by Mark P. Cowdell, CFP | Feb 3, 2016 | Stock Market
The 16,000 level for the Dow, 1,900 for the S&P 500 and 4,400 for NASDAQ appear to be fairly solid bottoms for buying opportunities. We started buying again today near those levels. While it is hard to predict an exact bottom it does appear that the markets want...
by Mark P. Cowdell, CFP | Jan 20, 2016 | Stock Market
I dislike the term stock market “correction”. It sounds like the markets were wrong and needed to be corrected by someone. But for lack of a better term a correction is defined as a 10% pullback in stock prices, we are there. A Bear market is a 20% decline in stock...
by Mark P. Cowdell, CFP | Jan 4, 2016 | Stock Market
Christmas came early for stock buyers this morning. This was the worst open for a New Year since 1932. Thankfully by the time the markets closed it was only the worst open for the last 8 years. January is normally a great month for the stock market so when it opened...
by Mark P. Cowdell, CFP | Sep 25, 2015 | Common Sense, Stock Market
If the Futures hold up this morning we might have seen the bottom yesterday. From the looks of the European stock markets the US stock market is poised to rally today. We could move up 1 to 3%. So far this morning the futures for the Dow are up a few hundred points....
by Mark P. Cowdell, CFP | Sep 24, 2015 | Stock Market
With the markets in a recent freefall when should an investor get back into stocks? While no one can predict the exact bottom there are some key indicators that might help. Today the Relative Strength Index for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell back into the...
by Mark P. Cowdell, CFP | Jun 29, 2015 | Stock Market
The best time to invest is when others are selling and the markets are oversold. Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped below its 200 day moving average. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 are trading below their respective 50 day moving averages. This suggest an...
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