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![The semiconductor sector hasn’t rallied as quick as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 or the tech-oriented Nasdaq 100. It simply hasn’t followed the broader markets step for step.](https://banyanhill.com/wp-content/uploads/semiconductor-sector.jpg)
January 22, 2018 Stocks
With one of the hottest sectors in recent years failing to keep pace with the broader markets, it gives us a significant buying opportunity — here’s why.![Bond king Jeffrey Gundlach warns that stocks could be in trouble. Specifically, he said if the 10-year treasury yield rises above 2.63%, it could start to hurt equities. Here's why he's wrong.](https://banyanhill.com/wp-content/uploads/10-year-treasury-bond-rate.jpg)
January 22, 2018 U.S. Economy
Bond king Jeffrey Gundlach said that if the 10-year yield rises above 2.63%, it could start to hurt equities. On Friday, the rate was at 2.64%.![Gold has surprisingly outperformed the broad market over the past month, and it’s likely to maintain that uptrend through a potential pullback in stocks.](https://banyanhill.com/wp-content/uploads/invest-in-gold-in-your-portfolio.jpg)
January 19, 2018 Gold
There is one standout this year that could easily weather a government shutdown and a stock market sell-off, and that's gold.![The markets have kicked off 2018 with a bang. The surge to start the year sent a popular ratio, the put/call ratio, to its lowest level in almost four years. Here's what that tells us to expect.](https://banyanhill.com/wp-content/uploads/put-call-ratio.jpg)
January 19, 2018 Stocks
As this ratio moves lower, it starts to tell us what we can expect from the market — and right now, it’s telling us to expect a pullback.![The chart here shows how unusual it is for analysts to boost earnings estimates at this time of year. As the chart shows, analysts are usually reducing their estimates in this three-week period. Here's what that means for the market.](https://banyanhill.com/wp-content/uploads/earnings-estimates.jpg)
January 18, 2018 Stocks
Tax reform will affect not just taxes but also companies’ earnings. And analysts have been scrambling to increase their earnings estimates.