This week we thought we would review the pluses and minuses of the market as we are approaching the half way point of the year. On the positive side, the economy is very strong, earnings growth is strong, valuations in some sectors of the stock market are attractive (value stocks are a value), companies have…
Read BlogThe trade war surprisingly took a turn for the worse as China had agreed to buy an additional $70 billion of U.S. products, obviously not enough, but we were surprised a counter offer was not made from the U.S. Apparently the opening offer was too low. Please click the link below to continue reading: Market…
Read BlogThe PVG Tactical Total Return is performing very well, up 6.63% Net of Fees as of 6/11/18 versus the S&P 500 up 4.96%. The strategy holds a diversified portfolio comprised of the S&P 500, the NASDAQ, small cap stocks through the Russell 2000, the international markets through the EAFA Index and finally a 9% tranche…
Read BlogThe PVG Loss Averse Equity Income strategy is performing well, with the strategy up about 3.9% for the quarter as of 6/12/18. This compares very favorably relative to the bond market or other conservative income-oriented strategies. Please click the link below to continue reading: PVG – Equity Income Monthly Update (June 2018)
Read BlogThe Federal Reserve meets this week and it is widely expected they will raise rates by .25%, or to a level of 2% for the Federal Funds rate. The average of all the Federal Reserve director’s expectations for interest rates is currently 2.1% for 2018, 2.9% in 2019, and 3.4% in 2020. Please click the…
Read BlogBelow is a familiar chart for our readers, the S&P 500 with a declining triangle where the market has broken through to the upside, as we expected, and is now up to a familiar resistance of the upper Bollinger Band. Please click the link below to continue reading: Market in a Minute 2018-06-05
Read BlogBelow is a chart of the Italy 10 Year Bond Yield, it is like we are in the midst of the Greece financial crisis. The yield has shot up to 3.16% very quickly. Italy has failed to form a government… European countries have odd elections. A new election will occur later this year. There is…
Read BlogThe strength of revenues and earnings this past earnings reporting period for the first quarter was very impressive with revenues up 8.3% year over year and earnings up 24.5%. Keep in mind a significant amount of the earnings gain is from the massive Trump tax cut. Generally the market does not reward companies for lower…
Read BlogWe discussed this last week, but we thought it was important to review what happened, what to expect in the short-term and what to expect as we go through the year for the market on a technical basis. Please click the link below to continue reading: Market in a Minute 2018-05-15
Read BlogBelow is the S&P 500 1-year chart, with the 200-day moving average, and as you can see, the market has been forming a descending triangle. A descending triangle is when the upper trendline is sloped downward, while the bottom trendline is horizontal. Please click the link below to continue reading: Market in a Minute 2018-05-08
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