Stock Capitalist

… that another deflationary wave of global credit problems is starting, said longtime technical analyst Robert Prechter on Friday. U.S. stock markets …

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Investors, we are told, demand a risk premium for investing in stocks rather than bonds. Without that extra return, why invest in risky stocks if you can get guaranteed returns in bonds? This week we look at a brilliantly done paper examining whether or not investors have gotten better returns from stocks over the really [...]

Because of the damage done to the stock market since June, the average US portfolio will undoubtedly be higher in bonds and lower in equities, and perhaps higher in money markets. That’s not a recommendation to you, ..

The Dow is below its 200-week simple moving average at 11,672, and my second half target is 10,747. The China 25 is in a Bear Market. Crude oil at a new all time high continuing the infating of the Speculative Bubble.

The 200-week simple moving average at 11,672 is a moving line in the sand.

The weekly chart profiled for the Dow, NASDAQ & Transports are deteriorating. Crude Oil is Parabolic. Emerging markets and China are in bear markets