by Proactive Advisor Magazine | Oct 21, 2020 | Topping the Charts
An article by analyst Mark Hulbert at MarketWatch last week said that market timers are “more bullish than at almost any other time since such data began being collected in 2000.” According to Hulbert, this contrarian signal has usually led to struggles...
by Proactive Advisor Magazine | Oct 7, 2020 | Topping the Charts
Many disparate factors may influence the financial markets in the coming weeks—combined with October’s historical tendency to be the most volatile month of the year. The potential headline risk factors are well-known, though the outcomes are not: The...
by Proactive Advisor Magazine | Sep 16, 2020 | Topping the Charts
With all of the publicity surrounding struggling small businesses throughout America, it was somewhat surprising to see the NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index back above 100 for August. The consensus of analysts had been for a reading of 99.0, and the...
by Proactive Advisor Magazine | Sep 2, 2020 | Topping the Charts
Editor’s note: Following publication of this article, the markets sold off hard on Thursday, Sept. 3, with major U.S. indexes down from 2.8% to 5%. The commentary by some of the analysts quoted here on “overbought” conditions in the market was right on...
by Proactive Advisor Magazine | Aug 26, 2020 | Topping the Charts
The U.S. housing market has seen a number of positive developments over the past month, with data points and sentiment showing a marked rebound from earlier in the year. “The housing market is on a ‘sugar’ high,” MarketWatch declared in a recent...
