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Conclusion, Investment Implications, Strategy Our research suggests that those who overweighted large cap stocks on January 9th per our recommendation on that date, versus small or mid cap stocks, should consider locking in the 8% of relative outperformance accrued since then as this recent trend of relative performance may be coming to an end. We >>>
In addition to our top-down, macro analysis of the US financial landscape, we also provide subscribers with specific trading ideas in individual stocks and ETFs that include entry price, target price, stop loss level, and corresponding risk/reward parameters. The following tables display and break down our 26 most recent closed out trading ideas, through 02-27-2017, >>>
John Kosar: The Upcoming Market Surprise No One Is Expecting Jim welcomes back John Kosar CMT, Chief Investment Strategist at Asbury Research LLC. In his latest interview by Financial Sense, John discusses Asbury Research’s 2017 macro outlook for the US financial landscape, as well as specific areas of the economy including: the US stock market, market sectors, >>>
CBRE Group (CBG) traded as high as 36.09 last week, on Tuesday February 21st, to get within $0.41 or 1% of our $36.50 per share target first mentioned in our January 26th Asbury Alert entitled CBRE Group, Inc. (CBG) Resuming Its November Advance, before stalling into Friday’s session. Considering current market conditions, we are closing >>>
John Kosar, CMT, our Chief Market Strategist, will be doing some traveling over the next few months to speak at various investor conferences around the country. Click the highlighted link above to view the current calendar of these events.
The iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD) has traded as high as 57.32 this morning, meeting our 57.00 upside target first mentioned in our January 24th Keys To This Week report, to capture a $1.77 per share, 3.2% advance in about 3 weeks. Here is the chart from our January 24th report. Here is >>>
The SPDR Consumer Staples Sector ETF (XLP) has traded as high as 55.07 this morning, meeting our 55.00 upside target first mentioned in our February 6th Keys To This Week report, to capture a $2.00 per share, 4% advance in about 2 weeks. Here is the chart from our February 6th report. Here is the >>>
Kla-Tencor Corp (KLAC) has traded as high as 90.32 this morning, meeting our 89.00 upside target first mentioned in our January 23rd report entitled KLA-Tencor Corporation (KLAC) Resuming Its 2016 Advance, to capture a $7.25 per share, 9% advance in about 3 weeks. Here is the chart from our January 23rd report. Here is the updated >>>
Analog Devices (ADI) has traded as high as 81.50 this morning, meeting our 80.50 upside target first mentioned in our January 27th report entitled Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) Resuming Its July 2016 Advance (access requires subscription), to capture a $5.00 per share, 7% advance in a little less than 3 weeks. Here is the chart from >>>
Asbury Research provides subscribers with a top-down, macro analysis of the US financial landscape that includes the major US stock indexes, market sectors and industry groups, US interest rates, economically-influential commodities like gold, crude oil and copper, and the US Dollar. In addition,
The included table displays and dissects our 20 most recent closed out trading ideas along with some performance-related information.
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Facebook, Inc. (FB) traded as high as 131.57 thus far today, meeting our 131.00 upside target first mentioned in our January 6th report entitled PFE, FB Poised To Move Higher (access requires subscription), to capture a $7.58 per share, 6.1% advance in a little less than 3 weeks.
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Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) traded as high as $91.98 per share this morning, essentially meeting our $92.00 per share upside target first mentioned in our August 19th 2016 report entitled Emerging Trend Change in Skyworks Solutions Inc. (SWKS), to capture a $19.69 per share, 27.2% advance in just a little over than 5 months.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) essentially met our 20,400 upside target on January 6th, which was first mentioned in our May 23rd 2016 Keys To This Week report, to capture a 2,218 point, 13% rise in just about 8 months.
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The London FTSE 100 met our 7300 upside target on January 11th, which was first mentioned in our July 5th 2016 Keys To This Week report (access requires subscription), to capture a 755 point, 12% gain in about 6 months.
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In addition to our role as a top-down financial market strategist with a US focus and a global scope, we have always produced some specific trade ideas in individual assets. However, we started doing much more of this in 2016 because, with the S&P 500 only gaining 1.4% in 2015, we wanted to add more value for subscribers. And our clients have loved it, so we have made it a permanent addition to our research services.
You can view a list of our 2016 trade ideas by clicking the linked title above.
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The Russell 2000 (RUT) effectively met our 1400 upside target today, which was first mentioned in our July 13th 2016 report entitled Another Reason To Be Intermediate Term Bullish, by trading as high as 1395 intraday to capture a 194 point, 16% gain in about 5 months.
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In addition to our main role as a top-down financial market strategist with a US focus and a global scope, we have always produced some specific trade ideas in individual assets. However, we started doing much more of this in 2016 because, with the S&P 500 only gaining 1.4% in 2015, we wanted to add more value for subscribers.
Click the highlighted title above to view our year-to-date list of trading ideas that met their price targets.
The SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) met our $57.50 upside target today, which was first mentioned in our October 24th Keys To This Week report, to capture a $6.31, 12% gain in about 5 weeks.
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The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) met our $24.00 today (September 30th), first mentioned in our October 31st Keys To This Week report, to capture a $4.26, 22% gain in about 5 weeks.
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On Friday December 2nd, 2016, Asbury Research’s Chief Investment Strategist John Kosar, CMT, presented a webinar entitled: Turning December Opportunities Into 2017 Profits
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On Friday December 2nd, 2016, Asbury Research’s Chief Investment Strategist John Kosar, CMT, will be presenting a free webinar entitled: Turning December Opportunities Into 2017 Profits The webinar will be approximately 30 minutes in length and will discuss Asbury Research’s US stock market outlook through Q2 2017, including: our expectations for an upcoming correction, and >>>
On Friday December 2nd, 2016, Asbury Research’s Chief Investment Strategist John Kosar, CMT, will be presenting a free webinar entitled: Turning December Opportunities Into 2017 Profits.
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Click the video play button below for a 4 minute video overview of our Weekly Wrap-Up report. The Weekly Wrap-Up, produced on Fridays, and lets Asbury Research subscribers know what to expect from US market direction in the upcoming week.
The Global X Copper Miners ETF (COPX), providing investors access to a broad range of copper mining companies which we first mentioned in the November 1st Keys To This Week, met our $21.00 per share target today to capture a capture a $3.50, 20% rise in less than 2 weeks. Here is the chart from >>>
For the past year we have been displaying and discussing the importance of ETF asset flows as one of the only metrics we know of that often actually leads price direction. Since these flows, as they pertain to the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), have recently been a textbook example of this, we >>>
The yield of the benchmark 10-Year Treasury Note met our 1.94% to 1.98% initial upside target today, first mentioned in our October 13th report, entitled Long Term US Rates At Major Inflection Point (access requires subscription), to capture a 23 basis point rise in a little less than a month.
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In John’s previous Financial Sense interview on August 18th, he warned investors not to chase the new highs that were being made in the S&P 500 because he felt that near term downside risk exceeded upside potential. Unknown at the time was that the S&P 500 had actually peaked 3 days earlier, on August 15th, and then proceeded to decline by 110 points or 5% into Friday’s (November 5th) 2,084 low.
In his latest interview, John discusses Asbury Research’s outlook for the US stock market, US interest rates, the Dollar, and commodity prices through the end of this year and into early 2017. He also discusses specific areas of the investment universe where he sees the most risk and the greatest opportunity.
Click the video play button below for a 3 minute video overview of this week’s Keys To this Week report for the US stock market, which was distributed to Asbury Research subscribers earlier this morning. Keys To This Week displays and discusses 10 key market factors that are most likely to influence the direction >>>
The SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD, which tracks gold prices) met our $122.75 downside target this morning, initially discussed in the August 23rd Keys To This Week report (access requires subscription), to capture a $5.01, 4% decline in about 6 weeks. Here is the chart from our August 23rd report. Here is the updated chart >>>
In this week’s Research Excerpt we feature a 2 minute video overview of this week’s Keys To this Week report for the US stock market, which was distributed to Asbury Research subscribers earlier this morning. Click the linked title above to access the video.
Construction and mining equipment manufacturer Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) met our $88.00 target today (September 30th), which equates to an $8.20 per share, 10.3%% gain since we initially discussed it as a long idea in our Intermediate Term Outlook: Global Asset Prices on July 12th.
The past week’s stability / strength in the S&P 500 (SPX) is a direct result of its test of a band of underlying support at 2121 to 2104, which we have been pointing out in various reports for the past several weeks as the first formidable level below the market. This support, which is easy to spot on the charts, has apparently attracted the “buy the dip” crowd. Internally, however, the market still looks vulnerable over the near term.
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We occasionally publish excerpts from our premium research in an effort to stay on the radar of those who have expressed interest in Asbury Research. Back on May 31st we published a research excerpt entitled Watch Semiconductors For Leadership This Summer. Now that summer’s over, this is a good time to revisit that report. In >>>
The following is one of 24 charts from our September 2016 Global Seasonal Analysis report. Global Seasonal Analysis, one of 9 different reports that we produce for subscribers, is a monthly report that displays and analyzes annual, quarterly and monthly seasonal trends for 17 global asset prices including equities, benchmark interest rates, foreign exchange, and >>>
The table and chart include updated performance data through June 2016 for our Correction Protection Model (CPM). CPM is a defensive, quantitatively-driven model that protects investors against market declines without sacrificing long term performance under a variety of market conditions while greatly reducing volatility of returns.
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Click the link below to listen to John’s Kosar’s Thursday August 18th interview with Jim Puplava of the popular Financial Sense website. John Kosar: Market Way Too Complacent – Don’t Chase New Highs [jwplayer mediaid=”39300″] Jim welcomes back John Kosar CMT, Chief Investment Strategist at Asbury Research LLC. John is currently looking for a market >>>