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Wall Street margin debt surges to record high Wall Street’s S&P 500 index reached a new record high on Thursday on the back of the decision by the Fed the previous day that its continuous boosting of financial markets, through the injection of more than $1.4 trillion a year in asset purchases, would continue for a “long time.” Trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange [Credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew] The commitment came despite indications of increased US economic growth and rising inflation which, in times past, would have set the stage for a tightening of monetary policy. But ...

Expect a Market Correction, Sam Stovall Warns A bunch of indicators like high sector P/Es and king-sized margin debt suggest one is on the way, stock savant says. Are we overdue for a market correction? Sam Stovall thinks so. After the past few days’ slide (the S&P 500 did blip up Tuesday by 0.13%), CFRA Research’s chief investment strategist sees several signs that a 10% or so downdraft could be coming in the near future. These indications, ranging from fundamental measures such as high margin debt to technical metrics like 200-day moving averages, prompted Stovall to write in his recent...

In last week’s Reducing Risk post we discussed why we reduced risk in anticipation of a pullback in the markets. However, there are some warning signs which beg the question “is a larger correction coming?" Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. A Tough Start What started out as a promising January, didn’t end up that way as markets dipped into the red for the year. More importantly, February tends to be a weak month which suggests the selling may not be over just yet. Such is particularly the case, as we will discuss momentarily,...