A Historic Week
Even with the relatively calm day in the markets on Friday, this past week has been one of the most volatile on record. Only...
Worst 5 Bear Markets
Developed world equity markets have been hammered in recent weeks. In U.S. dollar terms, many have entered bear market territory—defined as a peak-to-trough decline...
S&P 500 Technical Analysis Update
The S&P 500 has now clearly carved out the head-and-shoulders top formation I wrote about in Young Research’s last two technical analysis updates. The...
Rail Stock Divergence
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) put out its weekly rail traffic report today. For the week ending July 16, total carloads fell 0.3%...
S&P 500 Technical Analysis Update
Stocks are up big today on a blowout ADP employment report. Economists were looking for private sector job gains of 70,000 in June. The...
S&P 500 Technical Analysis Update
The S&P 500 is approaching a critical technical level. There is support for stocks around 1,255 on the S&P 500. The 1,255 level is...
Sell in May and Go Away
The following charts illustrate the irrefutable stock market power in the year before a presidential election. As you can see there is no other...
A Compulsive Liar
Meet the stock market: he’s a valuable economic indicator, but he also has a tendency to lie—even compulsively. The stock market misdirects, misleads, and...
Dow in Dollars and Gold
This week the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to 12,700, about where it was three years ago. You’re back to even, right? Not really....
Bank Stocks Signal Trouble
The KBW Bank stock index has a real troubling look. Bank stocks are rolling over. The bank index is down almost 10% from its...