David Settle, a co-founder of Market Scholars, has given us his most recent outlook on the market and what he sees going forward. If you follow David (or his partner Brandon Van Zee) on Twitter, you may be familiar with their intermediate- to longer-term approach to analyzing markets. David begins by noting that, for the most […]
Crossing the Border with Frontier Markets
Frontier Markets ($FM) have been exhibiting considerable strength relative to other International Equity benchmarks since the S&P 500 topped on April 30th. FM has been the only positive area among Global Equities since the May selloff began, up 5.5% while the S&P ($SPY) and All-Country Ex-US Index ($ACWX) are down almost 2% and Emerging Markets […]
Chart of the Day – Monday, June 10th, 2019
Today’s chart of the day was shared on Twitter by Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello). It’s a ratio chart of the small-cap Russell 2000 Index relative to the large-cap S&P 500 ($IWM/$SPY). It’s currently at its lowest level since 2003. When this ratio is falling it means small-caps are underperforming large-caps and vice vera. The relative weakness of […]
Mark Newton Looks for a Bottom
Earlier this week, Mark Newton of Newton Advisors appeared on Real Vision to gives his take on whether we are close to finding a reversal point from this recent correction. Mark begins by pointing out that sentiment was pretty high for a majority of 2019, but those bullish feelings have come down quite a bit recently, […]
The Power of Cash and Inaction
At The Chart Report we pride ourselves on covering the most robust trends in asset classes around the globe. However, something we don’t discuss too often is trendless markets, like the ones major US and World Equity Indices have been stuck in for over 16-months. This rangebound action is illustrated well by the MSCI All-Country […]
