by Angela Jirau | Dec 14, 2021 | Bauman Daily, Breadth, Economy, ETF, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, quality stocks, Trading Strategies
Good breadth is a sign of a high-quality market. And we just haven’t been seeing that lately. The bulk of the S&P’s gains has come from just five stocks: Tesla, Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and Apple. Meanwhile, more and more stocks keep declining. It’s like a...
by Clinton Lee | Dec 8, 2021 | Bauman Daily, COVID, Economy, ETF, Growth Stocks, Housing Market, Investment Opportunities, Omicron
“A what?” That’s the response from my 10-year-old when I asked if he’s ever played with an Etch A Sketch. As he toyed with his iPad, I told him it’s the original tablet that you simply shook to start over. Which makes it the perfect tablet for writing a...
by Clinton Lee | Oct 6, 2021 | Bauman Daily, big tech, Bond Yields, ETF, Stock Market, Trading Strategies, Treasury, U.S. Economy
Is it a stock market or a market of stocks? That philosophical question has a way of stirring up heated debates among analysts. The former resonates well with investors that prefer to buy and hold the broader market, like through an index fund. The latter believe that...
by Ted Bauman | Sep 29, 2021 | Bauman Daily, ETF, Interest Rates, Investing, Investing Strategy, Investment Opportunities, Trading Strategies, Treasury
Stocks keep getting whipsawed. That much is evident with yesterday’s 570-point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. And when you flip to the news to find out what’s going on, you hear about political brinksmanship involving spending bills, the debt ceiling and...
by Clinton Lee | Aug 4, 2021 | Automation, Bauman Daily, COVID-19, ETF, Investment Opportunities, Labor, U.S. Economy
I will remember 2021 for a lot of things, or maybe a lack of things. That’s because shortages are plaguing many industries on a global scale. Cars, computers, microwaves, houses … the list goes on. Part of the blame falls on efforts to create lean supply chains...
by Angela Jirau | Jul 26, 2021 | banking, Bauman Daily, COVID-19, ETF, ETFs, Federal Reserve, Investing, Investment Opportunities, U.S. Economy
This year’s big theme in the stock market? Well, there isn’t one! As soon as you think the market is moving one way, it changes to another. Ted has said many times that external factors, such as COVID-19, the Federal Reserve and politics, drive the market....
