By Steve Blumenthal April 22, 2020 S&P 500 Index -- 2,807 (close) Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in [...]Read More >

April 17, 2020 By Steve Blumenthal “For the time before this current crisis, I give practically all central banks a miserable grade. But in the crisis they do the right thing. Well, the Fed's rate cuts would not have been necessary, they are of no use in the current situation. But it is [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal April 15, 2020 S&P 500 Index -- 2,783 (close) Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in [...]Read More >

April 10, 2020 By Steve Blumenthal “So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear that there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.” - [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal April 8, 2020 S&P 500 Index -- 2,715 Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in risk [...]Read More >

April 3, 2020 By Steve Blumenthal “There are no new eras—excesses are never permanent.” – Bob Farrell Bob Farrell’s 10 Rules for Investing I went to sleep last night with more hope in my heart then I’ve felt over the last several weeks. These days, I’ve been feeling more like Eeyore than [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal April 1, 2020 S&P 500 Index -- 2,471 Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in risk [...]Read More >

March 27, 2020 By Steve Blumenthal "We entered into the current crisis with a whole financial system that had been incentivized by policymakers to take on excessive levels of debt and leverage. The turmoil we are seeing right now is the result of the unwinding of this leverage. The primary [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal March 25, 2020 S&P 500 Index -- 2,564 (close) Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in [...]Read More >

March 20, 2020 By Steve Blumenthal “I am proposing that we do not think outside of the box. We must get rid of the box.” – John Mauldin This week’s piece was hard for me to write. How does an optimist keep their spirits up? I’m OD’ing on the news and with coffee in hand early this morning, I [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal March 18, 2020 S&P 500 Index -- 2,398 (close) Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in [...]Read More >

March 13, 2020 By Steve Blumenthal “We didn’t know then, just like we don’t know now, how long or how sharp or shallow of a downturn we will face.” - Alfred Lin, Partner, Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage businesses, providing seed or series [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal March 11, 2020 S&P 500 Index -- 2,791 Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in risk [...]Read More >

March 6, 2020 By Steve Blumenthal “It will take considerable time — perhaps several quarters — before we can be confident that the virus has been contained. It will take even longer for the global economy to recover its footing.” - Letter from Sequoia Capital to Founders and CEOs of its [...]Read More >

By Steve Blumenthal March 4, 2020 S&P 500 Index -- 3,003 Posted each Wednesday, Trade Signals looks at several of my favorite equity market, investor sentiment, fixed income, economic, recession and gold market indicators. Market trends persist over time and stem from changes in risk [...]Read More >