Taleb Says World Is More Fragile Than in 2007
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After 20 years in the retail and consumer goods sector, I became a research analyst and market strategist for Capital Ladder Advisory Group. Since 2011, I have published some 400+ articles surrounding mainstream retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, Costco and more. I've covered consumer goods corporations such as Apple, Keurig Green Mountain, SodaStream, Skullcandy, Fitbit and more. To date, I've garnered over a hundred media references to my analytics including Forbes. Presently, I am a contracted consultant to many retail and consumer goods companies in North America and manufacturing entities in China and Korea.
Final Trading Day of 2018: Bull or Bear Market in 2019
Good weekend to everyone and with the final trading day of calendar year 2018, we can’t help but desire the calendar year to end with some semblance of positivity. Last week kicked-off a holiday shortened trading with much anxiety being created for investors on Christmas Eve and as the market meltdown continued. The S&P 500…
Final Trading Day of 2018 Lay Ahead
Good weekend to everyone and with the final trading day of calendar year 2018, we can’t help but desire the calendar year to end with some semblance of positivity. Last week kicked-off a holiday shortened trading with much anxiety being created for investors on Christmas Eve and as the market meltdown continued. The S&P 500…...
Fear Gives Rise to Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of a “Bear Market”?
I can recall watching the S&P 500 (SPX) on Thursday as it retraced much of what it had gained from the previous snap back rally. As the market worsened throughout the day, it became increasingly clear that sellers were having a difficult time maintaining pressure on the market. A quick look at the intraday SPX…
There’s nothing I dislike more than a 1,000+ (DOW)-point rally, coming after a nearly 5,000-point decline. Don’t get me wrong, it’s better than the continuation of the decline, but it only serves to validate the characterization of a bear market. In other words, that type of market move is indicative of a bear market. As…
Kass: 10-Surprises Which Could Spike The Market 5% In One Day
Written by Doug Kass “Look up and not down; look out and not in; look forward and not back, and lend a hand.” – Edward Everett Hale Make no mistake about it, the stock market panic and Bear Market of November-December 2018 is serious and profoundly threatens the economic and profit pictures. As mentioned on Friday, a…
After A Christmas Eve Route, Investors Are Looking For A Bounce
As investors return to the market from the Christmas Holiday, they are bracing for further market deterioration. Forced liquidations have plagued the market over the last several weeks, resulting in the worst Christmas Eve trading day ever. The S&P 500 index (SPX) fell by 2.7% Monday, marking the first session before Christmas that the broad-market benchmark has…
End-of-Year Analyst Notes: Looking Out Toward 2019
J.P. Morgan Early Look at the Market – Weekly Recap – Fri 12.21.18 Trading Desk Commentary; For Institutional Investors Talking Points for the Week • What happened this week – stocks sank pretty much everywhere on the planet this week as equity markets limp into 2019 bruised and battered. The big events included: 1) more…...
The Political, Global-Macro Outlook and Fed Messaging Uncertainty Fuel Market Declines
Thursday may have proved to be a signal to investors or at least traders that the selling pressure will continue to persist as global economic and political uncertainty also persists. The two have gone hand-and-hand since October. We can suggest the Fed’s “autopilot” commentary sparked the market correction, but other factors have been looming over…
Fed’s Messaging Fails As S&P 500 Approaches Bear Market Territory
At its apex yesterday, the Dow (DJIA) was up some 350+ points. All major averages were up greater than 1% going into the 2:00 p.m. EST FOMC rate hike announcement. By and large, market participants were expecting/anticipating a dovish Fed rate hike. By and large, that’s what they got. The problem then, as the major…
