It is still too early to know for sure whether this is just a "correction" or a "change in the trend" of the market so pay attention to the market as its action this year is very reminiscent of previous market topping processes. Words: 859
Read More »Central Bank Bubble Will Burst and Result In A Recession & Bear Market
The unwinding of the "Central Bank Bubble" will be worse than either the Dot.Com Bubble or the Housing Bubble. It seems like most investors continue to show apathy even with the warnings by us and quite a few others of the "unintended consequences" of the central banks doing things that have never been done before. Those investors are in good company because it appears to us that the leaders of the major central banks of the world do not have any idea of the "unintended consequences" either.
Read More »What’s With the Stock Market? Is Another Crash/Rally/Retest Scenario Unfolding?
The market's history often provides clues to its future - we're big fans of precedent analysis - so now's a good time to delve into prior, similar instances to see what they led to [and, therefore, what we might expect in the next 2 months].
Read More »Coming Bear Market Could Turn Into A Historic Crash – Here’s Why
Amazingly, we are on the verge of a global deflationary downturn and what could be a historic bear market, yet Wall Street prognosticators remain focused on the inflationary risks of excessive monetary stimulus. Their focus could not be more wrong. Let me explain further.
Read More »Bubble-level Valuations Don’t Cause Bear Markets! These Factors Do
So much analysis we see and hear lately is concerned with whether the stock market is in a bubble or not. The truth of the matter, however, is that bear markets do not begin due to bubble-level valuations being reached and then bursting, but in anticipation of half a dozen mitigating factors as outlined in this article.
Read More »What Are the 2 Catalysts That Cause Major Market Corrections Telling Us Today? (+2K Views)
There are a number of potential pitfalls out there for the market but, right now, the behavior of the main catalysts for a major correction suggest that there continues to be more right than wrong with the market. Let me explain.
Read More »Dow About to Correct 14-18%, Then Increase 111-122% Into 2017
The stock market has topped. It got stretched too high, for too long, and needs to pull back and wash out some diehard bulls and refresh itself before heading any higher. We are now in a bear market that could last anywhere from 3-10 months and the significance of it all is crucial to not only understanding what is going on, but also to protecting and growing your wealth. This article does just that!
Read More »Cycle Analysis Suggests S&P 500 Has Topped & Will Decline To Major Low In 2016 (+2K Views)
While the majority is looking at the Megaphone Pattern correction since the 2000 high and is expecting the market to go back to the lower trend line of this pattern and to make new lows, I think that it will not happen. The opinion of the majority can be used as a contrarian indicator. I think that a healthy correction in this new Secular Bull Market could push the Dow Jones to 12500-13500 (end of 2015 – half 2016) followed by a second leg up of this new Secular Bull Market.
Read More »Next Bear Market Shaping Up To Be Quite the Storm – Here’s Why (+2K Views)
The U.S. stock market has been closing at one record high after another but, despite the seemingly unending investor optimism more than five years into the current bull market, some worrisome issues are continuing to build under the surface. Like all past bull markets, the latest episode will eventually come to an end and a new bear market will begin and it has the potential to be even worse than the two previous downturns since the start of the new millennium...
Read More »A 20%+ Sell-off is Brewing In the Lofty U.S. Stock Markets – Here’s Why & What the Future Holds (+2K Views)
For today's seriously overextended and overvalued US stock markets the best-case scenario is a full-blown correction approaching 20% emerging soon while the worst case is a new cyclical bear market that ultimately leads to catastrophic 50% losses.
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