Has the Selloff Got You Sweating? Read This Before You Panic.

It's a bit ironic, really, when you stop to think about it. Just a couple of weeks ago some pundits were calling more a market meltup, touting the number of weeks the S&P 500 had gone without a correction of 5% (or more), suggesting it would never happen again. As of Monday's drubbing, the S&P 500 has lost more than...

Weekly Market Outlook – A Make-or-Break Week for Stocks Lies Ahead

How long does it take to remind investors that stocks don't go up indefinitely? A week (or less). Catching some traders off guard despite some impressive earnings reports, the S&P 500 lost 3.5% of its value last week. It remains to be seen if this is the beginning of a long-overdue correction. It's worth noting, however, that this is what...

Weekly Market Outlook – A Make-or-Break Week for Stocks Lies Ahead

How long does it take to remind investors that stocks don't go up indefinitely? A week (or less). Catching some traders off guard despite some impressive earnings reports, the S&P 500 lost 3.5% of its value last week. It remains to be seen if this is the beginning of a long-overdue correction. It's worth noting, however, that this is what...

Chart analyst: Bet on at least an 8% pullback for stocks

Technical analyst Carter Worth of Cornerstone Macro is watching a trendline from the market's lows in 2016 that stocks have since tested and held above. To reach that line, Worth said the S&P 500 would have to fall 222 points, or 7.7 percent from its all-time high hit last Friday of 2,872.87. "That is a very reasonable thing to, I...

Chart analyst: Bet on at least an 8% pullback for stocks

Technical analyst Carter Worth of Cornerstone Macro is watching a trendline from the market's lows in 2016 that stocks have since tested and held above. To reach that line, Worth said the S&P 500 would have to fall 222 points, or 7.7 percent from its all-time high hit last Friday of 2,872.87. "That is a very reasonable thing to, I...

February’s Best (and Worst) Performing Industries

There's no denying the market's been unusually, almost dangerously bullish since November of last year. We've now gone 81 weeks without a correction of 5% or more, and it seems like the gains are accelerating. Making a bet based on nothing more than the calendar is never a bulletproof idea, but it's especially dangerous right now. Yet, the reality is,...

February’s Best (and Worst) Performing Industries

There's no denying the market's been unusually, almost dangerously bullish since November of last year. We've now gone 81 weeks without a correction of 5% or more, and it seems like the gains are accelerating. Making a bet based on nothing more than the calendar is never a bulletproof idea, but it's especially dangerous right now. Yet, the reality is,...

Opinion: Investors are way too greedy for a stock-market selloff to really take hold

– As stocks rise, doubts and inhibitions fade, and we begin wanting and expecting higher returns – By Howard Gold, MarketWatch When stocks fell 2% over Monday and Tuesday, pundits were quick to give their “explanations.” Aha, Amazon Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase were banding together to upend the health care market. Aha, the 10-year Treasury note’s yield had crept...
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