The best hedges are cash and time, which work in tandem! The answer to fear of downside risk is not opening a NEW POSITION (hedge); there is simply no logic in such an exercise when fear of downside risk/losses is the premise! Risk of taxing one’s portfolio gains increase with a positioned hedge. Risk of taxation is nonexistent w/cash! Simply…
Weekly State of the Market: Macro Still Strong, Market Still Weak
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With S&P 500 At Record Highs What Does It Spell For The VIX
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August is typically a lesser performing month for the S&P 500, only to be outdone by September. September is...
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Weekly State of the Market: Election 2020 Edition
Seth Golden, , Research Reports, 0
Welcome to this week’s State of the Markets with Wayne Nelson and Seth Golden. Please click the following link to review the SOTM video. In this week’s...
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Why the US money supply is shrinking for the first time in 74 years
Seth Golden, , Research Reports, 0
The U.S. money supply is shrinking for the first time since 1949, as savings deposits decline and the Federal...
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Deeper Dive Into Summer’s Data
Seth Golden, , Research Reports, 0
Let’s not blow things out of proportion, as the first full trading week of September and month-to-date returns are...
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S&P 500 Brushes Off Mixed Data, Decelerating Earnings & Yield Curve
Seth Golden, , Research Reports, 0
When momentum develops, it can become a driving force greater than fundamentals and rational considerations. Such was the case...
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The Leuthold Group’s New January Barometer
Seth Golden, , Research Reports, 0
Based solely on calendar patterns, January’s S&P 500 gain is a mild positive for stocks over the remaining months...
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Weekly Warm-up: Running with the Bulls Can Be Dangerous
Seth Golden, , Research Reports, 0
A hotter but shorter economic cycle has implications for asset allocation as well as equity portfolio construction. In the...
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Weekly State of the Market: Through The Window
Seth Golden, , Research Reports, 0
Investing isn’t about beating others at their game. It’s about controlling yourself at your own game! ~Ben Graham If...