December 2021 Market Commentary

December 2021 Market Commentary

Wow, here we are wrapping up another year.  The S&P 5001 was surprisingly one of the stronger markets around the globe this year, even outpacing the NASDAQ (a rare occurrence in the past couple of decades).  On the other hand, traditional “diversifiers”...
November 2021 Market Commentary

November 2021 Market Commentary

Last month we were looking at how the odds favored a positive November in the S&P 500, and so far, it looks like that is what we’re going to get. While the strong upward momentum coming out of the late September market lows has slowed, it is our hope that the...
October 2021 Market Commentary

October 2021 Market Commentary

So far so good in October, as we near the end of the historically “worst six months.”  Our expectation was for a positive month in the stock market and it looks like we will get it.  And while September closed near the low for the month, October has quickly...
September 2021 Market Commentary

September 2021 Market Commentary

Historically, September has the highest odds of a negative stock market return out of all the months of the year.  And as if on cue, this year it is no different.  The S&P 5001 drifted lower at a fairly slow pace and then accelerated into the last half...
August 2021 Market Commentary

August 2021 Market Commentary

We’re starting to see an interesting shift in the market, and in the short-term things are looking “sub-optimal” (as a Doctor friend would say).  Our Long-Term trend indicator has been weakening and is now giving us a negative reading.  It tried to go...
July 2021 Market Commentary

July 2021 Market Commentary

For most of this year so far, the market has lacked the breadth and broad participation usually behind a strong market trend (in either direction).  In January, we had a brief moment where Small Cap stocks were doing great, but that hasn’t gone anywhere since...