In search of global opportunities

It is said that the only free lunch in investing is diversification. That's especially true for US-based investors in light of the elevated valuations of US equities.     With that idea in mind, let's take a quick tour around the world to see where the opportunities are, and where they're not. Geographically, the world...

Where’s the fear?

Preface: Explaining our market timing models  We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade.   The Trend...

The bears take control

Mid-week market update: I have been saying for several weeks that the stock market is vulnerable to a setback but it is a bifurcated market. Value stocks have held up well, but growth stocks were getting smoked. The bears finally broke through this week and they are showing signs that they are seizing control of...