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The stock market faces intense selling pressure due to ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic headwinds. However, the number of S&P 500 companies beating earnings expectations exceeds the five-year average. Mega-cap companies Visa (V), Meta Platforms (FB), and Microsoft (MSFT) reported quarterly results last week, handily beating Street estimates. Let’s discuss.

Stocks trading in single digits are often overlooked. This is a mistake, as investors often miss out in getting involved in high-quality stocks with solid growth trajectories. We believe Gran Tierra (GTE) and GEE Group (JOB) are two of these stocks and deserve your attention now.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ), unlike any of its peers, has become a huge player in the country’s stock market. What began as a monetary policy experiment has turned into what some economists describe as a caveat for policymakers about the extent of intervention a central bank may take in…

The fears of a global economic slowdown, coupled with the Fed’s monetary policy tightening to combat inflation and intensifying geopolitical tensions, are expected to keep the stock market under tremendous pressure in the near term. Given the market turbulence, we think the shares of Rio Tinto (RIO), Westlake Chemical Partners…

Both the S&P 500 (SPY) and NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) are at key technical support levels. Things would have been worse if not for the positive contribution made by Microsoft (MSFT)…In today’s commentary we’ll discuss what this means for the current market environment and what we can expect next. Read more…

Bulls and bears have been squabbling over the direction of the stock market (SPY) since the start of the year. Right now the bears are winning. But the bulls have not lost hope because the economy seems to be in fine shape. That may all change Thursday morning, April 28th…

Since high inflation is expected to continue longer than expected, the Fed plans to raise interest rates aggressively this year to curb inflationary pressures. Given the possibility of these interest rate hikes dragging the stock market down further, we think it could be wise to avoid fundamentally weak and overvalued…

To showcase the securities lending volatility indicator (SLVI) as a stock market gauge, we show how changes in the SLVI forecasted a -7.21% decline in Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) over 11 trading days in the early weeks of April 2022.

Inflationary pressure, worsening supply chain disruptions, and the prospect of aggressive interest rate hikes later this year have been contributing to a turbulent stock market. Because these factors are unlikely to change anytime soon, we believe investors seeking long-term gain should consider investing in quality value ETFs Vanguard Value (VTV),…