Market Update: Prepare for August
Technical market indicators are weakening as August approaches. Post Election Year weakness is likely to arise in the next two months.
August Seasonality
August is usually a weak month for investors. Post-election year Augusts are no different.
Seasonal Selling Arrives
The NASDAQ’s “Best Eight Months” and Mid-Year Rally have come to an end.
Friday Investment Talk: Federal Reserve Taper, Europe, China, Oil and COVID
The Federal Rerserve is acting. S&P 500 shakes off a COVID scare, while Oil and China make waves for investors.
Friday Investment Talk: Normalcy, Vaccines, UK/EU Metrics, US Bullishness, Whiskey Scam
The world is still far from “normal”, according to the Economist. The UK/EU is waking up after COVID. US investors are bullish. Whiskey cask investment looks like a scam.
Is Europe the forgotten man?
UK equities are trading at a discount to global peers of more than 40%. This has no equivalence within recent living memory. The UK is bouncing back from the twin hits of the Pandemic and Brexit, and with vaccination figures leading the way globally, it seems ripe for the UK economy to re-open and break out.
Not to be outdone, the usually anemic Eurozone has seen a raft of positive figures after positive figures.
Friday Investment Talk: Pets, UK and EU growth, Blue Chip Model Portfolio
We discuss the pet industry, specifically Trupanion stock and the ETF for the sector, PAWZ. We revisit UK’s depressed valuations and Europe’s increased PMIs. After reviewing the Blue Chip Portfolio, highlighting Nike’s fabulous earnings report, we offer two ‘rebound plays’.
US Stock Market Update
Entering a bullish period after a fake out breakdown overreaction after the FOMC last week. What to watch this summer and what is setting up for a run now.
July Trading
July is the best of the worst months, but in post-election years it unexpectedly better than usual.
Friday Investment Talk: Return Forecasts, Healthcare Value, and the FOMC
Pension returns are elevated. Healthcare stocks could be a safe haven. The Federal Reserve spooks the market,.