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
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 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
Many prudent investors are asking: “Who is buying popular tech stocks at such high prices?” The answer to the question will provide you with an edge in the stock market. Let’s explore that. Gain an edge Please click here for a chart of money flows in FAANG stocks. Money flows,
Ever since I wrote “Six similarities between now and 1987, when the Dow plummeted 23% in one day,” I have been getting a steady flow of requests from investors to write about the differences. Let’s explore that. The six differences Please click here for a table showing the differences between
FAANG stocks are investor darlings. Four of them are considered sexy — they have cool products, brainiac CEOs or California-style innovation. But one is not like the others. And herein lies an opportunity for astute investors. The masses love Apple’s AAPL, iPhones, and hardly anyone cares about Google’s GOOG, GOOGL, Facebook FB, is
At the end of September, we shared with subscribers of The Arora Report our forecast that the stock market would rise at the beginning of October. The forecast has proven to be correct, yet it wasn’t rocket science. It was based on a simple observation that new money pours into
It was 30 years ago this month. I had millions of dollars of my own money invested in the stock market. Other investors did too, and everyone was making money. On Oct. 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA fell 22.6%. The S&P 500 Index SPX dropped 20.5%. It’s
The smart money was selling popular tech stocks when they were near the highs earlier this month. Now they have stopped selling in some of those stocks. Let’s explore further to gain an edge. Click here to see a table showing my calculations of the smart-money action as of Sept.