Why this has been a GOOD week

ECONOMY & MARKETS | January 23, 2016

Why This Has Been A Good Week By Teresa vd Barselaar, Editorial Director, Dent Research Chris is enjoying some R&R so I have the honor of talking to you today. It's been an interesting week in the markets. Oil dropped below $27 early in the week and stayed below that level for days before staging a big turnaround on Thursday and Friday. Last October, Harry said we'd see oil sink below $30 a barrel before the end of January 2016. He was spot on. He believes we'll see oil prices at $10 a barrel around 2017. Stocks are all over the road, with the Dow down over 550 points at one stage on Wednesday. For Boom & Bust subscribers, this has been nothing to worry about. As Adam told readers in their Monday morning 5-Day Forecast: "We're in sync with bearish market trends!" All told, we have: Long bond positions that are making money. Short stock positions that are making money. Currency positions that are making money. And spread/pair trades that are making money. Talk about putting our "money where our mouth is," so to speak. Treasury Profits Accelerator readers aren't too worried about the craziness in the markets right now either. Despite a 9% drop in the S&P 500 since January 1, Lance's current open position is up 44%. And Adam put on two new recommendations in Cycle 9 Alert on Wednesday. One of them is already up 8%. Finally, we've opened up sign-ups for the online exclusive with our resident Forensic Accountant, John, on Thursday. He intends to break the industry-wide silence about how companies manipulate their earnings reports to fool investors into believing things are rosier than they are. And he'll show you the easiest way you can uncover these shenanigans and profit from them. But you must sign up to be able to watch this online exclusive, so do that now. And if you have any questions for John, send them to feedback@dentresearch.com. Now, let's recap what else we discussed at Dent Research this week… On Monday, January 18, Harry sent out his first 2016 Leading Edge issue, showing how history repeats itself over and over… and over. This makes it that much easier to know what's coming, and I tell you, it's nightmare material. I'm talking a Great Depression-style reset, which makes it even more important that you keep reading all the information we send your way. It could mean the difference between survival (maybe even success) and the poor house. And in the afternoon, Charles, our Dent 401k Advisor Editor, reminded readers in the Market Insights section of Economy & Markets to remember the earnings in the price/earnings ratio. As he said: "The price/earnings (P/E) ratio is the most common measure of market value. When stock prices are high relative to their profits, stocks are expensive. When stock prices are low relative to their earnings, stocks are cheap. Today, the S&P 500 trades at about 16 times the consensus estimate of 2016 earnings, which puts it more or less in "average" territory – neither cheap, nor expensive… [yet] earnings estimates are dropping like a rock." He went on to explain, so if you missed this on Monday, catch up here. On Tuesday, January 19, Rodney answered a question for his Triple Play Strategy subscribers that we get from our other readers as well. That is: how can we forecast a market drop and yet be invested in our various services? Said another way, we often hear: "How can you give advice that is entirely conflicting with each other?" Rodney's answer (speaking for us all)? We recognize the conflict between what our investment programs highlight as the top stocks to own and Harry's macro forecasts. But it's important to remember that they come at the market from different points. Harry is forecasting what will happen in the future, typically over the medium and long-term. The investment approach we use for our different investment advisories is based on shorter-term analysis. We'll admit, it does seem a fine line to tread, but Adam's note to 5-Day Forecast readers on Monday just bears out the point. Later in the day Harry talked about how corporate earnings and debt both look horrible, which is a very bad sign. Sales have been down for S&P 500 companies for the last three quarters. They'll almost certainly be down for the fourth quarter now that retail sales for December fell 0.1%. If you missed that, read it here. On Wednesday, January 20, Rodney sent Boom & Bust subscribers their January Insight video, explaining what this poor earnings season will mean for your investments. While I can't share that video with you here, as it wouldn't be fair to the people who pay a subscription, I can remind you to sign up to John's Earnings Exposed online exclusive. John sent you a 6-step checklist so you can navigate earnings season. Well, that's all for now. Chris will be back with you next week. Enjoy your weekend. Teresa P.S. Exciting news! We've been nominated for Best Buy-Side Analysis Contributor and Best New Contributor (on the FXStreet website) in FXStreet's Forex Best Awards 2016. The nominees were selected based on quality criteria and the winners of each category will be chosen through popular vote and through the vote of a professional jury. Voting opened on Thursday, January 21, and closes on January 29, so please vote for us!

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