After nine years of this raging bull market in stocks, this is the most important question for investors now: Bulls or bears — who is right? Let’s start with a chart. Please click here for the annotated chart of S&P 500 ETF SPY. Similar conclusions can be drawn from a
To understand the direction of the stock market, it’s important to first look at the leaders. The leaders in this market have been popular technology stocks, which have marched upwards primarily because the hot money has been flowing into them. The hot money mostly cares about the momentum. Money flows
A key to success in investing is paying attention to logic and good opinions. But don’t forget price action. There’s a trade war heating up. There are disappointments in negotiations with China. The Europeans are upset. Closer to home, Canada and Mexico are indignant. Common-sense logic would say that the
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
This bull market in U.S. stocks is aging. How much more life is left in it? That is the key question. Here is an indicator with a good record to answer that question. Let’s explore with a chart. The chart Please click here for an annotated chart of the iShares
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
Rising interest rates, the specter of inflation and stocks’ overvaluation are all valid, fundamental concerns facing investors today. But is that the full story? Before the start of the swoon Friday, nine of the 10 categories of inputs to The Arora Report Global Multi Asset Allocation Model were deteriorating. This
No politician in the United States wants Americans to be worse off and deliberately take steps that are bad for an average American investor. However the policy of destroying the dollar, though well-intentioned, will lead to American investors being worse off in the long term. In the short term, investors
Stock bulls might want to be on alert if new allegations against President Trump turn out to be true. Special Counsel Robert Mueller already is investigating Russian collusion, which is a big overhang over the Trump administration. And, now, Michael Wolff’s new book (released Jan. 5), “Fire and Fury,” makes
The January Effect tends to offer an opportunity to potentially make about 30% in three months — equivalent to a 120% annualized return. It is a phenomenon that makes prices of certain stocks rise more in January than the market averages. Over the past 30 years, we have made money