KEY TAKEAWAYS Stocks may keep going higher, but the easy gains likely have been made. Stock valuations, when compared with bond yields, are actually historically cheap. The overall technical backdrop supports a continuation of the bull market. Click here to download a...
KEY TAKEAWAYS The market rally continues, with stocks off to their best year’s start since 1991. Near-term stocks are quite overbought and a pullback could be warranted. Yet, from a sentiment perspective, we still aren’t seeing signs of the over-the-top optimism that...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Earnings growth for the fourth quarter is tracking to a solid 17%, above prior estimates but below the pace of the previous three quarters. The bar has been substantially lowered for the first quarter, setting up potential upside surprises, particularly...
ECONOMY SOLID ECONOMY, BUT RISING UNCERTAINTY IN JANUARY REPORTS January’s reports painted a picture of a solid economy struggling with global uncertainty. The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index (LEI), an aggregate of ten leading indicators, declined 0.1% in...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Stocks posted their best January in more than 30 years after a historically bad December. Stocks’ bounce was the easy part; the next 10% will likely be much harder. There are technical signs that suggest December marked a major low and potentially higher...
