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Dr. John Hussman’s Assessment of the Market

2023-07-25T16:40:51+00:00July 25th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary John Hussman, Ph.D., economist, market analyst and fund manager, provides some of the best market analyses in the industry. He is renowned for using actual historical occurrences in assessing the validity of valuation methodologies and identifying market syndromes. He gained recognition by accurately predicting the [...]

Are New Car Prices About to Fall?

2023-07-11T18:42:12+00:00July 11th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary When short-term interest rates are higher than long-term interest rates, the curve is considered inverted. Typically, this occurs just prior to or during recessions. In the first graph below, one can see the curve has not been this inverted in 40 years. Additionally, leading economic [...]

Is a Recession Underway?

2023-06-27T17:31:52+00:00June 27th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary When short-term interest rates are higher than long-term interest rates, the curve is considered inverted. Typically, this occurs just prior to or during recessions. In the first graph below, one can see the curve has not been this inverted in 40 years. Additionally, leading economic [...]

Is it Time to Step Back and Look Again?

2023-06-13T18:22:42+00:00June 13th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary Over the past decade, the Fed’s monetary policy was seen as the most important determinant for the direction of the stock market. The Fed has maintained tightening policies for over a year, reducing the size of their balance sheet and raising interest rates. A couple [...]

Did May’s Job Gains Eliminate a Recession?

2023-06-06T15:27:22+00:00June 6th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary Last Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 339,000 new jobs were created in May, and the unemployment rate increased from 3.4% to 3.7%.  The jobs number is derived from the Establishment Survey, while the unemployment number is from the Household Survey. Of note is [...]

Have Speculators Reached a Fever Pitch?

2023-06-01T20:11:33+00:00May 31st, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary Recent market movements attributable to “AI” (artificial intelligence) are reminiscent of the 1990’s “.com” era. Recently, Nvidia, a graphics processor manufacturer, reported a fiscal first quarter earnings drop of 20% (year-over-year) with revenue down 13%. Yet the stock soared (see first chart below) because of [...]

Has the Bear Market Ended?

2023-05-23T18:36:40+00:00May 23rd, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary After losing around 34% throughout 2022, the Nasdaq 100 index has bounced nearly 30% off the lows. Most of this ramp is due to eight stocks, listed below with their corresponding P/E ratios, along with the return of fear of missing out (fomo). These stocks [...]

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