Russia is the only country ETF that is down for the year. The rest of the world is very positive. Average gain for the remaining country ETF’s, a stunning 19%.
Hat tip Charlie Bilello
No surprise, investor bullishness is also near the highs:
At the same time the seasonal pattern is usually less than positive:
While overall the powerful economic expansion, which began in mid 2009, may soon begin to show its age:
Hat tip Charlie Bilello/Ryan Detrick
The steady rise in home prices has consistently out paced income and inflation growth over the last few years. Something’s gotta give.
Hat tip Charlie Bilello
The big movers today, following blow out earnings reports:
Caterpillar +5.9%
McDonalds +4.75%
Wal-Mart +2.1%
JP Morgan +1.7%
Not a negative. Hat tip Charlie Billello
Long term the trend in Crude remains down. However – this Daily Chart (each candle is a day) depicts a potential intermediate move higher. Want to see 45 hold on a closing basis.
Sweet pic, from strategypage.com: Air Force Capt. David Neville, a 13th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, conducts a flight sortie above northern Japan, June 12, 2017. Neville and other 13th and 14th Fighter Squadron pilots joined Kadena Air Base, Japan F-15C Eagle pilots to conduct air-to-air and suppression of enemy air defense missions during an aviation relocation training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Deana Heitzman)
Hat tip Austin Bay
If you had invested $10,000 in Netflix on its IPO you would have $1,500,000.00 now. But it wasn’t easy getting there. You would have had to live through two separate draw downs of over 80%. Which would have meant you had absolutely zero risk management in place. Not a good long term strategy.
Hat tip John Boorman
Especially if you’re a contrarian. The CNN/Money Fear and Greed Index is beginning to point towards extreme greed. Certainly something to keep an eye on. More here: http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/
