What Does “Bah, Humbug!” mean? Actually? In Charles Dickens’s 1843 story A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge exclaims “Bah! Humbug!” in reference to Christmas. As he famously hates the holiday, it’s easy to assume that “Humbug!” is just an expression used to convey dislike for something popular. In fact, thanks to the cultural impact of the Christmas classic, that’s often how humbug is used today. But Scrooge didn’t originate the term humbug—and he meant something more specific than “I hate Christmas!” when he uttered it. Humbug first appeared in writing in a 1750 issue of The Student, or the Oxford and…
Author: Amanda Greenbrier
The absence of a Santa Claus Rally on Wall Street tells us nothing about the stock market’s prospects in 2023. The U.S. stock market has done just as well following holiday seasons when there is no Santa Claus Rally as when there is. Stocks fell this week in the wake of the Fed’s 50 basis point interest rate hike on Wednesday — the highest rate in 15 years. Remember, this is why we told you to pay close attention to the FOMC meeting on December 14th. Following the policy update, the Dow dropped 142 points on Wednesday, plunged 764 points…
12/11/22 Greetings Readers, It’s Sunday and I don’t want to take up too much of your time. Tomorrow at 9:15AM EST, I’m planning to bring a past champ back to your attention ahead of what could be an explosive opening bell. Why explosive? I’ll tell you. This profile has several oversold leaning technical indicators. And after this past champ closed Friday’s session with a 9 and 14-Day Relative Strength Index both in the 30% to 40% range, it could very well be nearing reversal/bounce territory. Pair that info with a float of fewer than 40Mn shares, and a potential reversal/bounce…
Stocks finished lower Friday, with all the major averages posting losses for the week as worries persisted over continued rate hikes… Let’s run the numbers real fast! The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 305.02 points, or 0.9%, to close at 33,476.46. The S&P 500 dropped 0.73% to end at 3,934.38. And the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7% to finish at 11,004.62. But on a weekly basis… The Dow fell 2.77% to post its worst week since September. The S&P tumbled 3.37%. And the Nasdaq dropped 3.99%. (Keep reading to see why we’re not scared one bit…) Friday’s moves came after November’s…
12/7/22 Greetings Readers,Listen. Not often are we given second chances in life.But in the markets… Anything can happen.Take for example what happened when I brought APCX back to your attention recently.When I first alerted it back in October, it ran approximately 60% in a handful of days.Then, when I delivered it back to your inboxes at the end of November, it ran approximately 52.5% in 3 short days.To put it simply, 2nd chances in the market do exist, and after APCX made a pull back, it delivered once again.Now, I want to bring your attention back to another profile for…
12/4/22 Greetings Readers, It’s Sunday, so I’ll get straight to the point. We’ve been red hot heat the past month and a half. 5 breakout champs in a row. Check these alerts out: November 29th: APCX stunned while running approximately 52.5% in 3 days. November 15th: Inside a handful of days, BTCY moved approximately 18%. November 3rd: AVCO (now “ALBT”) surged approximately 62% within a week. October 24th: ATNM ran approximately 107% in under 2 weeks.October 20th: APCX ran approximately 60% in a few days. 5 total alerts = Approximately 299.5% combined. Now it’s time to focus on something new.…
Could you imagine the impact of what a rail strike would have on the U.S. economy? It would have been catastrophic.. Disastrous Rail Strike Avoided.. For Now! The White House projected that as many as 765,000 people would have been put out of work within the first two weeks. And we should be thanking our lucky stars that the government intervened here. Most labor disputes never end up being debated in Congress. But thanks to a nearly century-old law that regulates labor relations only when it comes to railroads and airlines, what otherwise would be strictly an economic issue became…
11/28/22 Greetings Readers, We’ll keep this short as it’s Monday and we’re still recovering from a Thanksgiving food coma. In less than a month and a half, we’ve delivered 4 different alerts that turned into strong, short term runners. Check them out: October 20th: From a $.64 open, APCX blasted to a $1.03 high on (10/24). In just a few days, approximately 60%. October 24th: Blazing from an open of $7.29, ATNM climbed quickly to a new 52-week high of $15.12 on (11/3). Approximately 107% in under 2 weeks isn’t too bad. November 3rd: AVCO (now “ALBT”) cruised from an…
Today, we will begin by recapping where the market stands today, which still shows ongoing volatility. The truth is that it’s a new environment for stocks, and you need a new playbook for a rapidly evolving market. Let’s dig in. Big gains? Since the start of this year, the Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates to try to get a handle on inflation. After all, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit a four-decade high of 9.1% in June. Rampant high inflation is destroying the disposable income of households and businesses. So, the U.S. central…
Week of November 20, 2022 Today, we will begin by recapping the events of this week, which reflected significant volatility and more pain to come. We’ll discuss the yield curve and what it means for you as the investor going forward. Then we’ll discuss what investors should be doing as the market evolves. Let’s dig in. The Fed’s Next Move Don’t let the markets fool you…while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) update for October was better than expected and stocks soared, danger may still lurk. Of course, inflation numbers were better than expected, but they still weren’t good. You see,…
