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.

Macro-Market Musings: Splintered Markets

The Major Trend Index held at a bearish reading of -3 for the week ended March 21st. The net scores in the four factor categories were also unchanged; revisions within the Cyclical segment skewed toward the negative side, while movement among Sentiment components tilted more positive. Overall, the MTI and our related disciplines suggest the…...

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Investors, Haven’t We Seen This Movie Before?

Well, we have our answer to last week’s question of the week! “So just how powerful is the current endogeny at play?…”While this quant is related to one of the most powerful endogenous forces there can be (FOMC monetary policy), it has proven less powerful than the threat of endogenous tariffs from the White House…...

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The “Hurts So Good” Stock Market

The headlines have been exhausting through the Q1 2025 period, whipsawing investors and traders through wild market swings. The whipsawing has been greater to the downside, and completing an unsavory feat of strength; a -10% correction. While the -10% S&P 500 (SPX) and -14% Nasdaq (COMPQ) corrections have not done investor portfolios any favors, we…...

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Market History Is Clear, The Future Is Murky

Good weekend Finom Group investors and traders!! During our off-reporting weekend, please allow some time to read through our macro-market Research Notes and 3rd Party Research Offering from around Wall Street. We’ll see you back here next weekend with our full-scale macro-market Research Report!! Finom Group Research Notes As we had outlined inside the Finom…...

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Higher, But Not In A Straight Line

Whether the title is Lift Off… Not Quite: No Mojo Markets or Year 3 of the Ugly Bull Market, the price action is clearly forecasted by these titles of our previous macro-market Research Reports. There is evidenced purpose from these titles, informing investors of the probable price action for the markets in 2025. This past week’s…...

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Lift Off… Not Quite: No Mojo Markets

Nobody likes being right about the bad things, but often there is still a good longer-term outcome to recognize from the analysis. Inside our weekly macro-market Research Report titled Year 3 of the Ugly Bull Market, we offered the following technical analysis and somewhat of an alert 🚨. Review below: “The next chart may prove…...

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New Bullish Market Signals Trigger For 2025

Good weekend Finom Group investors and traders. During our off-reporting weekend (2 weeks on, 1-week off), please consider our Research Notes and 3rd-party Research as part of your weekly due diligence process. Markets are closed this coming Monday in celebration of President’s Day. Markets came within points of a new high this past week and…...

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