Is the Correction Over?

Was that it? It feels ridiculous to ask, given that at the lows of last week, the peak-to-trough decline in the S&P 500 was just 5.2%. It feels ridiculous to ask, given that at the lows of last week, the market was still up 21% YTD. But it is a reasonable question, given that stocks have aggressively…

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We’re Already at Dow 54,452

This is something I was completely unaware of. Anyone who has given even a moment thought to how the Dow is calculated will appreciate that it is a useless anachronistic tool but I had no idea how screwed its calculation was. Apparently, the calculation of the Dow has a series of historical errors that were…

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Well That Also Sucks

I have just snipped the image below as the market in the US closes. The US market is apparently being rattled by the potential for ripple effects from Evergrande the Chinese real estate group which as can be seen below does look distinctly wobbly. However, markets go up and markets go down. I understand that…

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