10 Indicators to Watch for Another Spring Slide Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights In each of the past two years the stock market began a slide in the spring that lasted well into the summer months. We have identified 10 indicators to watch closely in the coming weeks that may warn [...]
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Stocks’ Sweet Sixteen Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights It has been a sweet sixteen weeks for the S&P 500. The broad stock market index has had only three down weeks out of the past sixteen, tying a record unbroken for over 20 years. As the NCAA basketball tournament gets down to [...]
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Best Bull Market Ever…Now What? Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights The three-year anniversary of the bull market took place on Friday, March 9. This has been the strongest bull market since WWII. The average return in year four of prior bull markets was 12.9%, close to our 8 – 12%* return [...]
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Arab Spring 2 Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights This year, oil prices have started off on a similar path to last year, but disturbingly are already about $10 higher than they were last year. Oil prices have climbed to just below the threshold where demand for oil has weakened in the [...]
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LPL Financial Weekly Market Commentary for April 3, 2012
by Rose Greene, CFP on April 3, 2012
The Election Impact: The Presidency Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights During the next six months, the elections will likely become an increasingly potent driver of financial markets. There has been no significant performance difference in the year after the presidential election based purely on which political party won the White House. [...]
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