Published May 23, 2025
Investors continue to face all kinds of uncertainty as markets adjust to the Trump Administration’s policies. This week saw the 30-year Treasury bond push past a 5% yield for the first time since October 2023. Then, rates fell back just as quickly. This time, there seems to be more impetus behind the move. But time will tell. (more…)
Published December 29, 2023
Good day TimingCubers ! This last post of 2023 will highlight the conundrum investors typically face; the push-and-pull of competing narratives and outlooks. Will the market go up or down? As trend-followers, we believe there is something to markets having momentum. They will continue in their existing direction until something major changes to force the very emotional investing public to reverse course. (more…)
Published November 26, 2021
In the end it is investor sentiment that drives stock prices. Optimism and enthusiasm pushes money into the market and prices higher. Pessimism and downbeat attitudes send money under the mattress and safety. Liz Ann Sonders evaluates investor sentiment in the article below. As always, it’s a mixed bag, especially given that we are in the middle of what is typically the most seasonally strong time of year. (more…)
Published July 30, 2021
One of the interesting features of the stock market over the past year has been the tremendous rise in companies going public. This is coming after a long period where companies seemed very much to prefer staying in private hands. That sentiment has changed dramatically and pretty quickly, giving investors a plethora of new companies to consider. (more…)