Last week's stock market correction meant a 464-point plunge in the Dow Jones. We saw a continued sell-off in energy stocks and a slump in commodity prices, specifically oil.
One of the main drivers of commodity demand is PMI, or purchasing managers' index.
Here’s what the PMI shows about commodity prices moving forward, and what it means for investors…
After last week's gyrations, the Standard and Poor's 500 Index is down 5.5% from its September highs - more than halfway to a stock market correction of about 10%.
But Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald -- a seasoned market analyst with 33 years of experience - refuses to go along with the gloom-and-doom crowd that's now predicting a stock market crash of 20% to 30%.
In fact, not even a 10% stock market correction bothers him.
To find out why Fitz-Gerald would relish a stock market correction, watch this video.
The bears are out in full force trumpeting the news that there's a tech bubble, and the steep decline has started.
As of today's opening, the Nasdaq Composite has dropped 7.3% in just over three weeks. That drop followed an incredible run where the index climbed 28% from September 2013 through September 2014.
But according to Money Morning experts, this is unequivocally not a tech bubble.
In fact, bailing out now is one of the worst moves an investor could make…
Stock market crash talk often picks up in October – the month has a reputation of having the worst performance of the year.
October has an ominous reputation on Wall Street for delivering a stock market crash for good reason; six of the top 11 worst market declines have happened during the month.
Here’s an overview of notable October market declines – and a glimpse of what to expect this year…
Hedge fund filings for the second quarter show a spike in defensive positions, which many have interpreted as a sign that professional investors like George Soros are preparing for a stock market crash.
And yet these hedge fund managers don't seem to be bailing on stocks altogether. Some even increased their long positions.
But if you dig a little deeper it becomes clear exactly what Soros and his fellow hedge fund managers are up to - and it makes perfect sense.
Here's why you should follow their lead on this...
More than three years have passed without a stock market correction, and this has investors, traders, analysts, and economists wondering when one will occur.
Even with interest rates sitting at rock-bottom levels and earning next to nothing for savers, right now, sitting on cash isn't a terrible thing.
Instead of getting the healthy correction that many market watchers have been expecting for months, several hard-to-see cracks in the market infrastructure could instead give us a full-blown stock market crash.
Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani is not surprised, as he has been predicting a 20% stock market correction for weeks. The reason, he said, is that the stocks have raced too far ahead of the economy.
But Gilani, a former hedge fund manager, sees several major problems with the mechanics of the markets themselves.
Any one of these could turn a correction into a painful stock market crash...
Speculators can't make heads or tails of the stock market in 2014. Some say this bull has grown long in the tooth.
We disagree.
"We've got a lot higher to go," Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani said yesterday (Tuesday) on FOX Business' "Varney & Co."
First, let's take a look at the signs that have naysayers predicting this bull will run amok...
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The bull market that started on March 9, 2009 is now five years old. And because few bull markets run longer than five years, the possibility a correction is just around the corner grows larger every day. Now there's nothing wrong with being concerned, but investors must keep one thing in mind
When the markets are down like they have been in 2014, it's smart to know how to protect your money from a stock market crash.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has dipped 2.8% in 2014 and the S&P 500 is down 0.7%. Some experts see the current market sell-off continuing through the month of February.
While other investors worry about the markets tumbling further, you can start protecting yourself from a potential stock market crash.
Here are three strategies to prepare today.
For months, Wall Street insiders have passed this chart around amongst themselves and nervously discussed whether it foretells a major stock market sell-off.
The chart compares the path of the current Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past year and a half to the Dow's moves over the 1928-1929 period.
While the Dow is trading at a much higher level now than in the 1928-1929 period, the pattern is eerily similar to the path that led to the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history, right up to the recent stock market sell-off and recovery.
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This week's bearish numbers have some investors claiming a stock market correction has begun.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 0.52%, or 85 points, this week through market close on Wednesday and is on track for more significant losses today (Thursday) - around 225 points (1.18%) so far.
But Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson points to one big reason that's making him optimistic this is not correction territory. Watch this interview from his appearance today on FOX Business' "Varney & Co." to find out this bullish signal:
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