A headline that shook the financial world Friday is Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, betting more than $1 billion that stock markets around the world will fall by March. Ray Dalio, the head of Bridgewater, said in a response to the Wall Street Journal report that the firm
The U.S. Senate has unanimously challenged the Chinese government at a critical time for trade talks. In a boost for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protestors, the Senate has passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. Clearly the senators have the guts to show that for them it is not
What a difference time makes. When I gave a “buy” signal on Donald Trump’s election at a time when many were predicting a big stock market drop, it was at first met with incredulity. When I called for a high-probability scenario of the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA hitting 30,000 points in
At the end of 2018 the stock market fell about 20%. Could it happen again this year? Let’s use a chart to explore the issue. Please click here for an annotated chart of S&P 500 ETF SPY. Note the following: • The chart shows when the stock market fell about 20%. • The
Earnings season has started. Wall Street is bullish on the first phase of President Trump’s trade deal with China. The stock market is near highs after rising for a decade. At a time like this, it’s important to pay attention to the other side of the story. Here’s the key
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 repression of human rights in China, limits on American money flowing to Chinese stocks and a mini-crisis in Turkey are beginning to weigh on the stock market. Let’s explore this issue with the help of two charts. Two charts For the first chart, please click here for an annotated chart of
At a time when multiple whistleblowers may be emerging against President Trump, economic data are showing weakness, a grim earnings season is ahead and professional investors are selling stocks, Trump brilliantly slayed the bears and made bulls behave like puppy dogs. Think what you may of Trump, but the evidence
Prudent investors ought to pay attention to the weakness in what’s widely considered a strong September jobs report released Friday. Let’s explore the issue with the help of a chart. Please click here for an annotated chart of S&P 500 ETF SPY. Note the following: • The chart shows initial positive reaction in
Another alarm rang for the stock market when a survey of purchasing managers of American factories fell to a level last seen during the Great Recession. Is this a reason to panic? Let’s explore with the help of a chart. Chart Please click here for an annotated chart of a Dow ETF DIA,