Stock Indices

I believe the SMART stocks should be cornerstones of a portfolio exposed to the rising digital economy we live in. An economy driven by data, digital payments, targeted advertising, streaming and new social interaction at your fingertips.

Below are links to exclusive articles I have written for TalkMarkets.com on the financial well-being and stock performances of 8 market sectors as tracked in various stock indices in the past two weeks. Enjoy! 

...Recessions are as much about psychology as they are about economics, because we can talk ourselves into one if we create enough anxiety and trepidation and market pundits are doing their best to accomplish this right now by conflating the carnage that is going on in financial markets with activity in the real economy. While economic activity is clearly slowing from the unsustainable stimulus-induced pace that followed the economic reopening, it is not contracting the way risk assets prices have so far this year. The market is not the economy. [Let me explain.]

There are few things scarier than a bear market, but steep and sustained drawdowns in stocks are an absolute fact of investing life...so a familiarity with the basics of bear markets should help you better cope with the next one and, to that end, we've compiled the following eight facts you must know about bear markets.

Bull and bear markets are a historical trend tool, but how should you read them and what can you expect from the current financial landscape?

The market is full of valuable information - you just need to know where to look - so this article provides valuable information regarding recession fears and how you should manage your portfolio during these challenging times.

The nature of stocks, also known as equities, is that they often suffer declines and these market downdrafts - market pullbacks, corrections and crashes - have different characteristics. Here is the difference between a stock market pullback, correction and crash.

The central bank policies and current actions are leading to a market crash that will be remembered for generations according to Michael Pento, a well known money manager, in this video from Wall Street Silver.

The Super Bowl Indicator goes like this: If an original National Football League (now the National Football Conference or NFC) team wins the Super Bowl, stocks should rise for the rest of the year. But if the Super Bowl winner is an original American Football League (now the American Football Conference or AFC) team, stocks should fall. Briefly put, that …

According to Jeremy Grantham the U.S. is in the fourth super-bubble of the last hundred years with the possibility of a 40-50% contraction being highly probable.