After the longest bull market in history, investors who were betting on 6% annual rates of return to meet their retirement goals, are finally back to breakeven. Unfortunately, they are positioned for another set back.
Here 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.
The COT (Commitment Of Traders) data is important as it shows the positioning of Non-Commercial Traders. This is the group that speculates on where they believe the market is headed. Are they “smarter” than retail investors, we find they are just as subject to “herd mentality” as everyone else. How are they positioned now?
After a decade long bull market advance that is up 400% from the lows. Should you worry about a market correction of 10% to 50% when it comes to your retirement goals?
Professor Minsky taught that markets have short memories, and that they repeatedly delude themselves into believing that this time will be different. Sadly, given the current level of market exuberance Minsky is likely to be proved correct.
Here 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.
Updating our technical analysis from this past weekend as the bounce we predicted took hold on Monday. What happens next, and how the January barometer and Super bowl indicator suggest that 2020 will be negative year for stocks.
The rotation from "growth" to "value" is inevitable. It will occur against a backdrop of devastation for many investors who have been lulled into the extreme sense of complacency by years of monetary interventions.
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