by Proactive Advisor Magazine | Feb 15, 2023 | Topping the Charts
One of the major trends in the financial media over the past few weeks has been the unprecedented buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) and the initial release of chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022 and its “stable release” in January 2023. CNET wrote...
by Tony Dwyer | Feb 8, 2023 | How I See It
Both sides of the bull and bear argument were reinforced on Feb. 1. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing data continues to point to recession (Figure 1), while the market reaction to the Federal Reserve press conference continued the...
by Proactive Advisor Magazine | Feb 8, 2023 | Topping the Charts
Zacks Investment Research recently provided a mixed review of Q4 2022 earnings so far, while also forecasting an increasingly difficult Q1 2023 earnings environment: “The Q4 earnings season continues to show that while growth is moderating and...
by Tom McClellan | Jan 25, 2023 | How I See It
Now that the November 2022 midterm elections are behind us, the stock market is in year three of the four-year presidential cycle pattern. Some analysts look at that on a calendar-day basis, but I prefer to count the years as beginning on Nov. 1 for...
by Proactive Advisor Magazine | Jan 25, 2023 | Topping the Charts
Before the significant week-ending rally last Friday (Jan. 20), much of the financial news commentary had centered on a consistent theme in response to the market’s recent weakness: “Is bad news bad again?” CNN focused heavily on the “impending debt...