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How can I move into another field with Multifamily Research Analyst experience?
I have been at my current position for nearly 3.5 years. Its somewhat of an entry-level position (titled Real Estate Analyst) at a small consulting firm that produces rental market studies for primarily LIHTC (low-income) housing properties. I'm vastly underpaid for the amount of work I do and we...
How to create a market regime indicator
Hello I want to ask whether anyone could lead me in an in-depth way on how to create a market regime indicator. Let me explain by what I mean: 1) Most investment banks have their views say on whether you should overweight US, EU, Equity, Fixed Income etc.. I practically want to do the same with a...
Stock & Bond Market Analyses (1/25 - 1/29)
Stock Market Analysis It was a good week for stock holders. Larger stocks, like those of the S&P 500, gained nearly 1.8%. Smaller stocks, such as those of the Russell 2000, also advanced and were up almost 1.5%. Some of the best plays on the week happened in Utility and Energy sectors. Both were up...
Stock & Bond Market Analyses (1/4 - 1/8)
Stock Market Analysis It has been said that as the first five days of trading go January will follow and as January goes so will the stock trading for the rest of the year. Historically this has often been true, especially when the first trading week moves by 2% or more. With the Dow Jones...
Stock & Bond Market Analyses (10/30 - 11/4)
Stock Market Analysis The S&P 500 and Dow ended the week in the black, even with large declines on Wednesday and Thursday. The S&P 500 gained 0.12% while the Dow advanced 0.36%. Unfortunately, smaller issues were unable to bounce back and ended the week down. The Russell 2000 by Friday’s close was...
Market Commentary by: James Investment Research (11/16 - 11/20)
Stock Market Analysis How do you like me now?! The country song was number one for five weeks and we’d all like to see another 4 weeks like this last one. In spite of the terrorist attacks in Paris and Mali, the Dow rose 3.48 percent and the Russell 2000 rose 2.52 percent. We had twice as many...
Nov 17, 2016 - What happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis Stocks completed a rough week but the downdraft did not seem to bother business analysts or investors. Moody’s reported, “The third quarter is looking better for U.S. GDP, but at the potential expense of growth in the final three months of the year. New data on retail sales...
Nov 3, 2015 - Recent Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis As our short term indicators had been suggesting some potential weakness, the Dow fell four out of five days last week. However, Wednesday’s advance was enough to allow the Dow to squeak out a 0.1% gain for the week. Smaller stocks weren’t so fortunate as the Russell 2000...
Stock and Bond Market Update (10/19-10/23)
Stock Market Analysis While stocks rose last week, bond prices did not. Treasury yields rose between 3 and 7 basis points across the yield curve. After the week’s moves, we find year-to-date gains of only 0.2% in long term Treasuries. Intermediate term treasuries have the best returns, but they...
Stock & Bond Market Analyses (9/12 - 9/16)
Stock Market Analysis Stocks moved higher last week. Thanks to a strong Thursday, the week ended after some initial uncertainty with 1753 issues higher and 1477 lower. The Dow gained 0.77 percent while the small cap Russell 2000 slipped 0.24%
9/28 - 10/02 Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis The Dow rose almost 1% last week while smaller stocks fell. Only 26 NYSE stocks touched new highs against 795 new lows and we saw 1444 stocks advance while 1805 declined. Rapid action was pretty much confined to Friday, when the market initially started down on the bad...
Market Commentary by: James Investment Research (9/21 - 9/25)
Stock Market Analysis Stocks fell last week with the Dow slipping 0.4% while the small cap Russell 2000 slumped 3.5%. Twice as many stocks fell as rose and we saw nine times as many stocks hit new lows as new highs. Healthcare and Basic Material stocks were the hardest hit while defensive issues...
Sept 22, 2015 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis The stock market continued its zig-zag pattern. For the past 10 weeks the stock market has alternated between a week of advances followed by a week of declines. This week was no different as the S&P 500 fell 0.1%. Hidden within this has been the better performance of small...
Stock & Bond Market Update (9/7-9/11)
Stock Market Analysis Better... Stocks may be down over 6% on the Dow year-to-date, however on a total return basis they rose 2.13% last week. Tech, health care and consumer stocks led the way as gaining stocks outstripped losers; in spite of this, five stocks set new lows for each new high. But the...
What happened in the stock/bond markets last week (8/17-8/21)?
Stock Market Analysis Last week the Dow was down a surprising 5.8% with its worst weekly loss this year. The S&P 500 stock index lost a similar amount but small cap stocks lost a little less. Selling grew as the week went on and Friday’s 531 point loss on heavy volume was a headline shocker. We...
8/10 - 8/14 Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis Last week we said, “Ron Paul, Stansberry and others have come out with reasons why we are getting ready for a crisis that will wipe out a lot of wealth. In our 40 years in business, we find these proclamations are usually better times to buy than to sell. Fear gives the...
Stock & Bond Market Analyses (8/3 - 8/7)
Stock Market Analysis Once again it appears our market was taking cues from Greece. Their market opened again to a torrent of selling, losing over 15% for the week. This seemed to spill over to the Dow, which fell 1.65% and to smaller stocks, with the Russell 2000 losing 2.54%. About twice as many...
Stock & Bond Market Update (2/22-2/26)
Stock Market Analysis It was a profitable week for stock investors. The large cap stocks of the S&P 500 gained 1.6% while smaller cap issues, such as those of the Russell 2000, returned 2.7%. Furthermore, advancing securities outpaced decliners by better than a 3-to-2 margin. Overall the advance was...
Feb 22, 2016 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week
Stock Market Analysis Last week stocks experienced a fine rally, with upward strength especially evident on Friday. For the week, nearly 3,600 stocks rose while fewer than 600 declined, with heavier volume on days with advances. Very bullish. The latest pullback had seen nearly a 15% decline in the...
5/4 - 5/8 Market Commentary by James Investment Research
Stock Market Analysis It was a profitable week on Wall Street with large stocks such as those in the S&P 500 gaining 0.4% and smaller issues such as the Russell 2000 advancing nearly 0.6% on a total return basis. The best performers were generally found in the Healthcare and Financial sectors while...
Stock & Bond Market Update (4/13-4/17)
Stock Market Analysis Following a positive prior week, stocks had a “sinking spell” last week when the Dow declined 1.8%. This brings its year to date return to a miniscule 0.02%. The broader S&P 500 Index has done only slightly better gaining slightly less than 1.1%. There is some evidence...
Stock & Bond Market Analyses (10/5 - 10/9)
Stock Market Analysis How about that? In spite of many astronomical events, the Dow rose every day last week! It rose 3.7% while the small cap Russell 2000 jumped 4.6%. Advancing stocks swamped declining stocks and we had twice as many stocks set new highs as new lows. It’s good to see small caps...
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