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Lance Roberts has been involved in the investing world for more than 25 years. From private banking and investment management to private and venture capital, he has pretty much been there and done that. Mr. Roberts common sense approach and real world examples have appealed to a broad investing audience for two decades. He is the chief investment strategist for RIA Advisors and lead editor of the Real Investment Report, a weekly subscriber-based newsletter distributed to over 100,000 people nationwide. The newsletter covers economic, political, and market topics as they relate to your money and life.
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The S&P 500 Index (SPX) sold off Monday after nine straight days of gains, as anticipated. Meanwhile, markets are still sitting on a death cross between the 50- and 200-DMA. The 20-DMA is slopping upwards, providing support at around 5,370, writes Lance Roberts, editor of the Bull Bear Report.
We recently discussed the decline in the dollar relative to the parade of people trying to get clicks and views by promoting the “death of the dollar.” The next big bearish headline will be the “death cross” of the S&P 500 Index (SPX). It sounds ominous when couched in those terms, but all it means is that the 50-dma has crossed below the 200-dma, notes Lance Roberts, editor of Bull Bear Report.
The key to lower inflation may start with the stock market and feed into the economy, rather than vice versa. The Harvard economist Gabriel Chodorow-Reich estimates that with all else equal, a 20% drop in stocks in 2025 might reduce growth by as much as a percentage point this year, advises Lance Roberts, editor of Bull Bear Report.
Are the “Mega Cap” stocks dead? Maybe. But there are four reasons why they could be staged for a comeback. The recent market correction from the July peak certainly got investors’ attention and rattled the more extreme complacency, notes Lance Roberts, editor of Bull Bear Report.