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NDR: Nontraditional Metrics Show Stocks Not Cheap

The 20% rally off the October lows has pushed already elevated traditional valuation metrics even higher. The S&P 500 Index is trading at 22.8 times trailing operating earnings, the highest since...

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NDR: Unlocking Investor Psychology: A Closer Look at NDR's DAVIS265

NDR’s S&P 500 vs. Daily Trading Sentiment Composite that we know as ‘DAVIS265’

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NDR: U.S. Stock Performance before and after the first Fed rate cut

We picked up an interesting factoid from our strategists this morning - U.S. stocks have never rallied more than 11% in the three months leading up to the first FED rate cut. But after the rate cut,...

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NDR: Improved Market Breadth a bullish indicator for equities?

This NDR chart, % Of Stocks Above MAs (5 to 252), that we refer to as DAVIS 275, plots the percentage of stocks, for five equity indexes, trading above their moving averages ranging from five to 252...

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NDR: There's still some room for the bulls...

At NDR we take a 360° degree look at factors impacting stocks. Our founder Ned Davis currently rates the tape and momentum as positive. Monetary and macro seem hopeful, given Fed tightening looks...

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NDR: Slow Services Growth

Global services activity continued to grow at a snail’s pace in November, as the PMI crept up 0.2 points to 50.6, well below an average of 55 in Q2 of this year and the long-term average of 53.6....

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NDR: What happened to the delinquency rate?

The consumer delinquency rate jumped 16 basis points, the most since Q2 2009, to 2.53% -- the highest since Q1 2013. It was the eighth straight quarterly rise. Clearly some consumers are struggling...

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NDR: Earnings-driven strength supports soft landing scenario

Since last month’s yield downturn several of NDR’s daily sentiment gauges have reversed higher from pessimistic extremes. Suggesting bond investors have regained confidence that yields will remain...

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NDR: Bad Octobers usually followed by strength in S&P 500

Was the October weakness a warning that favorable Nov-Dec seasonal tendencies won’t hold up this year? Tim Hayes, NDR’s Chief Investment Strategist, studied October declines of -2% or more in the S&P...

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NDR: The Bull Market Debate

Despite some indicator deterioration featured in recent weeks, NDR remains overweight stocks. To give clients a look at the potential other side of the debate, Ned Davis highlights that this has been...