Stock Indices

A devastating crash looks imminent and full defensive mode is the order of the day.

In 11 of 13 rate cut cycles over the past 65 years gold stocks have enjoyed tremendous gains. The historical data shows an average gain of over 170% and median gain of almost 150% and the market is 84% convinced that the Fed will announce a rate cut in September. That would trigger a strong run into year end.

...Today’s infographic comes to us from Fisher Investments, and it describes the anatomy of market corrections, while also visualizing much of the data around these common events....

The S&P GSCI – which tracks prices for 24 commonly traded commodities relative to the S&P 500 - is the most important chart in the resource space today and it's telling us that commodities are primed for their biggest rally of the last 50 years.

It’s been a decade since the financial crisis lows, and two decades since the 1999 stock market blow-off bubble top. In today’s chart, we put our party hats on as we look at an interesting stock market ratio: the S&P 500 / NYSE Ratio.

Is the S&P kissing the underside of “Dual Resistance” for the first time in history? Looks like it! Does that mean the market is topping here?

This is a critical point for investors and, while it's difficult to know what's in store for any coming decade, it's not impossible to know. This article explores the accuracy and reliability of 10-year forecasts and offers one of its own.

The historical performance of the weeks ahead offers a glimmer of hope for continued equity strength in 2019. While past performance is by no means indicative of future results, a statistical observation of the weeks ahead favors the bull.

This article focuses on indicators that are of medium to long-term relevance to prospective stock market returns telling us something about the likely duration and severity of the bust that will follow on the heels of the current market mania.

Multiple indicators are flashing warning signs that I believe are being ignored by short-termism and overly excited market prognosticators.