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BofA: Here Are 3 Reasons Why Stocks Could Enter A Bear Market In 2013 … Bartels’ second concern is the presidential cycle. She writes that “after a presidential election, in the month of February the market is often down sharply, on average by 2.3%.” The chart below suggests 2013 will mark the “weakest period of the presidential cycle,” based on historical trends: …
Three Divergences Demanding The Stock Bulls’ Attention Longer-term divergences tend to provide the most concerning [...] From etfdailynews: Don Miller: Should you be worried about a stock market crash in 2013… or even sooner? Certainly, there’s plenty of unsettling news to worry about. You know what I’m talking about…the persistent Eurozone debt crisis, Taxmageddon, the fiscal cliff, high unemployment. The list goes on and on. But now, there’s one more reason to fasten your seat belt. On the heels of a sharp stock market decline on July 24, a highly accurate technical indicator called the “Hindenburg Omen” started ringing warning bells. Ever since [...] From All Star Charts: The relative strength we’ve seen in the Dow Jones Transportation Average has been awfully impressive. And not just recently, but actually going back to the year 2000. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up less than 30% from those early 2000 lows, the Trannies are up over 120% during the same time period. … On Thursday, as U.S. equities were staging a comeback after lunch, the Dow [...] The question puzzling currency markets is why the EUR is so strong. While we have argued that during the risk-off period of the last month or so post-LTRO2 (before Tuesday) EURUSD strength appeared to be driven by repatriation flows and balance sheet reduction, new information over the last couple of weeks driving the expectation that growth will be weak enough in the US to keep US policy very stimulative for a nice [...] Nouriel Roubini by Phoenix Capital Research One of the primary arguments that the world is in “recovery” comes from the decoupling argument: namely that emerging market economies have grown to the point that they will hold up even if there’s a downturn in the US economy.
For certain, emerging market economies have indeed experienced economic growth and stock market gains far exceeding those of the US and other developed [...] It’s paid to be bullish on U.S. stocks over the last two years. It’s been especially profitable over the last 12 months when compared to emerging markets like China. In the past year, the Shanghai Composite has fallen nearly 15% while the S&P 500 is up 17%. In 2011, the trend continues, the S&P 500 is up another 2% while the iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund is down 2%. Regardless, Peter [...] Optimism, like pessimism, is a dangerous tool when applied to markets and investing. I like to be optimistic about life, pessimistic about government and politicians, and when it comes to the economy, stick to data analysis and check your bipolar disorder at the door. The data is mixed, but it strongly suggests that we are entering what von Mises called a “crack-up boom”. Dean Foods stock got clocked for an earnings [...] |
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