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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- May 25, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #116 – 5/25/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | www.defensiveadvisor.com INSIDE: Current market rating, the economy, education, and a free offer. MARKET RATING … My rating opinion is now 6.5 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish) due to expected lower valuations (from interest rate or inflation increases). The market is still overbought, overvalued and overdue for a pull-back of some type, so stay tuned ECONOMY … Primary worries remain inflation and interest rates. I
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- May 18, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #115 – 5/18/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | www.defensiveadvisor.com INSIDE (2-minute read): Current market rating, a free offer, the economy, education, and the market. MARKET … My rating opinion is now 6.5 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish) due to expected lower valuations (see below). The market is still overbought, overvalued and overdue for a pull-back of some type, so stay tuned. ECONOMY … Primary worries remain inflation, interest rates, and capital g
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #114 – 5/11/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | www.defensiveadvisor.com INSIDE (2-minute read): Current market rating lowered, a free offer, the economy, the market, and tech stocks. MARKET … My rating opinion is now 6.5 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish) due to expected lower valuations (see below). While still bullish, being cautious, it has been lowered and is nearer neutral. The market is still overbought and overvalued in some areas, moving up in others. EC
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #113 – 5/4/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | www.defensiveadvisor.com INSIDE (2-minute read): Current market rating, a free offer, and why I purchased and sold AZO. MARKET … remains bullish, overbought and overvalued. My rating opinion remains 8.0 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). The Market will most likely continue moving sideways-up, with volatility. ECONOMY AND MARKETS … Earnings were fantastic last week, better than expected, and price increases for
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Apr 27, 2021
- 3 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #112 – 4/27/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | www.defensiveadvisor.com INSIDE THIS EDITION (a 2-3 minute read): My current market rating, Free Offer, why I purchased GOOGL, note on S&P 500 companies reporting their earnings, and Bitcoin. MARKET … The market remains bullish, but overbought and overvalued. My rating opinion remains 8.0 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). The Market will most likely continue moving sideways-up, with volatility. ECONOMY AND MARKETS
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #111 – 4/20/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | www.defensiveadvisor.com MARKET … My rating opinion remains 8.0 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). The market remains bullish, but overbought and overvalued. Mr. Market will most likely continue moving sideways-up, with volatility. ECONOMY AND MARKETS … April numbers are showing significant improvement over 1st Quarter data. The most recent data for jobs and retail sales were outstanding. Everything is going pretty
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #110 – 4/13/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | MARKET BULLISH … My rating opinion remains 8.0 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). The market remains bullish, but overbought and overvalued. You can expect Mr. Market to continue moving sideways and sideways-up, with occasional volatility. We will probably experience both bold ups (on earnings and guidance) and downs (on 10-year T-Note rate increases). IRS NEWS: In case you missed it, the IRS has moved the April 15
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Apr 6, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #109 – 4/06/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | MARKET BULLISH … My rating opinion remains 8.0 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). The market remains bullish, but overbought and overvalued. You can expect Mr. Market to continue moving sideways and sideways-up, with a lot of volatility, both bold ups (on earnings and guidance) and downs (on 10-year T-Note rate increases). IRS NEWS: In case you missed it, the IRS has pushed the April 15 tax-filing deadline to May 15
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #108 – 3/30/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | MARKET BULLISH … My rating opinion remains 8.0 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). The market remains bullish but overbought. You can expect Mr. Market to continue moving sideways and sideways-up, with a lot of volatility, both bold ups and downs. IRS NEWS: In case you missed it, the IRS has pushed the April 15 tax-filing deadline to May 15. ECONOMY and MARKETS … See my 2/28 eNewsletter for more info on inflation, in
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #107 – 3/23/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | MARKET BULLISH … My rating opinion remains 8 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). The market remains bullish, but overbought. You can expect Mr. Market to continue moving sideways and sideways-up, with a lot of volatile, bold ups and downs. IRS NEWS: If you missed it, the IRS has pushed the April 15 tax-filing deadline to May 15. ECONOMY and MARKETS … The key concern in the markets continues to be inflation, interest
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #106 – 3/16/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | MARKET BULLISH … My rating opinion is 8 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). The market remains bullish but overbought. You can expect Mr. Market to continue moving sideways and sideways-up, with a lot of volatile, bold ups and downs. ECONOMY and MARKETS … February retail sales declined, as did several other February data releases. The market declined a bit in reaction to the retail sales news. But, it seems like the
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #105 – 3/09/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | MARKET BULLISH … My opinion is 8 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). Not a lot of change this week. Continued volatility. Market moving sideways, with a lot of bold ups and downs. Despite the recent scare on 2/25, the market remains overbought, but bullish. The market is in an ongoing rotation away from old growth, and into new growth and value. ECONOMY and MARKETS … Employment growth for February was strong, even th
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Mar 2, 2021
- 3 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #104 – 3/2/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | MARKET BULLISH … Rating of 8 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). Despite the recent scare on 2/25, the market remains overbought but bullish. There is a rotation and broadening of areas attracting attention of investors, away from growth areas and into value investments. NOTE: I decided to go back to the very first issue of this newsletter – published on my personal Facebook timeline on 2/26/19 – and number them goin
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #103 – 2/23/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | MARKET BULLISH … Rating of 8 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). After I published last week’s newsletter, I decided to number them, and discovered I’m over number 100! ECONOMY and MARKETS. The market always looks ahead, and continues to focus on a better economy this summer when vaccinations are widespread and people can resume their everyday activities. The stimulus package, when passed, will give the economy some
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #102 - 2/16/21
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | February 16, 2021 MARKET BULLISH … Rating of 8 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). ECONOMY and MARKETS. Even though the bull market has run for an extended period, increases in October – January economic indicators abound - 4th Qtr. Real GDP, Dec. Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization, US Money Supply, Household savings, oil prices, bond prices, etc. – even though this was a period of caution and retrenchmen
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | February 9, 2021 MARKET BULLISH … Rating of 8 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). I’m going to 8 because these times are so unlike any other. The US Money Supply has increased so aggressively, and household savings have increased so dramatically, that it’s just amazing. Add-in the effects of several fiscal stimulus packages, and everything looks wonderful. The market is rallying so strongly, nearly every group is
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report
by Robert Holman | The Defensive Advisor | February 2, 2021 MARKET BULLISH … Rating of 7.0 (0 - 4 is bearish, 5 is neutral, 6 - 10 is bullish). I’ve gone back to 7.0 because my concern over broker-dealer financial problems has diminished. It’s likely that the whole short-selling issue is beginning to resolve itself. What a difference a day makes. The market is up 600 points as of this writing. In the last two days, the market has recovered most of the territory lost in the se
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Robert Holman - The Defensive Advisor
- Jan 28, 2021
- 3 min