by John Rothe, CMT | Feb 13, 2019 | Markets, Weekly Market Update
The national debt gets all the headlines, but what about corporate debt? You hear a lot of worrying about mounting government debt because many people are convinced that public debt is a main source of problems for any economy. And by mid-February 2019, the US might...
by John Rothe, CMT | Oct 29, 2018 | Markets
The 2018 Midterm Elections will feature hundreds of hotly contested races at the state and local level and will culminate with the November 6th general election that will decide whether the Republicans maintain – or the Democrats gain – control of Congress....
by John Rothe, CMT | Oct 12, 2018 | Markets
Last week, I discussed some of the signs I was seeing in the market. Initially, I was looking at a 2800 level on the S&P 500 area as a target. Today, we are well below that. As I’ve said in the past, I’m not a fan of predicting lows. Indicators do a...
by John Rothe, CMT | Oct 5, 2018 | Markets
This has been an interesting week for investors. The bear market in bonds looks to have arrived, as we near a historically strong period for the market. First let’s take a quick look at what’s happening now. Bond yields have been rising. In fact, they have...