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Market Strategy: Archive
Get Critical About Earnings Season: Zacks August Strategy Report
by John Blank
It's time to employ some critical thinking: Is 9.4% annualized earnings growth out of line? Is the present S&P 500 forward 12-month valuation of 17.7 out of line?
MUPositive Net Change FSNUYNegative Net Change ELUXYNegative Net Change
Just the Facts, Ma'am: Zacks July Strategy Report
by John Blank
Traders just closed out the first 6 months of 2017. What' John Blank's answer in July? To quote Detective Joe Friday, from the old TV show Dragnet: "Just the facts, ma'am."
TOELYNegative Net Change DECKNegative Net Change AALNegative Net Change
Just the Facts, Ma'am: Zacks July Strategy Report
by John Blank
Traders just closed out the first 6 months of 2017. What's John Blank's answer in July? To quote Detective Joe Friday, from the old TV show Dragnet: "Just the facts, ma'am."
TOELYNegative Net Change DECKNegative Net Change AALNegative Net Change
Modi, Paytm & Midnight Demonetization: June Market Strategy
by John Blank
Let's discuss dumb policy execution -- well outside of the 2017 U.S. media focus on all things Trump.
SWKNegative Net Change MPXNegative Net Change MONPositive Net Change
Modi, Paytm & Midnight Demonetization: June Market Strategy
by John Blank
Let's discuss dumb policy execution -- well outside of the 2017 U.S. media focus on all things Trump.
SWKNegative Net Change MPXNegative Net Change MONPositive Net Change
Bulls Get Airborne with Tech: Zacks May Market Strategy
by John Blank
S&P 500 earnings could record +12.5% y/y growth in Q1-2017, the best since Q3-2011. What???s hot? Info Tech.
UCTTPositive Net Change TSNPositive Net Change HUNNegative Net Change
Should You Buy or Sell Stocks and Real Estate?
by John Blank
Is there a property "bubble" lurking in the U.S. real estate market?
SPNegative Net Change FLIRPositive Net Change BGCPPositive Net Change
Running Before You Walk: Zacks March Market Strategy
by John Blank
How can the S&P 500 have a 17.7 forward 12-month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, when the historic average is 14.3, and when the latest GDPNow forecast for the first quarter U.S. economy is a paltry +1.9% q/q?
TXPositive Net Change HWDJYNegative Net Change COHRPositive Net Change
Death by China: Zacks January Market Strategy
by John Blank
Chinese leaders have been brashly ignoring rules about things like currency manipulation to make sure that their country???s products remain artificially cheap.
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Death by China
by John Blank
An influx of Chinese goods has left American manufacturers unable to compete, and Chinese leaders have been brashly ignoring rules.
Look At That Froth!
by John Blank
Above 2,200 on the S&P 500, early DEC shows us the latest EPS "fair value" calculation has support solely on a forward look.
Cast Your Vote: Zacks November Strategy Report
by John Blank
One underlying force holding U.S. growth back is the attrition of women in the active labor force. Imagine that!
When Rich Nation Growth Stagnates
by John Blank
The narrative away from the USA interested me this month, as I looked further into the matter of advanced nation GDP growth stagnation.
Fast Money Gets It Wrong
by John Blank
The September theme: U.S. markets look overbid, while global fundamentals have turned.
Keep Your Eyes on the Road Ahead
by John Blank
We see three key things that matter to the stock markets in the month of August.
A New Running of the Bulls
by John Blank
The S&P500 finally broke out of a tight mid-2016 range, and passed its all-time high seen in June 2015.
The U.S. Expansion Carries On
by John Blank
Yes, the U.S. remains in expansion. Recent monthly labor market evidence was NOT conclusive, however.
Jumping Over a Lower Bar: Zacks May Strategy Update
by John Blank
Beneath the S&P 500 surface, the low bar for Q1 EPS led to a lot of upgrades, as did the big turn in steel, iron ore prices, and other commodity prices.
China Turns a Corner & the U.S. Presidential Cycle
by John Blank
This month, I guide asset allocations outside the USA from a core idea. As I write on April 7th, the latest one-week 'risk-off' episode in non-US markets has reversed.
Facts Are Stubborn Things: Zacks March Strategy
by John Blank
March shows early spring to most parts of the USA. A warming trend was apparent across the U.S. stock markets.
Watching Oil Price Wiggles for Entertainment
by John Blank
Zacks Chief Strategist John Blank's call is that there will be no 2016 U.S. recession based on falling oil prices.
No Lion or Lamb; January Shows Up a Bear
by John Blank
It's been a lousy start to a New Year. China manufacturing PMIs showed contraction. Fear heightens the visible and less visible stress out there.
Santa's on the Roof: Zacks Xmas Market Report
by John Blank
Small gift buying stirs the season. Yet that's not what keeps stocks rising.
Buyers Pile into Consumer Stocks
by John Blank
What compels my U.S. optimism? Plentiful U.S. job hiring is first and foremost.
Just Ahead of Q3 Earnings, What Can We Expect?
by John Blank
As I wrote last month, the "Short Global Growth" event is at the end of a third leg down.