It wasn’t long ago that volatility seemed to have flat-lined. Those were the good old days. Just look at market results for the past two months and you’ll see a…
Investing in an Aging Bull Market
Writing about the longest bull market in history, we noted yesterday that bull markets don’t last forever. Some, such as LPL Financial, believe the bull market still has years to…
The Oldest Bull Ever
This month, the U.S. stock market set a record for the longest bull market in history. How much longer can it continue? The bull market, which celebrated its ninth birthday…
We May Be Approaching the Longest Bull Market in History
As we’ve previously noted, records are meaningless. Still, we’d rather be living through the longest bull market in history than the longest bear market — and that seems to be…
Correction No Reason to Panic
“Correction” is one of those euphemisms Wall Street likes to use that would be funny if it weren’t so painful. According to CNBC, a correction is “a decline or downward…
The Case for the Bulls
Yesterday I promised to share the case for a continued bull market. Arguing for a continuing rise in stock prices, Donald Luskin, chief investment officer at Trend Macrolytics LLC, wrote…
Is a Market Bubble Coming? Yes and No.
Reasonable arguments can be made that stocks are overvalued and that a correction or even a bear market is imminent. Reasonable arguments can also be made that stock prices are…
Prediction: Our 2018 Predictions Will Be More Accurate than Paul Krugman’s
We could make bold predictions about the coming year, recognizing that we probably will not be taken to account a year from now if the predictions aren’t true. People don’t…
Bubble Busters
“I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn’t work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor,…