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At a forward P/E of 22.9x, the Russell 1000 is near a 15-year peak and has further widened an already huge premium to those of other developed markets, which have converged around 15x-16x.

Gold is at its highest levels ever in nominal dollars, bolstered by negative real interest rates, strong asset prices, and inflation expectations.

The stock market keeps rising in spite of continued rising virus cases, a more dismal view of the economy, and situations of social unrest.

The disruption caused by the economic shutdown has permanently impaired the retirement plan of many. According to the July 2020 SimplyWise Retirement Confidence Index, 62% of Americans are more concer

With state governors continuing to pause some reopening of their respective states, it is no surprise that the jobs report disappointed.

Last week saw the SPX post new recovery rally highs, closing the gap left in late February when the market gapped lower due to the initial COVID-19 outbreak.

There are striking similarities between tech stocks in 2000 and today. Tech indices display overbought technicals, while investors are overconfident.

The Growth/Tech trade is showing signs of faltering after this past week. Negative divergences across leading sectors suggest that the momentum trade is loosing steam.

2020 is certainly going to go down in history as one of the wildest, craziest, and most memorable. But one thing is for sure.

COVID stimulus stoked bubble dynamics for global risk assets, certainly including Chinese equities. This bubble has turned unstable.

These are not numbers that are consistent with a robust rebound. In fact, they don't indicate very much of one at all.

There has been a growing concern over Technology stocks as investors Party Like It's 1999. While no two periods are the same, the outcomes often are.

The latest Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for June was up 2.0% from the May final figure of 100.0.

Both copper and the Nasdaq 100 have been bigger winners from the risk-on trade. Now, both of these assets are very close to a big reversal.