Category: Investing

When the stock market stages a once-in-a-decade drop like we saw in December, it challenges everyone’s beliefs.

With the recent market weakness, these investments now offer greater upside than they did just a few weeks ago.

Ray Dalio is a great investor. His opinion is worth listening to. Right now, he believes we face tough times.

As I said on Fox Business, we are in a bear market. And we’ve been in a bear market since the market’s peak in early October.

Could the S&P 500, after what I’ve categorized to my subscribers as a “Wall Street panic” these last three months, be setting us once again for a repeat performance? I think there’s a strong likelihood.

Here we are, exactly 12 months after my spot-on prediction, and I go back to my trusty 100-year-old calendar to see what 2019 has in store.

This chart shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 1,000-point gain on the day after Christmas included a rare buy signal.

A bear market can delay retirement plans. It can even lower your income for life. The consequences are so dire, it’s worth considering a downside target.

As the Fed winds up its rate-raising policy, we’ll see a slow rotation into these kinds of stocks. They’re out of favor and about as cheap as they come.

This one simple chart will put in perspective the current volatile market and tell you what to expect in 2019 and beyond.

Stock prices have been dropping since October. Yet they can still drop more. That’s because, even after double-digit declines, stocks remain overvalued.

As investors suffer through the worst December since the Great Depression, they need a Santa Claus rally now more than ever.

This chart highlights the consistency the Santa Claus rally has seen. That helps explain why it’s a phenomenon tracked heavily in the markets.

Bull markets condition individuals to buy dips. Uptrends reward buyers for that behavior. But in a bear market, dip buyers rapidly face large losses.

The death cross has happened right before some of the biggest market crashes in recent history. However, it hasn’t been bearish over the long run.

My indicator has predicted nearly every major move in the stock market. And it isn’t calling for a bear market until 2022.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments should scare investors. The current state of the stock market should also scare investors.

The S&P 500 Index, the stock market‘s most-tracked index, is set to form a “death cross.” That’s an extremely bearish indicator.

There is a critical concept that too many investors forget when they jump into the fray with their money. When it comes to uncovering the best companies, cash is still king. The idea can be easily overlooked when it comes to flashy new products and big promises for the future, but the power of cash […]

Constantly watching how your stocks are doing doesn’t make you a better investor. It just stresses you out and wastes your time.

Net income margins of the companies in the S&P 500 Index reached a record high last quarter. And that sets up the next bear market.

Investors are still picking up the pieces from last month’s sell-off. Yet with all this despair, could a “Santa Claus rally” be right around the corner?

There are a lot of scary headlines out there right now. But you’ll never get rich if you go to cash — and you’ll never get rich by selling too early.

I believe the long-awaited bear market started in October. That’s consistent with my forecast for a recession in early 2019.

Last week I told you about cash. I believe it is the single most important concept in investing. Without cash, you’re just talking.

October’s wild ride may be just what the stock market needed. That’s because extremes are short-lived, and ultimately make way for new rallies.

Many investors saw the November bounce and thought the worst was behind us. But history shows strong up moves are most common in bear markets.

According to market researchers, consumer staples was one of the only sectors to survive October’s vicious sell-off with a net positive gain.

The amount of fear in the market right now has been exaggerated by the media. That’s why during this market dip there’s not as big of a rise in the VIX.

You may not believe me, but corporate earnings are phenomenal. The market just isn’t reflecting that at the moment. Here’s why that could change real soon…

If the next bear market is something that keeps you up at night, there’s just one indicator in the S&P 500 you need to watch — the death cross.

Spotting the end of the bear market is rewarding. The S&P 500 Index jumped more than 26% in the month after the last bear market ended.

October 2018 has been a historically bad month for stocks. But despite this sell-off, I’m not convinced that we’re headed for another 2008 anytime soon.

October has been a rough month. But the stock market is set to enter its own Tom Brady-like comeback mode, and you don’t want to miss it.

The stock prices of the group reflected hopes for the new markets. And a bubble developed. But the bubble reached irrational peaks. All bubbles do.

This indicator gave sell signals before bear markets in 2000 and 2008. It’s one of the few indicators that warned of the October 1987 market crash.

From high to low, the S&P 500 Index dropped about 7.8%. Of course, we don’t know if the bear market started yet. But we do know the decline isn’t over.

Most stocks and indexes move in line with the S&P 500 Index. But some show fear or greed earlier or later than the S&P 500.

He brought tariffs up again, asking me how tariffs would have an impact on my investment strategies. My initial reaction somewhat surprised even me.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the dot-com bubble was a rat race to be the next major tech company. With that said, today is also a historic moment.

A much-needed correction is out of the way, I don’t see volatility being an issue in October. Don’t want to sell with the momentum brewing in the market.

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point and signaled yet another quarter-point hike before the end of the year. Notably, this is the first time the Fed funds rate — currently at 2.00% to 2.25% — has risen above the rate of inflation. The Fed’s preferred metric for inflation […]

The lights from the Las Vegas Strip are flashing outside my hotel window, and it’s well after midnight, but my mind is abuzz with new ideas. I just spent that past three days with the various Banyan Hill editors and more than five hundred of our subscribers. We discussed not only the outlook for the […]

Today I want to talk about an 18.5-year market cycle I track that tells me we’re headed toward some major moves for the stock market.

A bear market doesn’t just happen. It hints at its arrival for weeks or months. Alert investors see the bull market dying before their eyes.

Many of you have asked why I’ve been bullish all year despite dire warnings from market watchers. Well, it all comes down to a chart that I look at daily.

Last week, I had a flashback moment. I flashed back to October 3, 2000. To most of you, that date probably means nothing, but let me explain.