International Stocks

Weekly Update

Rally Back to Resistance

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Published April 25, 2025

 

Stocks are looking to bounce back from a horrid beginning of April. The S&P 500 has rallied back to the “scene of the crime” where it broke down decisively at 550-560. Is there enough momentum to push through the resistance AND above the 200-day (40-week) moving average at 570? That’s what technical market analysts are looking for. (more…)

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Twists and Turns in the Market So Far in 2025

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Published February 21, 2025

Thus far in 2025, investors have wrestled with a blizzard of information as the new presidential administration takes control and outlines their policy priorities. One month into the Trump Administration, let’s see how markets have responded. (more…)

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Are International Stocks Turning the Corner?

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Published January 6, 2023

 

After the dot.com market crash of 2000-2002, international stocks went on to outperform U.S. stocks until the 2008 Great Financial Crisis. That rise was driven by two factors: 1) the “buildout” of China which pushed any and all commodity-related stocks (e.g. industrials, materials thus emerging markets) higher, and 2) the decline in the dot.com darlings which had become outrageously priced.

It usually happens that the leader of the market in one cycle becomes the laggard in the next as the excess is worked off. So it was post-2002 as the chart below shows with the black line highlighting the period where international stocks outperformed. (more…)

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Behind the Headlines, The Stock Market Is Weakening

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Published July 16, 2021

The stock market is in the midst of a correction, a pullback in price. With broad market indexes hitting new highs, this assertion sounds clearly wrong. However, look under the surface of those indexes and most stocks are going nowhere, with a sizeable chunk of them declining. (more…)