Sector Detector: Will earnings season provide the next catalyst for stocks?
More unnerving conflicts around the globe have flared up, but as usual, U.S. equity investors have given it nary a yawn as they seem to have become pretty much numb to the steady stream of unwelcome...
View ArticleSector Detector: China and the Fed inject new fear into a cautious market
by Scott Martindale President, Sabrient Systems LLC Volatility suddenly returned with a vengeance last week – to both stocks and bonds. In fact, on Wednesday, while the -3.1% single-day selloff in the...
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by Scott Martindale President, Sabrient Systems LLC The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes both hit new all-time highs this week on strong breadth, and all the major indexes appear to be...
View ArticleSector Detector: Convergence of negative events depresses sentiment and...
by Scott Martindale President & CEO, Sabrient Systems LLC Needless to say, investors have been piling out of stocks and bonds and into cash. So much for the 60/40 portfolio approach that expects...
View ArticleSector Detector: Investors await bullish catalysts as inflation, interest...
by Scott Martindale President & CEO, Sabrient Systems LLC The S&P 500 officially entered a bear market by falling more than -20% from its all-time high in January, with a max peak-to-trough...
View ArticleSector Detector: Uncertainties on Fed policy, geopolitics, and earnings cloud...
by Scott Martindale President & CEO, Sabrient Systems LLC The future direction of both stocks and bonds hinges on the trajectory of corporate earnings and interest rates, both of which are...
View ArticleSector Detector: Stocks flounder despite inflation downtrend as banking...
by Scott Martindale President & CEO, Sabrient Systems LLC The year began with the market showing resilience in the face of the Fed’s rate hikes, balance sheet contraction, hawkish rhetoric, and...
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