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The Market’s Biggest Buyer Is Stepping Back

By Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts | Oct 26, 2026 | Daily Market Commentary
S&P 500 companies have been the marginal buyer of US stocks for a decade. Stock buybacks reached a record $1.020 trillion in the twelve months through September 2025, accounting for roughly 60% of all cash returned to shareholders. That tailwind has had a big impact on returns. If we decompose the S&P 500 return from June 2021 to June 2026, we find earnings per share grew 13.2% annually while...
Portfolio Trade Alert – October 23, 2026

Portfolio Trade Alert – October 23, 2026

By Lance Roberts | Oct 23, 2026 | PRO TRADING
Equity and ETF Models This morning, we removed energy stocks from the Equity and ETF models. Higher energy prices are leaving the sector very overbought. Historically, when oil prices, and subsequently energy stocks, are this overbought and extended, an event occurs that causes a reversion. As such, if we see rapidly falling oil prices due to any reason, a return...
Friday Favorites: Snowflake (SNOW)

Friday Favorites: Snowflake (SNOW)

By Michael Lebowitz | Dec 20, 2024 | PRO BLOG
Snow is a data storage platform that allows its clients access to data and analysis of their data from the cloud. SNOW shares have been up about 50% over the last few weeks on strong sales and an optimistic outlook, as reflected in its most recent earnings report. However, despite the robust performance, it is still slightly lower for the year and well below its peak in late 2021.  
Stock-Bond Correlation: Oil Broke The Hedge. Oil Will Fix It.

Stock-Bond Correlation: Oil Broke The Hedge. Oil Will Fix It.

By Lance Roberts | Oct 24, 2026 | PRO NEWSLETTER
The stock-bond correlation broke twice in four years for the same reason, and both times the cause was inflation from the supply side. When that kind of inflation fades, the hedge comes back, and last week was the first look at it.