NEW LOW OBSERVER

It was a rocky start to May and market is down 1% one week into the month. Would “Sell In May and Go Away” set in? That is an interesting question and theory to explore. Without going deeply into different scenario, here are a quick assessment of Dow Jones Industrial return in May. It appears that we have more positive return than negative return in May. Note that negative return of greater than 10% occurred in 1931, 1932, and 1940.

With context of market return in May behind us, let’s explore our watch list below. Continue reading →

There was little movement in the market last week and by the end of the week, we are left with 89 companies on our Dividend Watch List. Continue reading →