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Glimmers of Optimism Breaking Through the Outbreak

With bad news abounding—confirmed virus cases, virus deaths, unemployment, and falling corporate earnings—how could stock market news possibly include an upswing? “Markets don’t need good news to advance,” explains Sheaff Brock Managing Director Dave Gilreath, “only an inkling of better news.” Stock market prices are predictive, Gilreath adds, often moving up on anticipation of better news. On one very recent day, for example, cruise line, hotel, casino, airline, and restaurant stocks gained more than 10%, flying in the face, of [...]

Market Effects of Midterm Elections | Sheaff Brock Perspective

Market Effects of Midterm Elections

“A quick look at historical performance shows that stocks often see rough sledding in the September of years that feature midterm elections,” MarketWatch comments, adding that it was not “clear that the midterm congressional elections on Nov. 6 … would be enough to derail the bull market.” One thing that has characterized midterm seasons, Sheaff Brock Managing Director Dave Gilreath notes, is greater stock price volatility. In fact, he notes, midterm years have been more volatile than the average. The [...]

Midterm Elections and the Market | Sheaff Brock

Midterm Elections and the Market

Concerned about possible effects of the political scene on the stock market, investors are eying the upcoming 2018 midterm elections with some caution. In fact, Sheaff Brock Managing Director Dave Gilreath pointed out in a recent Knowledge Builder presentation, midterm elections have been inflection points for equity markets in the past regardless of which party won or lost! Source: Strategas Research
 True, there has always been a correction during a midterm year, but the interesting thing, Gilreath notes, is that the [...]

stock market drop and market correction | Sheaff Brock

Just How “Unprecedented” is This Drop? Just How Scared Should I Be?

“Dow plunges 1,033 points and sinks into correction,” the money.cnn.com headline practically jumped off your computer screen February 8th. Now what? you wonder. Yes, the pundits have been saying for some time now that a correction was overdue, that we investors have been waxing complacent, and that what goes up must eventually come down. Is this the beginning of The End? Whoa….When it comes to stock market corrections, the word “unprecedented” is simply incorrect when it comes to describing the [...]