As investors are focusing on the Federal Reserve this week, they may want to consider that President Trump has helped interest-rate policy makers a great deal. A key to success in investing is setting aside one’s political beliefs when reviewing facts and figures. The data are clear that Trump has
As I write this, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, has surged more than 300 points, vaulting the benchmark index over 21,000 points for the first time. This ferocious rally, a day after President Trump’s speech to Congress, also is reflected in other indices, including the S&P 500 Index SPX, and the
Gold prices could extend their gains after Donald Trump’s inauguration if he continues to make statements as president that prompt investors to enter safe havens. As president-elect, Trump has angered China, India and Mexico, some NATO countries and, just this long weekend, Germany (over its luxury cars), to name a
(Please scroll down for annotated charts for insights.) On Monday, there was news of terror and assassination. To most investors, it would have been logical for stocks to fall and gold to go up. Instead stocks went up and gold fell. Why did this happen? The five Here are the
Only three days ago I predicted that a performance chase is on. Wednesday’s nearly 300-point move in the Dow Jones Industrial Average shows the prediction was spot on. A performance chase buy program triggered the rally and performance chase turned the rally into a buying panic. This was yesterday; now
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. For us to recommend, a security must pass at least four of the six screens. We prefer a stock to meet all six screens. Our rigorous criteria has led to enviable performance over a long period of time. We periodically provide intelligence
Until Friday, Oct. 28, Wall Street had awarded presidency to Clinton. Wall Street’s view was backed up by polls. Tuesday, according to the algorithms at The Arora Report, institutions were heavy sellers of stocks. Take a look at the annotated chart of S&P 500 ETF SPY. Please click here for
In the first presidential debate, Donald Trump said, “Now, look, we have the worst revival of an economy since the Great Depression. And believe me: We’re in a bubble right now. And the only thing that looks good is the stock market, but if you raise interest rates even a
The annotated chart linked below shows that on Friday there was no place for investors to hide. Stocks (large caps and small caps), bonds, emerging markets, gold, silver, oil and most commodities all fell simultaneously in a fashion similar to 2008 and early 2009. Even if we get a reversal
When almost everyone is positioned one way and the news shows the positioning is wrong, tremendous investment opportunity is created. Late last year and earlier this year, such an opportunity was created due to combination of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates for the first time since the Great Recession