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Brenneman Professor of Business Strategy at Washburn University
Robert A. Weigand, Ph.D., is Professor of Finance and Brenneman Professor of Business Strategy at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, where he teaches Financial Management and more

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Inside The Leading Indicators: Slow, Steady Growth Likely To Continue
In this article I will analyze the 10 individual components of The Conference Board’s leading economic indicators as described in Chapter 2 of my new book Applied Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management.
Sector Update: Health Care, IT And Utilities Lead, Industrials And Consumer Discretionary Lag
The usually-reliable crystal ball of sector analysis suggests no more than tepid enthusiasm for stocks thus far in 2014.
Can Chanting “Accelerating Growth” Long And Hard Enough Make GDP Grow Faster??
Does everyone see which country is driving the “acceleration?” Yep — Japan and its Godzilla-size QE experiment. Let’s take a look at the weighted average growth rate of the 4 countries.
Markets In “Risk-Off” Mode For First Half Of 2014: Utilities And Large-Cap Stocks Lead As Interest Rates Decline
As we begin the second half of 2014, let’s take a look back at how equities and interest rates performed in the first half of the year.
U.S. Stocks May Not Be Overdue For A Correction After All
Five years of persistently slow growth and a sluggish labor market, increasing global instability and a new Fed Chair that openly contradicts herself — U.S. stocks seem to be able to shrug off any sort of news as long as there’s Fed stimulus to be had.
Stock Market Overvaluation Explained In One Chart
Market pundits seem to have the most difficult time embracing the concept of overvaluation.
Is The U.S. Economy Growing Or Not?
The recent revision to Q1 real GDP growth, all the way down to a dismal -0.6%, has sparked a debate in the financial media that is somewhere between wild and desperate.
Gentlemen, Start Your Hedges: “Hedge In May” Option Strategies
One year ago Tepper gained credibility with his prescient warning that short sellers were “digging their own graves,” as all the major stock market indexes continued rising for the rest of 2013.
Apple Vs. Amazon: A Tale Of Two Tech Stocks
U.S. stocks have displayed substantial volatility thus far in 2014, but gained little ground overall following 2013′s spectacular returns. When stocks churn up and down but fail to establish a definite direction, analysts will sometimes say prices are “consolidating,” or “stuck in a trading range.”
Get Real: 2013 Was Another Sluggish Year For GDP Growth
The last 4 years have been characterized by a consistent phenomenon among economic forecasters: each year began with forecasts of strong consensus growth ranging from 3.0-4.0%. As each year 2010-2013 unfolded, however, these forecasts were gradually ratcheted down.
Sector Returns Q1 2014: Utilities And Health Care Led The Way
One of my favorite ways to gauge market sentiment is to study which sectors led the way over the past quarter (I use the returns to the SPDR sector ETFs — data obtained from S&P’s Capital IQ). For the all-important first quarter of the year, comparing sector returns can also signal what type of a year it will be for stocks.
S&P 500 Forms Ominous Technical Pattern
I look forward to fund manager John Hussman’s blog posts each week. Hussman’s February 17 post contains some dramatic updates to his long-term market thesis that I will review below, and then comment on further.
Is Amazon A “Buy” After Its Recent Price Correction?
In this post I will analyze Amazon, Inc. (AMZN) from a fundamental perspective, and estimate how close the stock price is to fair value after its steep correction, which was triggered by slightly disappointing sales growth.
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