For the longest time we have made the case that Wall Street is ready for a rate hike but Main Street is not. The following chart, courtesy of our friends at Reuters/Eikon, shows how the S&P 500 has surged since 2009 but GDP has yet to “take-off.”
Deflation, What Is It? & Why Is It Important? Deflation, Inflation & Disinflation- Defined For the purposes of this article, the following definitions will be used: Deflation occurs when asset prices fall considerably Inflation occurs when asset prices increase Disinflation occurs when the rate of inflation slows. The World Is Deflating: As a general guideline,…
How To Find Leading Stocks During Corrections… Our longstanding readers know that one of our favorite ways to make money on Wall Street is to find and own leading stocks. We keep things simple and define leadership by looking at the strongest performing stocks in the market at any given time. Why? Because, by definition,…
The most common definition of a bear market is a decline of 20% or more below a recent high. Earlier this year, the IBB (Biotech ETF) fell 24% which dragged down a slew of momentum and growth stocks. At the time, I wrote about (here) how steep corrections were normal and actually healthy for these…
By Jack & Suzy Welch March 27, 2013 Being a leader is perhaps the hardest challenge any of us will ever face. No matter how long we work at it, practicing the right behaviors is a never-ending task. Knowing – and avoiding – the wrong ones is too. Thus, we offer the following six common…
ENTER YOUR EMAIL & GET POWERFUL IDEAS & MARKET INSIGHTS DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO YOUR INBOX Do peaks in the Dow in 1929, 1987, 2000, 2007 have anything in common? Yes, Hollywood did something at each of these peaks! In 1929, Hollywood released the movie “The Wolf on Wall Street” about a ruthless trader (Bancroft)…
Join Our Free Newsletter Here How You Can Profit From Short Sellers: Last week, I wrote a piece that discussed the concept of short covering- here. As a quick review, short sellers are people who profit when stocks fall and short covering occurs when the short sellers exit their positions. In order to exit their…