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How to Deal with the U.S. Debt Downgrade
06 August 11 11:44 AM | Brian Dightman

It has been a busy week at Dightman Capital. I further reduced risk levels across my global growth strategies just before Thursday's massive decline. With Friday's S&P announcement a new element of uncertainty has entered into the market....

Filed under: Inflation Data, World Economy, bear market, U.S. Real Estate, risk management, P/E Ratio, Secular & Cyclical Markets, Cyclical Markets, Yield Curve, U.S. Bonds

Leading Stocks - Selling Continues
06 June 11 02:18 PM | Brian Dightman

Last week stocks experienced a strong advance followed by mostly selling. Tuesday's bullish gain did see strong action by leading stocks. Informatica (INFA), W.R. Grace (GRA) and Brightpoint Education (BPI) all marked new highs on strong volume. But...

Filed under: World Economy, IBD, Investors Business Daily, stock leadership, Cyclical Markets, IBD 50

Leading Stocks - New Uptrend
31 May 11 04:08 PM | Brian Dightman

With today's strong advance on higher volume, stocks confirmed a new uptrend. Not all new uptrends are going to be successful but the environment may be more productive for new investments. Stocks came back from the holiday weekend to post strong...

Filed under: Investors Business Daily, stock leadership, Cyclical Markets, IBD 50

Debt, Earnings & The Euro
18 May 10 10:46 AM | Brian Dightman

Stock markets have come under pressure recently as concerns over debt levels of governments around the world take center stage. Policy makers are at a difficult juncture. They must support global economic growth or risk losing much-needed tax revenue...

Filed under: World Economy, S&P 500 Earnings, IMF, Credit Crisis, Cyclical Markets

Secular Vs. Cyclical Markets
22 September 09 04:33 PM | Brian Dightman

If you have been participating in my recent monthly online strategy updates (you can register for the next webinar here ), you have heard me talk about secular and cyclical markets. If you are wondering what this means, I offer the following insight....

Filed under: S&P 500, bear market, Cyclical Markets, Secular Markets