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Leading Stocks - A Conflicted Market
25 June 11 09:35 AM | Brian Dightman

U.S. stocks have been struggling for nearly two months now. Early in the correction I made some defensive moves, not because U.S. stocks indexes started to see big declines, but because those declines were accompanied by warnings about a global economic...

Filed under: International Bonds, World Economy, India, S&P 500, Bear Market, Emerging Markets, Leading Economic Indicators, Stock Leadership, Risk Management, Secular Markets, IBD 50, U.S. Bonds

Global Slowdown - Leading Stock Review
23 May 11 04:00 PM | Brian Dightman

Stocks remain in a correction and the NASDAQ looks likely to test April support around 2,725. Weakness in Leading Global Growth indicators , among other data released during the week, underscore the challenges stocks face advancing form current levels...

Filed under: World Economy, IBD, Investors Business Daily, Leading Economic Indicators, Stock Leadership, Major U.S. Markets, IBD 50

Productivity Growth vs. Demand Growth
30 December 09 12:33 PM | Brian Dightman

After a tremendous rally from lows hit in March, stock investors want to know if the rally will continue into 2010. Leading economic indicators produced by the private firm, Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI), suggest the economic expansion that...

Filed under: Developed Markets, Emerging Markets, Leading Economic Indicators, Stock Leadership, Major U.S. Markets

Stock Market Trading Range Targets
01 July 09 11:44 AM | Brian Dightman

More evidence of an improved economic environment was delivered last week when ECRI announced the growth rate of their leading economic indicator for the U.S. broke into positive territory delivering the highest weekly growth reading since August 10th...

Filed under: NASDAQ 100, S&P 500, Investors Business Daily, Leading Economic Indicators, Stock Leadership

Earnings & The Economy
05 May 09 11:18 AM | Brian Dightman

We are well into Q1 earnings season; overall earnings are down about 35% but many firms are beating lowered targets. We are also starting to see forward guidance improve, a signal to some the worst may be behind us. So far it appears cost cutting has...

Filed under: S&P 500 Earnings, Investors Business Daily, Global Banks, Bear Market, Credit Crisis, Leading Economic Indicators, Stock Leadership

Important Week Ahead
30 November 08 05:24 PM | Brian Dightman

As the month of November came to a close stocks rallied and in the process gain 19% in the last 5 trading days to close down only 7.5% for the month. November 21st kicked the rally off but the day ended with Nasdaq volume falling 4%, generally not the...

Filed under: Inflation Data, World Economy, Bear Market, Credit Crisis, Leading Economic Indicators, U.S. Real Estate, Stock Leadership

Time To Buy?
18 October 08 12:34 PM | Brian Dightman

Many investors are wondering if we have found a market bottom. With Warren Buffett out buying stocks, shouldn’t all investors be doing the same? The risk of entering the stock market at this point has declined. However, the major bias is still down. During...

Filed under: TED SPREAD, Inflation Data, Energy, Bear Market, Credit Crisis, Income Investing, Leading Economic Indicators, U.S. Real Estate, Dividends, Stock Leadership, Risk Management, Gifting