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By Jon D. Markman On October 20, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Here are a few notes on my mid-October market scorecard.
— After rising almost 1% last week, the S&P 500 is now up nearly 8% since the Sept. 29 low. During this period, large-caps have...
By Jon D. Markman On October 13, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Quick, think of a time machine.
The first image that pops into my head is the louvered, silver-skinned DeLorean of the Back to the Future trilogy. An iconic car that has a special place in...
By Jon D. Markman On September 29, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Here are a few more field notes from the end of a busy month, with help from analysts at Bespoke Investment Group.
— The single most vivid day of the past year was Aug. 24, when the Dow swooned...
By Jon D. Markman On September 22, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 is down 3.9% this year and the Dow is down 6.9%, which is bad to the bone. It’s pretty hard to retire on negative portfolio growth. But fear not. We’ve got 70 trading days left. ...
By Jon D. Markman On September 15, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The Wall Street Journal on Friday noted that the market for technology initial public offerings has struggled this year, as it did last year. Is that meaningful?
In April, analyst Jason Goepfert...
By Jon D. Markman On September 8, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Morgan Stanley has issued a “full house” buy alert on international stock markets for the first time since early 2009, effectively calling the bottom of this summer’s equity slump.
The...
By Jon D. Markman On September 1, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The average stock in the Russell 1000 was up more than 6% from Tuesday through Friday, Aug. 25 to Aug. 28. Bespoke Investment Group ran its famous decile analysis on these results to see which...
By Jon D. Markman On August 11, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Let’s take a look at sentiment from the perspective of Drach Market Research, a small firm that was run by Bob Drach for decades out of the Florida panhandle before he passed away and was...
By Jon D. Markman On July 28, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Stocks have stayed largely in reverse gear in the last week following weaker-than-expected earnings reports and a continued rout of commodities, energy stocks and high-yield bonds.
When you...
By Jon D. Markman On July 21, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Apple (AAPL) will obviously lead earnings report headlines Tuesday after the close because of its huge market capitalization and over-weighting in the major averages. The company is expected to...