If someone asked you what the worst performing stock market in the world was in August, you might well be tempted to say the SHCOMP or the ASE, considering the fanfare around China’s equity turmoil and the fact that Greek
August 31, 2015
Many have argued for quite some time that the stock market is overvalued and long overdue for a correction. While it may be true that the stock market recovery has significantly outpaced the economic recovery since the most recent stock
There is a consistent thread of discussion regarding the impending Fed rate hike and its impact on various markets, which are known to front-load the expected returns impact of the entire series of hikes in the first hike. Such forward expectations of
US stocks came in a bit shaky this morning, but managed to rally back up close to unchanged during the day. Alas, it was not to be, and stocks sold off in the afternoon, going out on the close at
“Governments finds all sorts of ways of repressing their citizens and certainly do it for the banking system. In America today if you have a bank account you have no privacy anymore. Your banker is basically an unpaid spy working
On the heels of last Monday’s vicious 1,000+ point “dip” and then Wednesday’s subsequent 619-point “rip ” higher, many investors are asking one question – will the stock market rally stick? The media certainly seems to think so: Relief Descends on U.S. stock
Back in May I wrote a post arguing that the record-high levels of margin debt should make investors more cautious. Basically, there is compelling evidence to suggest that margin debt is a very good indicator of long-term fear and greed in the
The long wait for a rate hike will likely be over by the end of September. According to market rumors, when the meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) will take place during Sep 16–17, the first rate hike
Crude oil’s long bear market has been met with a ferocious counter-trend rally. I can’t say precisely when it’ll stop, but I am highly confident this is going to re-sink soon (not necessarily to new lows, but certainly carving away
What a wild week! Perhaps the wildest we’ve seen in years, with a 5.3% plunge over the course of the first two days of last week more than wiped away by the 6.4% rebound seen over the course of the
