Monthly SITREP Report for April 2013 by David Schlossberg. US markets closed the month and quarter on a record-setting note: the S&P 500 joined the Dow Jones Industrials in exceeding their highs from 5+ years ago. full article
Monthly SITREP Report for April 2013 by David Schlossberg. US markets closed the month and quarter on a record-setting note: the S&P 500 joined the Dow Jones Industrials in exceeding their highs from 5+ years ago. full article
Monthly SITREP Report for March 2013, by David Schlossberg. US and International markets were mixed for the week, with gaining markets outnumbering losing markets. In the US, Small- and Mid-Cap indices gained about a percent Full Article
Monthly SITREP Report for February 2013 by David Schlossberg The US Bull-Bear Indicator is at 72.9, up again from last week’s 70.9, and still solidly in cyclical Bull territory. Early in the year, the US Bull-Bear Indicator pushed further into Bull territory than other global asset classes, reflecting the higher strength of the US relative to the rest of the world. Full Article
Monthly SITREP Report for January 2013 by David Schlossberg The year 2012 turned out to be a surprisingly positive one in many markets – especially surprising given the extreme swings in sentiment and economic news during the course of the year. Full Article
Monthly SITREP Report for December 2012 by David Schlossberg Affirming this view, an August 2011 study from the San Francisco Fed titled “Boomer Retirement: Headwinds for U.S. Equity Markets?” reports on the likely effect of the coming tsunami of retiring boomers on the stock market. Full Article
Monthly SITREP Report for November 2012 by David Schlossberg Affirming this view, an August 2011 study from the San Francisco Fed titled “Boomer Retirement: Headwinds for U.S. Equity Markets?” reports on the likely effect of the coming tsunami of retiring boomers on the stock market. Full Article
Monthly SITREP Report for October 2012 by David Schlossberg The job of Secular Bear markets is to burn off outrageously high P/E ratios over one or two decades, until finally the P/E ratio arrives back at a single-digit level, from which another Secular Bull Market can emerge. Full Article
Monthly SITREP Report for September 2012 by David Schlossberg The month of August was a positive one for both domestic and international markets. US indices gained an average 3%, with the Nasdaq leading the way, and the Dow bringing up the rear. International markets likewise gained an average 2%, with European markets leading the way, and emerging markets bringing up the rear. Get the Full Article
Monthly SITREP Report for August 2012 by David Schlossberg In the “decades” timeframe, we are in a Secular Bear Market which began in 2000 when the P/E ratio (using Shiller’s Cyclically-Adjusted P/E) peaked at about 44. The job of Secular Bear markets is to burn off outrageously high P/E ratios over one or two decades, until finally the P/E ratio arrives back at a single-digit level, from which another Secular Bull Market can emerge. Full Article
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