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.

Weekly State of the Market: Defensives Lead Into Peak Inflation Spells Bearish Outcomes?

Our goal as a trader is to push aside FOMO. Create a bubble for yourself, shut out the noise! Don’t look at other traders! Focus on what is important to your portfolio. If you cannot do this, you’ll forever be chasing the unachievable! ~ Seth Golden If you would like to watch the weekly State…...

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Morgan Stanley: Weekly Warm-up: Listening Carefully-to Stocks; 1Q Worse Than It Felt; Charts to Chew on

When stocks and bonds send mixed signals, we listen to stocks more attentively. The underlying message is clear: Stay Defensively oriented because growth is going to disappoint. 1Q was tough but even worse under the hood. We chew on some charts to consider as we enter a pivotal earnings season. Listening Carefully…The internal message from…...

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Correction Carries Into Q2: Weekly Nifty 9

Research Report Excerpt #1 This is not a sell-everything and run for cover moment. It’s mechanical, and if history is any guide, a longer-term opportunity for the bulls that I offered this past week: At this time, I’d invite investors/traders to go back and review where the longer-term equity market trend stands. Watching the day-to-day…

TINA Is Being Voted Out During The Midterm Year

A 3-week winning streak for equities came to an end for the S&P 500 (SPX) this past week. April is generally one of the best performing months of the year, but it’s reasonable to suggest that investors are now more heavily considering the latest message from Fed Presidents and the recent FOMC minutes. The message…...

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Weekly State of the Market: From Riches to Ditches & Back Again?

“I recommend the S&P 500 index fund and have for a long, long time to people,” billionaire investor Warren Buffett said at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting last May. If you would like to watch our weekly State of the Market, please click the provided link. Have a great trading week everyone! Corrections are usually short/steep from…...

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J.P. Morgan: Still too early to own duration

Cross-asset Strategy: While the geopolitical crisis and policy tightening are overhangs, risk assets have a number of supports that include strong activity momentum pre-shock, supportive labor markets, an ending COVID headwind in DM, and easing China policy stance. The early stages of Fed tightening should not be seen as a negative for stocks, as equities…...

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A Defensive Rally With A Dreaded Yield-Curve Inversion

The equity markets are on a 3-week winning streak, which is hard to accept given the quarter still ended in the red. As we enter the last month of the “Best Six Months” to own stocks, the market logged its first down quarter in 2 years, since the beginning of the pandemic. Going back to…...

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Weekly State of the Market: Unthinkable Market Rally

WAR is stressing global supply chains, inflation rises yet the S&P 500 went RISK-ON over the last two weeks! Some are saying this is madness, a fake pump; stocks are divorced from reality. Here is the problem with that: Stocks are only divorced from YOUR reality! The S&P 500 doesn’t adjust to you. YOU adjust…...

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