by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Jun 2, 2020 | Recent Commentary
Once again, investor sentiment proved to be a good contrary indicator. At the depths of the market crash (late March), sentiment was overwhelmingly bearish. Since then, the market has had an amazing run (see main section). As people turned more positive on stocks,...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | May 13, 2020 | Monthly Updates
The stock market is not the economy (and it has never been more true). The markets are experiencing a moment of optimism after suffering the sharpest drop into a bear market in history. The magnitude of the recent price gains seems to be very optimistic...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Apr 28, 2020 | Recent Commentary
“Unprecedented” feels like an overused word these days, but it is no overstatement when it comes to the oil market. In the March mid-month commentary, we wrote that the oil supply glut could throw another gut punch to our economy on top of the coronavirus. Our worst...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Apr 14, 2020 | Monthly Updates
What did the stock market do last week as the Economic Uncertainty Index hit an all-time high? Rally more than 12% of course! Signs of a plateau in the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus both here and around the world were the primary drivers of last...
by Clearview Wealth Solutions | Apr 1, 2020 | Recent Commentary
In markets like this we look for clues in sentiment that tell us just how oversold a market may be. Sentiment indicators are contrarian indicators; that is, when they are at peak bearishness, the market is likely to rally. Currently, sentiment indicators are very...