Where is the decline?
The chart above, created by JP Morgan, shows the calendar year returns on the S&P 500 Index and the intra-year drops that occurred during those years. This reveals an interesting […]
Tag Archives: S&P 500 index
A quick overview of negative calendar year returns
Since its inception in March 1957, the S&P 500 price index has realized a negative return in 17 calendar years. Including 2018. This means that the index records a negative […]
Midterm Elections – Stock markets tend to go up from here
The US midterm elections are behind us. As expected the Democrats took the House while Republicans hold the Senate. So what happens now? Surely we can’t tell, but if history […]
A horrifically good investment strategy
Halloween is behind us. Which offers me the possibility to not talk about dominant central banks, for once. Even though, we now know who the new Fed chair will be […]
CAPE – the good, the bad and the ugly
The CAPE ratio, or Cyclically Adjusted Price Earnings ratio, is making headlines again. The stock market valuation indicator developed by Nobel laureate Robert Shiller is giving many investors headaches. But, […]
How April became the Pop Star of Equity Returns!
April has arrived. Hence, spring is in the air. Well, if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, that is. Apart from bringing more pleasant weather, April also tends to be […]
The Bulls are gone and why that’s good news!
The latest outcome of the weekly AAII Investor Sentiment Survey revealed that bullish investors are historically scarce. Less than 20% of the individual investors surveyed by the The American Association […]
Quick Fact – As goes January…
We are only halfway through January, but it doesn’t feel like a fresh start to the new year, now does it? From day one markets looked grim and sentiment turned […]
Week End Blog – Commodity Blues hits Investor Sentiment
What started as a friendly week, turned out to be an ugly one, instead. Another leg down in commodity prices triggered investor pessimism, which was reflected in falling equity prices […]
Week End Blog – US growth sluggish as S&P hits new high
No news from the Eurogroup ‘get-together’ this week, so I can deal with Greece later. US retail sales continue to disappoint. The headline number for April, published on Wednesday, revealed […]
