Mario Draghi is known as the ECB President who said that he would do “whatever it takes” to save the euro. Now, his report on European Union competitiveness is designed to save the EU, and it’s caused quite a stir. Draghi identified the issues of EU competitiveness as poor productivity, caused by fragmentation of industrial...
Mid-week market update: As the S&P 500 struggles and regained its 50 dma, the corrective phase may not be over. Here are the challenges the bulls face. Narrow breadth The market rebound was accompanied by narrow breadth. Such a development could have negative implications for bulls who expect broadening breadth as...
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...
Now that the 2s10s yield curve has un-inverted, a review of sector leadership is showing bearish vibes. In particular, the relative performance of defensive sectors is turning up. I conducted an extensive sector and factor rotation review to determine the extent of the damage. Bearish vibes For the purposes of analyzing...
Mid-week market update: When I wrote on the weekend that the stock market was undergoing a prelude to a correction, I never dreamed that the S&P 500 would skid -2.1% on the first trading day in September to test its 50 dma. What happened? Unsatisfactory answers None of the conventional explanations...
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