When Seasonal Patterns Fail, Take Notice

March’s epic bounce in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ offered promise – that is, until it didn’t.  With all the noise, both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ are right back where they were a month ago, and heading towards the March lows.  But why?  Both indexes have given back nearly all of March’s gains and…

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Stay Cautious, Investors

Sometimes it’s good to be long, sometimes it’s the time to be short… And other times, it’s time to go fishing. Let’s take a look at some key takeaways from today’s markets: Lack of follow-through evident beneath the surface Risk-off environment persists Defensive sectors gaining strength Last month’s equity market bounce was impressive at the…

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Markets Don’t Go Up Forever

Trees don’t grow to the sky and markets don’t go up forever. Over the course of a lifetime, an investor is likely to experience both bullish and bearish cycles. As defined by Investopedia: “A bull market is a market that is on the rise and where the conditions of the economy are generally favorable. A…

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