It’s hard to describe such a tumultuous year: an increasingly unresolved pandemic, growing unemployment, extreme market volatility (in both directions), with no end in sight. The stock market says clear-skies and no worries, with a climb-back of 45.5% in the SP500 from...

It’s hard to predict the future. Fortunately, it’s much easier to identify where the market herd is putting their money, and this action could evidently be a self-fulfilling prophecy for real, sustainable gains. Here are some key sectors which may help your asset alloc...

Market update

US stocks participated in a surprising quick recovery soon after what was thought to be the beginning of a major destabilization. Part in thanks to a massive infusion of Federal Reserve stimulus, the market has already priced in the recovery from the Coron...

There’s a bleak case to be made about investing in this pandemic: massive unemployment, destruction of global demand for goods and services for the foreseeable future, and a human toll of new infections in the 3rd world not even yet calculable. We’ve already seen its f...

Relative strength is a measure that helps investors evaluate investments relative to the general market. By many standards, we are now in a bear market, however, some equity groups have seen relative strength during the midst of constant and dramatic market declines. U...

After a 20% decline from all-time highs in the S&P 500 within only a couple of weeks, it’s hard to imagine a return to normalcy. There definitely is a new normal forming, rife with volatility and a fast rush to safe assets in the face of bad news. Something like this w...

It’s never a pleasant sight to see markets behave in an unlikely way, by going down. Over the last decade of positive returns investors have become complacent and have forgotten what investing is really all about: staying invested over the long-term while navigating vo...

The art world is getting even busier. I recently attended one of the most popular art fairs, Frieze, which debuted contemporary works in Los Angeles recently. The best pieces were bought by local celebs, collectors, and gallerists on the first night, invite/super-VIP e...

You wouldn’t know it by going to a coffee shop but coffee prices are actually freefalling. In the L.A. coffee shop that I frequent, an espresso costs $4.11, including taxes. I have it in mind to explain to them that the wholesale cost of their coffee should be low enou...

The SP500 returned 19% in 2017, -6% in 2018, and 29% in 2019. Technically, stocks are likely to continue to rise another 6% to 3,420, which is the symmetrical opposite to the Dec 2018 low. If this high is reached, the risk of a correction is strongest. (See chart.)

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