August 25, 2017 By Steve Blumenthal “[T]he big elephant in the room is the Fed.” David Rosenberg Chief Economist and Strategist, Gluskin Sheff + Associates This week the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is hosting its annual Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and a number [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal August 23, 2017 S&P 500 Index -- 2,452 Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite stock, investor sentiment and bond market indicators.  Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in risk premiums or the amount of return investors [...]Read More >

August 18, 2017 By Steve Blumenthal “Anything that has happened economically, has happened over and over again.” – Ray Dalio Founder, Bridgewater Associates, in Bloomberg Interview My thinking is impatient and mostly critical as I sift through research each week.  I’m sure my “get to the point” [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal August 16, 2017 S&P 500 Index -- 2,469 Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite stock, investor sentiment and bond market indicators.  Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in risk premiums or the amount of return investors [...]Read More >

August 11, 2017 By Steve Blumenthal “... Focused on the obvious and unimportant.” – Former Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank, Camp Kotok, August 6, 2017 Atop the “what matters most” list is debt.  Specifically, global sovereign debt: U.S., Europe, Japan and China.  We are at the end of a [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal August 9, 2017 S&P 500 Index -- 2,485 I am on vacation this week in Stone Harbor in southern New Jersey with Susan and our children.  I hope you are able to take some time off this summer.  I'm going to try not to eat too much Springer's Homemade ice cream. I've [...]Read More >

August 4, 2017 By Steve Blumenthal “The uncertainties are unusual in terms of number, scale and insolubility in areas including secular economic growth; the impact of central banks; interest rates and inflation; political dysfunction; geopolitical trouble spots; and the long-term impact of [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal August 2, 2017 S&P 500 Index -- 2,468 Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite stock, investor sentiment and bond market indicators.  Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in risk premiums or the amount of return investors [...]Read More >

July 28, 2017 By Steve Blumenthal "Over the years I have seen scores of very bright investment advisors turn into hugely successful gurus who blaze into the investment business with spectacular forecasts. Yet, I've watched each and every one of them crash back to earth when a big subsequent [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal July 26, 2017 S&P 500 Index -- 2,477 Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite stock, investor sentiment and bond market indicators.  Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in risk premiums or the amount of return investors [...]Read More >

July 21, 2017 By Steve Blumenthal “The primary, direct driver of default rates is not the yield on Treasury bonds but rather the business cycle.” Martin Fridson, CFA CIO of Lehmann, Livian, Fridson Advisors, LLC At a conference in Chicago this week, following up on last week’s letter, Keep [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal July 19, 2017 S&P 500 Index -- 2,466 Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite stock, investor sentiment and bond market indicators.  Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in risk premiums or the amount of return investors [...]Read More >

July 14, 2017 By Steve Blumenthal “Our responsibility now is to keep dancing, but closer to the exit and with a sharp eye on the tea leaves.” – Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, LP Ray Dalio, chairman of Bridgewater Associates, wrote last week that the global economy is heading toward a new [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal July 12, 2017 S&P 500 Index -- 2,425 Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite stock, investor sentiment and bond market indicators.  Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in risk premiums or the amount of return investors [...]Read More >

July 7, 2017 By Steve Blumenthal “Would I say there will never, ever be another financial crisis? You know probably that would be going too far.  But I do think we’re much safer and I hope that it will not be in our lifetimes, and I don’t believe it will be.” - Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve [...]Read More >