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Welcome the Bump in the Road

07/07/2021

The S&P 500 and the Wilshire 5000 both rose to record highs at the end of June capping a wonderful first six months of 2021 for equity investors. Most broad market indices had year-to-date advances […]

Either … or. That pretty much is what the market has become

07/02/2021

DJIA: 34,633 Either … or. That pretty much is what the market has become. The correlation between growth and value stocks has plunged to the lowest level since 1928, according to SentimenTrader.com. It is in […]

It’s not the bad down days … it’s the bad up days

06/25/2021

DJIA: 34,196 It’s not the bad down days … it’s the bad up days. For most of this year there have been few bad days either up or down. That changed a bit last week […]

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Quarterly Market Strategy Report

Welcome the Bump in the Road

07/07/2021

Equities Perspective

Either … or. That pretty much is what the market has become

07/02/2021

Equities Perspective

It’s not the bad down days … it’s the bad up days

06/25/2021

DJIA: 34,196 It’s not the bad down days … it’s the bad up days. For most of this year there have been few bad days either up or down. That changed a bit last week […]

Dudack Research Group

US Strategy Weekly: We Were Not Surprised

06/23/2021

At last week’s FOMC meeting, Fed officials implied they may raise interest rates as soon as 2023, perhaps a year earlier than anticipated. We were not surprised. And during a post-meeting news conference, Fed Chair […]

Equities Perspective

There go those bonds again … trying to tell stocks what to do

06/18/2021

DJIA: 33,823 There go those bonds again … trying to tell stocks what to do. The economy is recovering, rates should go higher, bond prices lower. Recently, it hasn’t quite worked that way. The 10-year […]

Equities Perspective

Hedge fund, or … hedge fun

06/11/2021

DJIA: 34,466 Hedge fund, or … hedge fun. Back when we frequented the Hamptons, we were impressed by those hedges surrounding, though not quite completely hiding, the Estates. We also were impressed to learn the […]

Dudack Research Group

US Strategy Weekly: Tighten Now or Later

06/02/2021

Friday’s employment report will be important since it will set the stage for the Federal Reserve’s next FOMC meeting scheduled for June 15 and 16. The June meeting will be accompanied by a Summary of […]

Equities Perspective

P/E’s … or A/D’s? P/E’s, even we know, are a measure of valuation

05/28/2021

DJIA: 34,464 P/E’s … or A/D’s? P/E’s, even we know, are a measure of valuation. Of course, we contend stocks sell at “fair value” twice, once on their way up and once on their way […]

Equities Perspective

The trend is your friend … provided it’s an uptrend

05/14/2021

DJIA: 34,021 The trend is your friend … provided it’s an uptrend. We always contend the easiest way to make 50% trading is to trade a stock that doubles. Sure investing in those stocks would […]

Equities Perspective

Those planes and trains … they keep on trucking

05/07/2021

DJIA: 34,548 Those planes and trains … they keep on trucking. And, they do so with amazing consistency. The Dow Jones Transportation Average has been up each of the last 13 weeks, a streak beyond […]