Technical vs Marco and Fundamentals: Macro analysis is helpful, but not able to determine turning points in markets. There are so many things an investor might consider that it is beyond human capacity to know which are most important and
September 27, 2015
The Dow and S&P 500 have fallen by around 10% since August, which in normal times would be hardly worth mentioning. But below the surface, in what used to be the market’s hottest sectors, much more serious damage is taking
The price of gold moved up moderately, and the price of silver moved down a few cents this week. However, there were some interesting fireworks in the middle of the week. Tuesday, the prices dropped and Thursday the prices of
As you can see by the indices and ETFs I’ve selected below I still see more downside than upside signals and I’m not afraid to sit in cash and sit back and sip scotch till the market is more stable.
The theory behind limiting exceptional stock losses is straightforward. Extreme losses are caused by extreme fundamentals. The challenge lies in real-world implementation. Here’s a 20-stock portfolio designed to limit losses through identification of extreme fundamentals and rules eliminating stocks thusly
We evaluated 27 different companies this week to determine whether they are suitable for Defensive Investors, those unwilling to do substantial research, or Enterprising Investors, those who are willing to do such research. We also put each company through the ModernGraham
George Soros wants Europe to do a lot more for the refugees, asylum-seekers, and migrants mass-exodus-ing from The Middle East. As he writes in a Project Syndicate op-ed, The European Union needs to accept responsibility for the lack of a common asylum
Mark Twain once noted, “Politicians and diapers must be changed often – and for the same reason.” Well, he’s probably rolling over in his grave right now, given the putrid, stagnant state of U.S. politics. It’s possible that we’ll
Global macroeconomic and geopolitical unsteadiness have led to an urgent need for dividend-paying defensive stocks. They have a distinct characteristic of non-cyclicality, i.e., their performance is not overly allied to the larger economy. In particular, large-cap companies that offer products
Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist According to Janet Yellen, we are still on pace to raise rates in 2015. While the rate hike was supposed to happen this month, it got derailed by the August market selloff, volatility in China,
