Five Huge Headwinds for the Stock Bubble

Is the stock bubble about to pop? Maybe not. Then again, patching all of the pinhole pricks simultaneously could prove difficult. Here are five significant headwinds for stocks: 1. Inflation. Few investors pay attention to things like the Baltic Dry Index....

Going Stag

Consumers are already grappling with the highest inflation in 13 years. The Fed believes it is transitory, but when was the last time companies lowered employee wages after raising them? When is the last time service providers – restaurants, bike shops, accounting...

Shut Up and Dance

Do you ever wonder why bad economic news seems to send stocks higher? For example, industrial production is growing at a slower pace than anticipated. Ditto for manufacturing. Yet stocks seemed to rally on the news. Simply put, poor economic data helps share prices...

An ‘Unforeseen’ Comeuppance

There are smart people on social media. Brilliant people. Yet, many of them have swallowed the bait whole. They believe that the stock market can only move one direction. Up, up, and away. Everyday folks too. Young, old, educated, uneducated… it does not matter....

Baked in the Cake

Since the early 1970s, the S&P 500 has witnessed average year-to-date gains of 6.0% through August 31. Here in 2021? 20.5%. It is not unusual to see big run-ups in the  10 Minute Bitcoin market. Yet the parabolic rise off the pandemic lows of March 2020 has no...