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More and more it looks like recession is here. This includes a dramatic decline for ISM Manufacturing discovered this morning. As you likely know, most economist call manufacturing the "canary...

Spoiler alert...the bear market is not over. Unfortunately history shows that the S&P 500 (SPY) has much further to fall to squeeze out excess valuation. That is just a natural...

The S&P 500 (SPY) has bounced with gusto this week. Maybe the bear market is not here to stay? Ha! Don't make me laugh. This is just one in a...

The bear market has been firmly in place all year long. Just some folks didn't get the memo til 6/13 when the S&P 500 (SPY) finally broke below the 20%...

The main question of bull or bear market has been answered quite loudly this week. BEAR!!! That is because we have spent 5 straight sessions in bear market territory, with...

The bear market is here. Let there be no doubt about that. Now we need to explore how low the S&P 500 (SPY) will go in the months ahead along...

Last week I was a "Doubting Thomas" when it came to the staying power of the recent S&P 500 (SPY) rally. It just looked like yet another in a long...

Some investors are into growth stocks...some prefer value stocks while others are into momentum, income, chart patterns, insider trading and more. But one area that most investors agree upon is...

40 year investment veteran Steve Reitmeister is not a permabear by any stretch of the imagination. Thus, when he becomes cautious on the stock market's (SPY) outlook it pays to...

The S&P 500 (SPY) staged an impressive rally since hitting a low of 3,810 on May 20th. Unfortunately the more I look at the facts in hand...the more concerned I...

Another impressive rally this week after flirting with bear market territory. The question on everyone's mind...Is it safe yet??? Meaning are we done with this correction and getting back to...

The S&P 500 (SPY) has endured its 2nd trip down towards bear market territory before a bounce ensued. This last downturn is thanks to the ugly earnings from both WalMart...

There was reason for optimism earlier in the week as the S&P 500 (SPY) advanced nicely after skirting bear market territory. But then on Tuesday WalMart had shockingly poor earnings...

The stock market (SPY) flirted with bear market territory last week before bouncing higher. However, this bounce feels different…like it might actually be the end of this downside scare. 40...

Investors were drawn to the border of bear market territory like a moth to a flame. And just when they were about to cross into bear market territory below 3,855...

It is clear at this stage that investors want to push stocks (SPY) to the edge of bear market. That 20% sell off from the highs equates to 3,855 where...

Yes, I know that this commentary normally comes out Friday evenings. But life got in the way yesterday and had to push it out to this morning. Gladly the S&P...

After the stock market (SPY) made new lows on Monday we have seen a fairly courageous bounce. But will it last??? More likely we are in a bottoming process that...

Monday stocks retested the S&P 500's (SPY) lowest levels of the 2022 correction. Yes, shares bounced higher into the open. Unfortunately that tells us nothing about what comes next. So...

Bulls and bears have been squabbling over the direction of the stock market (SPY) since the start of the year. Right now the bears are winning. But the bulls have...

2022 has been a trying year for investors as the stock market (SPY) is in full on correction mode. Thus, the strategies that worked so well in 2021 are getting...

Friday was the worst session since 2020. And marks 3 straight weeks of losses for the S&P 500 (SPY) and 4 straight for the Dow. This means the glorious March...

10 Year Treasury rates have more than doubled since December to nearly 3% today. This is creating quite a stir as some investors believe this is a sign that the...

The S&P 500 (SPY) has actually fallen -2.13% over the past week. That's not so good. But oddly the POWR Value portfolio actually rallied the exact opposite; +2.13%. How is...

Nobody wants to pay more taxes. And yet everyone wants to generate more profit in the stock market (SPY)…which by extension leads to paying more taxes. What some would call...

The yield curve is no longer inverted, but inflation continues to rage higher as proven by the 11.2% reading for PPI today. However, this is a growing chorus of market...

In last week's commentary we spoke about the big bounce of the S&P 500 (SPY) that got us back in the mix of all the key trend lines (50/100/200 day...

Recession and stagflation are on the tips of too many investors' tongues. This is true even as the S&P 500 (SPY) has enjoyed a tremendous two week rally. In fact,...

The S&P 500 (SPY) enjoyed a second straight week in the plus column as the rally now has us closer to the all time highs than the previous lows. This...

Value investors are pounding the table that the stock market (SPY) is already in bubble territory not unlike 1999. Indeed they are right about the lofty valuation levels. But they...