AMC Foolishness Comes At A Dear Cost
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Aug 4, 2021AMC and other meme stocks with warped market values reduce the productive output of the economy and therefore impair wealth and income equality.
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Technically Speaking: Past Performance Is A Guarantee?
Written by Lance Roberts | Aug 3, 2021“Past Performance Is no guarantee of future of results.” Such is the disclaimer below every performance chart produce by the financial marketplace. However, as Jason Zweig recently noted, that warning has taken on a different meaning.
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S&P 500 Monthly Valuation & Analysis Review – 07-31-21
Written by J. Brett Freeze | Aug 1, 2021S&P 500 Monthly Valuation & Analysis Review. A deep dive into the fundamentals which drive long-term returns from J. Breet Freeze.
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Market Rally Continues As Earnings Beat Estimates 07-30-21
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 31, 2021The #RealInvestmentReport is our weekly newsletter which covers our thoughts on the current market environment, the risk to capital relative to the market, and how we are positioned currently. It includes our MacroView, analysis on markets and sectors, financial planning, and our 401k plan manager.
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Just How Transitory is Inflation?
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Jul 28, 2021A deep dive into the 336 components and subcomponents of CPI to better appreciate what is driving the inflation rate and determine its sustainability.
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Technically Speaking: The Markets Next “Minsky Moment”
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 27, 2021Hymen Minsky theorized that long periods of bullish speculation create excesses generated by reckless, speculative activity eventually leading to a crisis. It is the basis of the “stability/instability” paradox.
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Earnings, Multiples, & Untold Truths About Forward Valuations
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 26, 2021Earnings up, multiples down. Such seems to be a straightforward rationale for why investors should pile into markets as it enters a “new phase.”
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Bulls “Buy The Dip” But Is The Risk Really Over? 07-23-21
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 24, 2021The #RealInvestmentReport is our weekly newsletter which covers our thoughts on the current market environment, the risk to capital relative to the market, and how we are positioned currently. It includes our MacroView, analysis on markets and sectors, financial planning, and our 401k plan manager.
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Technically Speaking: Hedge Funds Ramp Up Exposure
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 20, 2021The “Fear Of Missing Out” has infected retail and hedge funds alike as they ramp up exposure to chase performance. What happens next isn’t great.
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Knowledge Vs. Experience: Why Most Investors Wind Up Losing
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 19, 2021This time isn’t different. Knowledge vs. experience. When it comes to investing, such is what separates long-term success from failure.
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Earnings Kick Off With Markets Priced For Perfection 07-16-21
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 17, 2021The #RealInvestmentReport is our weekly newsletter which covers our thoughts on the current market environment, the risk to capital relative to the market, and how we are positioned currently. It includes our MacroView, analysis on markets and sectors, financial planning, and our 401k plan manager.
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David Robertson: We’re Not In Kansas Anymore
Written by David Robertson | Jul 17, 2021As value investors are well aware, valuation does not make an excellent timing tool. Still, it is closely associated with future returns and therefore has proved helpful for long-term positioning.
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Undermining Capitalism with Unreal Values and Crass Distortion
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Jul 14, 2021The Fed is knowingly forcing the price of money (interest rates) to absurdly low levels and reducing the societal benefits of capitalism.
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Technically Speaking: Bubbles Are Evident After They Pop
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 13, 2021Bubbles are evident, and only get acknowledged, after they pop. Such is because, during the inflation phase of the market bubble, investors rationalize why “this time is different.”
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Yields Plunge. Dollar Surges. The Reflation Trade Unravels. 07-09-21
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 10, 2021The #RealInvestmentReport is our weekly newsletter which covers our thoughts on the current market environment, the risk to capital relative to the market, and how we are positioned currently. It includes our MacroView, analysis on markets and sectors, financial planning, and our 401k plan manager.
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#MacroView: Bond Yields Send An Economic Warning
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 9, 2021Bond yields are sending an economic warning. Despite expectations of strong economic growth, yields have again confounded the mainstream media.
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The Backward K and Coming Earnings Surprises
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Jul 7, 2021A look at two companies to show how normalizing consumer spending habits have the potential for a good number of earnings surprises.
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Technically Speaking: Is The Retail Investor Rampage Over?
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 6, 2021Since the crash in March 2020, the “retail investor army” marched propelled by chat rooms and social media channels. Is the retail investor rampage over?
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As Good As It Gets. Will Q2 Mark Peak Reporting? 07-02-21
Written by Lance Roberts | Jul 3, 2021The #RealInvestmentReport is our weekly newsletter which covers our thoughts on the current market environment, the risk to capital relative to the market, and how we are positioned currently. It includes our MacroView, analysis on markets and sectors, financial planning, and our 401k plan manager.
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S&P 500 Monthly Valuation & Analysis Review – 06-30-21
Written by J. Brett Freeze | Jul 2, 2021S&P 500 Monthly Valuation & Analysis Review. A deep dive into the fundamentals which drive long-term returns from J. Breet Freeze.
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The Lifeline of Markets – Liquidity Defined
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Jun 30, 2021Liquidity is the lift to our numerous asset bubbles and worth closely examining to better assess the markets’ potential flight path.
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Technically Speaking: Warnings From Behind The Curtain
Written by Lance Roberts | Jun 29, 2021A review of some “behind the curtain” warnings suggests that current market exuberance has reached extremes where outcomes are less than favorable.
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ESG Investing – The Great Wall Street Money Heist
Written by Lance Roberts | Jun 28, 2021Wall Street is once again in the midst of a “money heist” from naive investors. This time in the form of “woke activism” called ESG.
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Market Rallies To All-Time Highs As Bulls Dismiss Fed 06-25-21
Written by Lance Roberts | Jun 26, 2021The #RealInvestmentReport is our weekly newsletter which covers our thoughts on the current market environment, the risk to capital relative to the market, and how we are positioned currently. It includes our MacroView, analysis on markets and sectors, financial planning, and our 401k plan manager.
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Seth Levine: Inflation – Why Now & Will Bondholders Care?
Written by Seth Levine | Jun 23, 2021As I sat down to write this month’s article, just one topic came to mind: inflation. The question is why now and will bondholders care?
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Technically Speaking: COT Report Shows Stage Set For Volatility
Written by Lance Roberts | Jun 22, 2021A couple of weeks ago in “Warning Signs A Correction Is Ahead” we said the stage was set for a pick up in volatility. A review of the latest Commitment Of Traders (COT) report suggests the same.
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Fed Signals Taper. Will It Be Different This Time? 06/18/21
Written by Lance Roberts | Jun 19, 2021The #RealInvestmentReport is our weekly newsletter which covers our thoughts on the current market environment, the risk to capital relative to the market, and how we are positioned currently. It includes our MacroView, analysis on markets and sectors, financial planning, and our 401k plan manager.
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#WhatYouMissed On RIA This Week: 06-18-21
Written by Lance Roberts | Jun 18, 2021Here is what you might have missed from the RIA Crew last week. A compilation of our best blogs, newsletter, podcasts, the daily radio show and commentary from RIAPRO.NET.
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Is “Running Hot” Inflation Wise and Humane?
Written by Michael Lebowitz | Jun 16, 2021In this article, we explore the consumer’s plight and whether letting inflation run “hot” is a wise and humane way to keep the economic recovery rolling.
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Technically Speaking: Slowly At First, Then All At Once
Written by Lance Roberts | Jun 15, 2021The mainstream media, economists, and Wall Street will dismiss pickup in volatility as simply a corrective process. But when the topping process completes, it will seem as if the change occurred “all at once.”
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