Topic: Sy Harding

In a Seeking Alpha article last month, Sy Harding made a good point about the lack of downside protection offered by defensive stocks:. . . The...
In his Seeking Alpha article on Sunday ("Don't fall for the 'Defensive Portfolio' hype"), Sy Harding made a good point about the lack of downside...
SHOULD YOU TRY TO GET A head start on those who play the age-old seasonal game of loading up on stocks by the close of Oct. 31 and selling before the close on April 30? In each of those countries, average stock ...
Sales remain deeply depressed with 11.6 months of inventory available for purchase and an estimated 1.1 million excess units actively in the market...
Sales remain deeply depressed with 11.6 months of inventory available for purchase and an estimated 1.1 million excess units actively in the market after an uptick in August sales of 7.6 percent. The median price fell 1.9% in ...
Being Street Smart Sy Harding Thinking Cycles Not Endless Trends! September 10, 2010. The favorite forecasting tool of economists and investors is to extend whatever are the current conditions and recent trends in a straight line into the future. I was reminded ...
BEING STREET SMART by Sy Harding A Few Reasons to Doubt the Rally! September 9, 2010. After being down for three straight weeks, the market was up for four straight days last week, was down 107 points on Tuesday of this week ...
Being Street Smart Sy Harding Weighing In On the Week's Economic Reports! September 3, 2010. The stock market this week is saying I was wrong in warning in last week's column that we might already be back in recession in ...
Being Street Smart Sy Harding Economic Uncertainties No Longer! August 10, 2010. Fed Chairman Bernanke can move on from his warning of a couple of months ago that there are "unusual uncertainties" in the economy. There may still be uncertainties in the ...

A Short-Term Bullish Argument

IT IS NO SECRET THAT I AM generally bearish on the stock market in the coming months. However, there is precedent for a bit more strength in August based on seasonal market cycles. Over the past 25 years, the month of August ...