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A New Bull, or Just a Bear Rally?
Hey, did you miss that? If you weren’t paying attention, you just might have missed the fact that the S&P 500 index has breached key resistance at the 200-day moving average. That is a very definitive bullish move for domestic stocks, and one that comes just two months after the worst start to a year, […]
Emerging Markets and Commodities — Back from the Dead
Earlier this year, I told you that I was watching emerging market equities and commodities to see if either could fight their way out of their respective bear markets. This week, we saw signs of hope that both are getting healthier, and that just might translate into some very nice opportunities for investors. Let’s start […]
A Navy SEAL Talks ETFs
Last month, I had the privilege of attending one of the best conferences in my industry, the Inside ETFs Conference held in Hollywood, Florida. This year, the conference featured a most-unusual keynote speaker, former U.S. Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill. If you recognize the name, you probably also know that O’Neill is credited with perhaps the […]
The Best Week in a Very Bad Year
The action in equity markets this week was good. That’s a very pleasant surprise in an otherwise solemn 2016, and it is something that we really haven’t been able to say with conviction this year. The gains week to date (through midday Friday) were very strong, with the Dow surging 2.46% while the S&P 500 […]
Welcome to the Global Bear Market
If this market decline feels different to you, then you’re not alone. It certainly seems like we are entering a bear market in U.S. stocks, and so far the major U.S. averages are quickly approaching official bear market status (i.e. 20% or more below their most-recent highs). The Dow is down nearly 14% from its […]
A Chilly Jobs Report Prompts Selling
A cold wind blew through the markets this morning, and it caused investors to once again head for the exits. That cold wind was the chilly January jobs report, which showed the economy created just 151,000 new jobs in the month. That print was well below estimates that called for some 180,000 jobs. While there […]
Central Bank Maneuvers and January Stock Returns
The books are just about closed on what will be remembered as one of the worst months for stocks in a very long time. In fact, it was the worst start to a year ever for the equity markets, as a toxic cocktail of plunging crude oil prices and global growth concerns sent sellers running […]
Just another Central Bank Rescue?
Surprise! The market actually saw some green screens this week, a welcome relief from the virtual sea of red through the first dozen or so trading days of the year. And while stocks plunged into official correction territory last week (10% or more off the most recent high), this week’s rebound was both welcome and […]
Red, and Nothing but Red
The first two weeks of 2016 have crushed just about every investor, and just about every sector out there has seen red, and nothing but red, for nearly all 10 days of this year’s trade. Stocks now are in a confirmed correction, and many stocks have entered official bear market territory of 20% below the […]
A Wild and Crazy Start to 2016
It was the worst first week of the year for stocks — ever. That’s what the record will reflect for 2016, as equity markets around the world got absolutely slaughtered over the first five trading sessions of the year. Only a stabilization of markets in China leading up to Friday’s opening bell, along with a […]
Jim Woods is a 30-plus-year veteran of the markets with varied experience as a broker, hedge fund trader, financial writer, author and newsletter editor.
His books include co-authoring, “Billion Dollar Green: Profit from the Eco Revolution,” and “The Wealth Shield: How to Invest and Protect Your Money from Another Stock Market Crash, Financial Crisis or Global Economic Collapse.” He’s also ghostwritten many books and articles, as well as edited content for some of the investment industry’s biggest luminaries. Read more about Jim Woods.
