Entries by Tom Essaye

Why It’s Time to Buy Insurance—Right Now! March 1, 2017

This is an excerpt from today’s Sevens Report. To get your free 2-week trial, sign up now! The Practical Takeaway from Low Volatility One of the bigger conundrums right now is that volatility in the stock market is plumbing multi-year lows despite the presence of multiple major and binary events that will resolve themselves positively or negatively […]

The Political Outlook for Stimulus is Darkening, February 28, 2017

This is an excerpt from today’s Sevens Report. The Sevens Report is the daily market cheat sheet our subscribers use to keep up on markets, seize opportunities, avoid risks and get more assets. Sign up for a free 2 week trial. It’s obviously impossible to say “when” this will matter to stocks, but I want to […]

Real Economics vs. Trump’s Washington Buzz

As has been the case since the election, the political noise in the market is deafening. But cutting through that noise, the reality is this: The gap between market expectations from Washington and the current reality has grown significantly in the month since Trump’s inauguration, and it is not an understatement to say that political […]

“Is the Stock Market Too Expensive?” February 23, 2017

“Is the Stock Market Too Expensive?”  That’s a question I’m getting asked a lot lately by subscribers and colleagues. With stocks at record highs, there is a lot of worry that the market is unsustainably expensive. But, that’s simply not the case. Yesterday, in the full edition of The Sevens Report, we broke it down. Provided a three-part analysis of […]

Economics: This Week and Last Week. February 21, 2017

An excerpt from today’s Sevens Report. Subscribe now to get the full report in your inbox before 7am each morning. Both economic growth and inflation accelerated according to last week’s data, and while the former continues to help support stocks despite a darkening outlook from Washington, the latter also is increasing the likelihood of a […]