Posts by Avalon Team

What this week’s earnings reports from Big Tech and a FOMC meeting could mean for investors.

According to the Natixis Investment Managers global survey of individual investors, investors expect over 12% after inflation. Expectations versus reality… quite the divergence.

Despite gold flirting near all-time highs, gold stocks have seriously underperformed the market.

The markets spent most of the 4th quarter of 2023 rallying, but 2024 has seen a complete about-face.

One of the easiest ways to stay on the “right side of the market” is to simply pay attention to the relative strength of the various asset categories.

The Trifecta consist of the “Santa Claus Rally,” the “First 5 Days” and the “January Barometer.”

The market closed below its 21-day moving average for the first time since the beginning of November. Let’s take a closer look at what’s happening.

Last December, nearly everyone agreed: A recession was coming. The economic downturn never came, though and instead, the GDP actually rose to nearly 5%.

Let’s review some of this year’s highlights and conclude tomorrow with my thoughts on the current market heading into 2024.

One of the worst-kept secrets in investing is that a small group of stocks have generated most of the returns for U.S. investors over the last century.