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Based on strong fundamentals and positive vital metrics, the following 4 medical devices industry stocks have ample credential to return more to shareholders amid eco-political threats.

Comparing the Trump and Kennedy rallies—as in the first chart below—I expect Trump’s market to build an even bigger slide.

As the next crisis erupts, the mainstream media is going to respond with shock and horror but the only real surprise is that this ridiculous bubble lasted for as long as it did. The truth is that a market decline is way overdue.

Valuations and sentiment play into future stock market returns...as valuations indicate what people are willing to pay for a dollar of earnings. During times of exuberance, investors overpay for earnings and, during times of fear, investors underpay for earnings. Currently, two measures of sentiment are sending cautionary signals that 2018 may not be as strong of a year.

Mark my words here: This third and final bubble (fourth if you count 1987) is now the biggest and most obvious bubble in this boom since 1983. It is as overvalued as at the top of 1929 and the fact that no one wants to hear about it is an ominous sign that it may well be peaking!

Treasury Secretary, ex-Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin, has threatened Congress with [a] stock crash if Congress doesn’t pass a tax reform Bill. His reason is that the stock market surge since the election was based on the hopes of a big tax cut. This reminds me of 2008.

If wealth preservation investors get out of their stocks and buy silver, they are likely to avoid the most massive wealth destruction in the next few years. Let me explain.

While earnings growth over the next year are likely to decelerate, momentum in the global economy is supportive of continued solid growth. Improving investor sentiment, in the form of the ongoing rally, appears to be justified. Will it continue in the year ahead?

If the markets crash in 2018 then, like previous crashes, they will prove to be a buying opportunity but, until the masses embrace this bull market, however, the most likely outcome is a correction and not crash.

Many people think that a huge crash is coming within the next 18 months. That being said, there are those who think that we will have a major ‘melt-up’ to 45,000 or 50,000 prior to a historical crash. Personally, I am uncertain which it will be and am waiting to discern what our Central Banks will do! Here's why.