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David Templeton, Portfolio Manager Principal, is a senior strategist and advisor at HORAN Capital Advisors. David has extensive experience in portfolio construction, security selection,development of investment policies and portfolio allocation strategies for individual and institutional clients. ...more

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Shocks And Market Impact
With tensions in the Middle East, and specifically Iran, elevated again, the market will undoubtedly react to events over the course of the next few days, weeks and months.
Dow Dogs 2019 Return Unable To Keep Pace With Broader Market
For all of 2019, the Dogs of the Dow returned 19.7% versus 25% and 31% return for the DJIA Index and SP500 Index, respectively.
A Steeper Yield Curve Should Benefit Financial Stocks
In 2018 the Federal Reserve pursued an interest rate policy the led to the yield curve (10y/2y) inverting. This year the Federal Reserve Bank has reduced the Fed Funds rate three times in response to a slowing economy that developed in 2018.
Sentiment Tends To Provide Insight Into Future Market Returns
In investing no one metric tends to provide 100% certainty into the future direction of the market or individual stock or bond for that matter.
Buybacks Resume Growth In The Third Quarter
Buybacks for companies in the S&P 500 Index turned higher in the third quarter to $175.89 billion after declining from a peak of $222.98 billion in Q4 2018.
Individual Investor Sentiment Swings To Bullishness
Today's AAII release of the Sentiment Survey reported a 6.5 percentage point jump in individual investor bullishness.
Just Not Enough Workers
The October Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) released today reported a 235,000 increase in job openings to 7.3 million.
Dividend Income Strategies Lagging In Strong Up Market
With interest rates declining most of this year, one might think this would be a significant tailwind for income yielding equities, yet they have lagged the performance of non-yielding equities.
Small Business Carrying Its Weight
According to the November release of the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index, small businesses have a favorable view on economic growth. The index rose 2.3 points in November to 104.7, the largest monthly increase since May 2018.
Investor Cash Balances Elevated Or Maybe Not So Much
The recent exodus from equities and move into cash could be a tailwind for equities. But a portion is likely to remain in areas viewed as safe havens, creating a good setup for the equity market to climb the proverbial 'Wall of Worry.'
Gold Losing Its Luster
There are recent diverging trends in the price of Gold and Copper. This divergence began to develop in September with Gold prices declining while Copper prices have been on the rise.
Conflicting Reports On Manufacturing PMI's
One potential consequence of an economy that is growing at a slow pace is the higher likelihood that reported economic data has a tendency to conflict with some of the other economic reports.
Investing At All-Time Highs In The Equity Market
One difficulty for investors in the U.S. market at the moment is the fact it seems to be hitting new highs on what seems like a daily basis.
Business Cycle Data And Investor Sentiment Supportive Of Higher Equity Prices
One factor impacting investor sentiment at the moment may be the fact the equity market has generated strong returns to date in 2019. The impact on individual investor sentiment has been one of caution.
The Business Segment Of The Economy Is Improving Too
Yesterday's jobless claims of 213,000 beat the consensus of 218,000 and beat the low end of the range of expectations which equaled 215,000.
Accelerating New Home Sales
With a housing market that looks pretty favorable and a financially strong consumer, the consumer and housing parts of the economy appear not to be a concern at this point in time.
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