That was not
much of a pullback, but apparently enough to get the level of anxiety among the bulls to lessen just a touch.
I should also note that
much of the pullback experienced by Strategic Growth Fund in 2012 was driven by a roughly 7 % lag in our stock holdings relative to the indices we use to hedge, despite the fact that our stock selection approach has significantly outperformed the S&P 500 since the Fund's inception (see the review of Quarterly and Annual Performance on The Funds page for detailed performance data).
Not exact matches
Much of this contraction is due to the sharp
pullback in investment in the oil patch, now expected to decline by 40 per cent over the course
of the year.
If not for the fact that I write these weekly comments to address everything - favorable and unfavorable - with my shareholders, I wouldn't consider a
pullback of 6.5 % as meriting
much discussion.
Experts say the
pullback in job growth could be blamed partly on cold weather in March and the
much stronger job growth
of 326,000 in February.
Price is testing key areas
of interest that could serve as take - profit points, spurring a
much - needed
pullback from the latest rally.
One
of the main reasons explaining a low - VIX environment is that 2017 hasn't seen any major
pullback: 3 % is as
much as the stock market has retreated in the past twelve months.
Our reader needs to also define how
much larger
of a
pullback they are anticipating as each
of these corrections was significant enough to participate.
«
Much of the country for the second straight month saw a
pullback in pending sales as the rate
of new listings continues to lag the quicker pace
of homes coming off the market,» says Lawrence Yun, chief economist at NAR.
«
Much of the country for the second straight month saw a
pullback in pending sales as the rate
of new listings continues to lag the quicker pace
of homes coming off the market,» he said.