Urban Carmel’s Weekly Market Summary
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. SPX has gone 686 days without touching its 200-dma. This is the longest stretch in history. On Friday, after a 3%...
View ArticleFund Managers’ Current Asset Allocation – October
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. Every month, we review the latest BAML survey of global fund managers. Among the various ways of measuring investor...
View ArticleWeekly Market Summary
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. After 27 months, SPX experienced its first 10% correction this week. As we have detailed many times, this was an...
View ArticleUrban Carmel’s Weekly Market Summary
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. While equities have recently become volatile, the underlying fundamentals have not changed. Companies are nearly...
View ArticleUrban Carmel’s Weekly Market Summary
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. After dropping to a 6 month low in mid-October, SPX has since risen more than 10% in two weeks. The bounce has been...
View ArticleWe’re Not Set-Up for a Booming Year 3 Of The Presidential Cycle
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. If you even passively follow equity markets, chances are high you have already read a number of articles about “Year...
View ArticleWhat Fund Flows Tell Us About Current Investor Psychology
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. It is true that “disbelief” is an important factor in driving equity prices higher. That is a large reason why...
View ArticleUrban Carmel’s Weekly Market Summary
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. It’s hard to argue that the price action of US equities is not bullish. SPX and DJIA ended the week at new highs....
View ArticleUrban Carmel Says That The End of QE 3 Is Not The End of The Bull Market
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. The Federal Reserve’s third “quantitative easing” program officially ended last week. Many traders hold the view...
View ArticleWhat Happens After SPX Streaks Above its 5-dma For 16 days?
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. SPX is currently adding to a 16 day streak of closes over its 5-dma. Since 1996, this has happened just 6 other...
View ArticleA Possible Set Up For Ex-US Markets To Outperform
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. While the US economy continues to repair, albeit slowly, the situation in the rest of the world looks more dire. As...
View ArticleZero Hedge Might Be The Smartest Financial Blog Around
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. We’ve been blocked by Zero Hedge for 4 years. Anyone who invests knows that equity markets have a far higher...
View ArticleUrban Caremel’s Weekly Market Summary
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. SPX, DJIA and RUT ended the week nearly unchanged from last week. NDX, which was unchanged last week, gained 1.5%....
View ArticleWhat Happens To Open Gaps in SPY
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. From its mid-October low, SPY has left six large open gaps. These total to nearly $6. Three gaps are more than $1...
View ArticleFund Managers’ Current Asset Allocation – November
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. Every month, we review the latest BAML survey of global fund managers. Among the various ways of measuring investor...
View ArticleWhat Happens When SPY Trades Above Its Weekly Bollinger Band
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. Today, the PBOC and the ECB both promised to provide greater liquidity to combat disinflation. US markets have...
View ArticleAre Low Rates Responsible For High Valuations
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. Interest rates are low, so stock valuations should be high. After all, a lower discount rate means that company...
View ArticleWhen ‘Buy and Hold’ Works, And When It Doesn’t
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. Imagine if you had invested in the S&P 500 in 1984 and held through the tech bubble and crash and then through...
View ArticleLow Odds of a Big Fall in December
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. Bond yields are falling, as are commodity prices. Both NDX and RUT are starting December down more than 1%. Is a...
View ArticleThe Math Behind Oil Prices
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of The Fat Pitch. To view original, click here. The fall in oil prices is gathering much attention. Since mid June, light crude oil (WTIC) has fallen by about 40%....
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