Apple investors and those who want to
Weekly Digest from The Arora Report is popular among serious investors and money managers because they have found studying insights from the prior week gives them an edge over the coming weeks. Here is the day by day rundown from the morning capsules made available every morning before the market
The stock market, it seems, has been going straight up. And now the market is expensive. Make no mistake about the real reason for the market’s rise. This chart shows that stocks are moving up in lockstep with the Federal Reserve printing money. And the momo (momentum) crowd is following along obediently.
President Trump says a lot of things — sometimes the facts check out, and other times they don’t. Trump’s latest statement about the most important topic for stock market investors is likely correct. Let’s explore the issue with the help of a chart. Chart Please click here for a chart showing the
History does not always repeat itself in the stock market, but it is always instructive. Overbought markets tend to be vulnerable. Sometimes it is an exogenous event that topples stocks. What could be happening currently? Could it be that the deadly virus spreading across China stops the buying frenzy in
Weekly Digest from The Arora Report is popular among serious investors and money managers because they have found studying insights from the prior week gives them an edge over the coming weeks. Here is the day by day rundown from the morning capsules made available every morning before the market
Earnings are the single best guide in the stock market in the long term. In the short term, sentiment rules. Only 8% of the strong move up in the stock market last year was attributable to earnings. The rest was triggered by the Federal Reserve reversing its policy of raising
Pitchmen (and pitchwomen) are in high gear selling the next revolution: 5G cellular wireless. The train is leaving the station, and investors must jump on board now — so goes the typical pitch. Is your skeptical antennae going up? They should be. Selling “revolutions” works when stocks are in an
Weekly Digest from The Arora Report is popular among serious investors and money managers because they have found studying insights from the prior week gives them an edge over the coming weeks. Here is the day by day rundown from the morning capsules made available every morning before the market