by Gary Gordon | Jul 6, 2020
Some experts pretend that the 2020 stock bubble has its roots in what companies are earning right now or what they will earn going forward. Is that even possible when half of those corporations have no ability to forecast their business profitability going forward? In...
by Gary Gordon | Jul 1, 2020
Consumer confidence has bounced back from the lows seen during the depths of coronavirus despair. Conversely, business confidence continues to descend. Do businesses know something that consumers have yet to figure out? Possibly. For example, the jobs picture may be...
by Gary Gordon | Jun 29, 2020
Some analysts have resorted to rationalizing the stock bubble with never-before-seen valuation measures. To wit, if one ignores the past 12 months (Trailing P/E), and disregards projections for the next 12 months (Forward P/E), the 24-month forward “guestimate” for...
by Gary Gordon | Jun 26, 2020
Occasionally, there are volatile sell-offs on renewed coronvirus fears and/or tensions with China. That happened here on Friday, June 26. Yet the Nasdaq still logged an all-time high time this week. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is only 9%-11% off its February record....
by Gary Gordon | Jun 24, 2020
Here in 2020, market participants are willingly paying an enormous premium for profits. In particular, corporate profitability is roughly the same as it was nine years ago. In Q2 of 2011, however, the S&P 500 traded around 1300, not 3000+. The speculative risk...
