May 26 2026 Reflections: Time to Lighten Up Exposures?

The current economic doldrums have most investors concerned about a potential market downturn. The bottom line concern many economists and consultants have expressed lately is stagflation, the dreaded combination of flat economic growth with inflation that gets higher and higher indefinitely. We may be approaching a time where that concern becomes so widely held that … Read more

12/1/2025 ValuEngine Weekly Market Summary & Commentary

Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending November 28, 2025 Market action during Thanksgiving week delivered a broad-based rebound across U.S. equities. Nearly every ETF in our coverage list finished higher, led by strong gains in small caps (VB +3.64%), consumer discretionary (XLY +3.48%), and materials (XLB +3.33%). Large-cap growth also participated, with QQQM rising 2.31% … Read more

Pinpointing Targets in the Financial Sector

The Finance Sector is ranked as #3 among the 15 we cover for year-ahead returns by the ValuEngine forecast model.  Finance sector stocks and ETFs along with the previously profiled utilities sector are generally perceived as stodgy stocks that are most commonly bought by older investors for dividend yield.  However, that has not been true … Read more