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...

Borrowed Time

Is the “stock market” really going up? Well, large company share prices are. If you drill down into the mid-sized and small-sized vehicles, however, cracks are beginning to show. Smaller companies are negative on a month-over-month basis. Micro-caps are...

Every Stock Season (Turn, Turn, Turn)

The economy has largely recovered from the 2020 recession. And the Federal Reserve is finally thinking about slowing down its money printing stimulus. Perhaps ironically, the stock market is not too happy about it. The S&P 500 has dropped about 2% from recent...