Our theme this week is bear markets. We cite BlackBerry as a prime example of a long bear market that is not yet finished. The rise...
The BOE and some others hiked interest rates this past week and the Fed is indicating that two more hikes could be on the way. The...
Too bad most of the market is still not following the trend of AI and high-tech stocks. And that includes the commodity stocks, especially energy, gold...
They are officially calling it a bull market as the S&P 500 joined the NASDAQ up 20% from the October 2022 lows. But divergences abound and...
The stock market rallied this week but many lag. Gold was up then tanked following the jobs report. Oil rebounded as OPEC meets this weekend. The...
We found a special chart that clearly outlines how narrow this rally has been dominated as it has by the AI high-tech stocks led by Nvidia....
Our chart of the week looks at the Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) on an inflation adjusted basis. It gives us some interesting charts dating from 1800...
Three themes dominated this past week. We cover all three. Inflation, the debt limit and the still ongoing banking crisis along with the emerging commercial real...
The Fed hiked another 25 bp as expected. The Fed outlined some of the problems but downplayed the bank crisis. They also left things open for...
A big week coming up with the FOMC May 2-3 and the expected 25 bp hike with a pause. Friday brings us the April job numbers...