“I think about myself as like an ocean liner that’s been going full speed for a long distance, and the captain pulls the throttle back all the way to ‘stop,’ but the ship doesn’t stop immediately, does it? It has its own momentum and it keeps on going, and I’m very flattered that people are still finding me useful.” — Leonard Nimoy
There are many different factors that can influence markets, but among the most powerful is momentum for the simple reason that people find comfort and safety in doing what everyone else is doing.
But there are 4 signs which indicate US Stocks may be losing momentum:
1. Retail investors capitulating and piling into U.S. stocks
2. A deceleration in earnings growth
3. A softening IPO market
4. An over-reliance on the Fed
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Edited by pdx5, 24 March 2015 - 12:21 PM.
