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.
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Welcome to this week’s State of the Markets with Wayne Nelson and Seth Golden. Please click the following link to review the SOTM video. In this week’s episode we take a look at a market that has bounced back after two consecutive weekly declines and on improving market internals/breadth. Over the last 4 weeks, the market has traded sideways, but with…...
Kristin Hooper of Investco One month ago in this blog, I noted that April would be a critical month to gauge the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the board, it was a massive response, including significant monetary and fiscal stimulus from a variety of economies and widespread lockdowns designed to slow the rate of infection.…
IN THIS ISSUE • Macro Strategy—Alongside a sharp contraction in economic activity, the equity market has already seen a rally from the March bottom, has already recovered close to half of the total peak-to-trough decline. The drivers of the current crisis have been exceptional, but similarities with previous episodes suggest that investors should continue to…...
Another day another roller coaster ride for investors, as much of the daily gains were removed in the final hour of the trading session. So what happened in that final hour of trading? The answer is rather simple: Nobody knows for sure, but everyone is likely and willing to propose they know with offered explanations.…
You know, with all the pandemic crisis confronting investors over the last 45 days or so, it gets lost in the mix that this is indeed an election year. And on that note, the S&P 500 (SPX) hasn’t been lower during an election year with a President up for re-election going back to 1950. We…
Welcome to another trading week. In appreciation to all of our Basic membership level participants and daily readers of finomgroup.com content, we offer the following excerpts from our Weekly Research Report. Our weekly report is extremely detailed and has proven to help guide investors and traders during all types of market conditions with thoughtful insights…
Over the last 2-3 weeks, Finom Group has outlined our market outlook during the bear market saga, by forecasting a period of consolidation. Consolidation is a phase within a phase of the bear market known as the bottoming process. Don’t lose site of the efficiency for which bear markets unfold, simply because it seems as…...
Welcome to this week’s State of the Markets with Wayne Nelson and Seth Golden. Please click the following link to review the SOTM video. In this week’s episode we take a look at a market that has exacted the largest percentage gain relief rally during a bear market in history, but has since pulled back. The final leg of the relief…
Written by Neil Shearing, Group Chief Economist 28 April 2020 Last week I outlined how and when virus-induced shutdowns are likely to be eased. This week I discuss how the world may have changed when economies reopen. As I have noted before, the lockdowns have curtailed both supply and demand. Shuttering workplaces and restricting movement…