Prudence requires that stock market bulls take protective measures as Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigates President Trump’s financial dealings, crossing a “red line” the president said he wouldn’t allow. Politics has the power to throttle stocks. On Dec. 1, when it was announced that former national security adviser Michael Flynn
U.S. stocks are sky high in this bull market, but they could fade fast. President Trump, in a remark over the weekend, was reported to have said: “One great gentleman came up and he said, ‘Sir, I want to thank you.’ I said, ‘What did I do for you?’ He
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average topping 24,000 in a big rally this year, Dow 30,000 is now on the horizon. That was not always the case. In February 2017, when the Dow DJIA, was much lower, I laid out a fundamental case for the benchmark reaching 30,000. I was scorned,
The U.S. is in a raging bull market in stocks. Some gurus continue to revise their upward targets for stock prices. But many keep warning of a crash. What is the average investor to think — and how to act? And how does he or she gain an edge? The
From the large number of emails I receive, anecdotal evidence is that many money managers and private investors have become drastically overweighted in FAANG stocks. FAANG stocks are Facebook FB, Apple AAPL, Amazon AMZN, Netflix NFLX, and Google GOOG, GOOGL. Such over-concentration has been working, but there is nothing constant
Astute investors want an edge in the financial markets. Money flows, among other metrics, provide an edge. And now the money flows in the U.S. are beginning to shift. Let’s explore with the help of two charts. The charts Please click here for a chart showing money flows in broad-based
The stock market is becoming jittery. The reason is the so-called $1.5 trillion problem. The “smart money” (professional investors) has known about the problem and has acted accordingly, but the momo (momentum) crowd has been oblivious. Before delving into this problem, let us start with two charts. The charts Please
The smart money is getting jittery, which warrants protective measures. The stock market is complex, but there is one aspect that is simple and provides real objective insights to investors. The simplicity lies in comparing real buying demand to real selling supply in real time. When supply is significantly greater
Apple’s new iPhone X is a home run, but everybody already knows that. So that doesn’t provide investors an edge. Savvy investors are always looking for an edge to outperform the broader market. You can gain an edge in information that is not well-known or well-understood. In this article, I
Not long ago, French pharmaceutical company Advanced Accelerator Applications got a lot of publicity. Now it’s getting bought out. The late Apple AAPL, co-founder Steve Jobs died from pancreatic cancer, specifically from a neuroendocrine tumor, or islet cell carcinoma. Advanced Accelerator Applications AAAP, became famous because of its work on