June 11, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
Last week ended with quite the divergence in the markets. All three indexes made all-time new highs in the morning on Friday, but then the NASDAQ ran into sellers who pushed the market to its worst one day drop since May 17 when the NASDAQ lost 158 points to close at 6011.24. The question following Friday’s plunge is whether this is the start of a bigger correction, or a knee-jerk reaction by investors to a Goldman Sachs memo which called the big 5 tech stocks…
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May 15, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
Since the start of May, stocks have not gone anywhere significant. At the same time they have also not lost any significant ground either. They are, in effect, stuck in a tight trading range. The third week of May is important for the markets as May tends to be a pivotal month for stocks, as they enter the worst 6 months of the year. Here is the stock market outlook for the third week of May 2017. The outlook for the upcoming week includes a…
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May 11, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
I did not get a chance this past weekend to write-up an article on the European outlook. However as of this week, European equities look quite good following the end of the French Presidential elections. They are mostly flat in the early trading on Thursday May 11, before the US and Canadian markets open, and fairly calm. They are awaiting the latest interest rate decision from the Bank of England. This article looks at the outlook for the third week of April 2017 for European…
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April 17, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
There is a lot happening in Europe at present with elections underway in France where, once again, we are seeing populist type leaders gaining in the polls. With the UK serving notice they will be leaving the EU and elections in France keeping many investors both here and overseas, nervous, the two equities I follow have done well for my portfolio over the past couple of weeks. The Week Ahead outlook on the European Stock Market is important as it can often give us clues…
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April 9, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
Last week I missed posting the week ahead thanks to lots of complications with setting up encryption on the website. This week promises to be interesting as we have a number of companies reporting earnings that might give us a clue what to expect shortly from the latest quarterly earnings. As well Thursday is the start of financial stocks reporting. This week then could see some significant profits being made. Here is the stock market outlook for the second week of April 2017. The outlook…
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March 27, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The fourth week of March 2017 was among the worst since September or October of last year. The collapse of the Republican Healthcare bill sent stocks lower on Friday and the futures on Sunday evening for Monday Mar 27 2017 are quite negative. Here is the stock market outlook for the final week of March 2017. The outlook for the upcoming week includes a number of topics. Final Week Of March 2017 Stock Market Outlook The Outlook includes: An outline of all Trades Ahead Of…
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March 20, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The third week of March saw the rally regain momentum on Wednesday following a rate increase by the Federal Reserve. Many analysts following the rate hike felt the Fed’s comments still seemed dovish toward the pace of rate increases in coming months. While Wednesday saw the market push many stocks back to their old highs, Thursday and Friday saw a bit of weakness return and the market seemed to drift sideways again. Here is the stock market outlook for the fourth week of March 2017.…
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March 13, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The second week of March saw the rally remain stalled but weakness grew in the major indexes. For the first time since before the Presidential election, down volume on both the S&P and the NASDAQ indexes outpaced up volume. New highs also have dipped below new lows. Here is the stock market outlook for the third week of March 2017. Third Week Of March 2017 Stock Market Outlook The Outlook includes: market direction outlook trade ideas and comments on Market Outlook investor sentiment general trading…
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March 13, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The IWM ETF is my primary method of trading in the Small Cap Universe of stocks. Small capital stocks can provide above average returns for investors but they can also decimate a portfolio as small cap stocks tend to be very volatile. The IWM ETF follows the Russell 2000 small cap index. I have used the IWM ETF since 2002 to build profits into my portfolio. Most years, returns in the IWM ETF trades have easily beaten 20% which means a doubling of capital in…
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March 12, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
While back here at home we are likely to see the Federal Reserve raise rates this week for the third time since the credit crisis in 2008, in Europe the ECB does not look ready to raise rates any time soon. That could mean a jump in the US dollar and a drop in the Euro. This article looks at the outlook for the third week of March 2017 for European Equities along with trade tips and ideas. It includes an outline of the trades…
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March 6, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The Week Ahead outlook on the European Stock Market is important as it can often give us clues as to what investors might expect for the upcoming week here in North America. This article looks at the outlook for the second week of March 2017 for European Equities along with trade tips and ideas. It includes an outline of the trades I plan to enter at the start of the week. Second Week Of March 2017 – European Stock Market Outlook The Week Ahead article…
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March 6, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The IWM ETF is my primary method of trading in the Small Cap Universe of stocks. Small capital stocks can provide above average returns for investors but they can also decimate a portfolio as small cap stocks tend to be very volatile. The IWM ETF follows the Russell 2000 small cap index. I have used the IWM ETF since 2002 to build profits into my portfolio. Most years, returns in the IWM ETF trades have easily beaten 20% which means a doubling of capital in…
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March 5, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The past week did see a rise in all three indexes, but gains were muted, trading choppy and the end of the week saw the lowest level of new highs since the end of January. Still Wednesday was a particularly strong day for equities which came on the back of a well received speech by President Trump to Congress, Tuesday evening. By the end of the week indexes were up, even if only modestly. Second Week Of March 2017 Stock Market Outlook Here is the…
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February 27, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
With just two days left in February trading, the month actually has been decent for investors. There is still a high number of “Trump Dump” believers going into the first week of March. Their numbers are higher enough that we could see the opposite happen. First Week Of March 2017 Stock Market Outlook Here is the weekly outlook for the First Week Of March 2017 It includes: market direction outlook trade ideas and comments on Market Outlook investor sentiment general trading tips a number of…
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February 12, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
For the third week of February, all the indexes will be starting the week at all-time highs. The majority of analysts are bearish on the “Trump Rally” coining the next anticipated move in stocks, the “Trump Dump”. Whether they are right remains to be seen. The market being what it is, at some point the bearishness will win out and stocks will correct or at least pullback. When that does happen I am expecting all the bears to come out of their caves with dire…
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