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Fundamentally Speaking: Earnings Don’t Support Bullish Thesis

With the second quarter of the 2020 reporting season mostly behind us, and with markets testing “all-time” highs, do earnings support the bullish thesis? Such is the fundamental question surrounding the debate over the record deviation between “momentum” and “growth.”

#Macroview: Why Soros Just Called the Market A Bubble

In a previous post "Market Bubbles," I touched on George Soros' "theory of reflexivity." Interestingly, MarketWatch discussed with George why he no longer participates in the "bubble." The foundation of his argument comes from his previous work in "Alchemy of Finance."

Bulls Charge to All-Time Highs

While weaker economic data has not yet dented the “bullish sentiment” at this juncture, it doesn’t mean it won’t. However, as we have discussed over the last several weeks, a breakout of the consolidation range, which was capped by the June highs, would put all-time highs into focus. 

Bulls Charge to All-Time Highs

While weaker economic data has not yet dented the “bullish sentiment” at this juncture, it doesn’t mean it won’t. However, as we have discussed over the last several weeks, a breakout of the consolidation range, which was capped by the June highs, would put all-time highs into focus. 

Investing in Commodities: Seasonal Factors Make Active Management Necessary

This whitepaper provides trade examples using seasonal charts as guidance for positioning when taking seasonal factors into consideration. Long-only, indexing, and other passive commodity investing strategies may not address seasonal factors, treating investing in commodities as if they were equities, even though they are very di¬fferent.

Is it Insanely Stupid to Chase Stocks as the Economy Plunges?

While the market has not been able to push above the recent July highs. support is holding at the rising bullish trend line. With the short-term “buy signals” back in play, the bias at the moment is to the upside. However, as we have discussed over the last couple of weeks, July held to its historical trends of strength.

Is it Insanely Stupid to Chase Stocks as the Economy Plunges?

While the market has not been able to push above the recent July highs. support is holding at the rising bullish trend line. With the short-term “buy signals” back in play, the bias at the moment is to the upside. However, as we have discussed over the last couple of weeks, July held to its historical trends of strength.

Stocks Fail to Breakout

With the late week sell-off, we have updated our risk/reward ranges below. Unfortunately, the market failed to hold its breakout, which keeps it within the defined trading range. The market did hold its rising bullish uptrend support trend line, which keeps the “bullish bias” to the market intact for now.

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