A Bullish Message From America's Safest Companies

The safest companies in America are giving a bullish signal today. And that tells us the market rally is likely to continue... [Stansberry Research Logo] Delivering World-Class Financial Research Since 1999 [DailyWealth] A Bullish Message From America's Safest Companies By Sean Michael Cummings, analyst, True Wealth --------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. stocks just shot through the ceiling... On January 19, the S&P 500 Index closed at an all-time high. Stocks are now pricier than ever. If you were investing in 2021 and 2022, today's market environment may feel eerily familiar... After all, the last market peak was in January 2022 – just after the post-pandemic rally. Over the next 10 months, stocks dropped 25%. Investors suffered the worst annual return since the 2008 financial crisis. Now, the S&P 500 is back at all-time highs... And it's happening after a breakneck 2023 bull run. It may feel like all the money in stocks has already been made... or worse, that we're due for a repeat of the 2022 bear market. But one indicator disagrees. It shows that now is still a great time to go long – because stocks aren't done rising yet... --------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Links: ['This Is How I'd Invest $1 Million Tomorrow']( Tomorrow at 5 p.m. Eastern time, legendary investor Whitney Tilson is posting a new portfolio of stock picks. He isn't buying the Magnificent Seven... or putting an equal amount of cash into each. Instead, he's using the Monte Carlo Method to see which of 4,817 stocks could double your money. [Click here BEFORE tomorrow at 5 p.m. Eastern time for the full details](. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['2024's Market Is a Trap']( If you're holding stocks, you can't afford NOT to see this urgent warning from Joel Litman. He famously predicted the financial crisis in 2008 and is now sounding the alarm on a similar crisis unfolding on Wall Street – one that'll have dire implications for investors over the next three years. [It's time to move your money](. --------------------------------------------------------------- If you want to know where the market is headed, take a look at utility companies. These businesses are the bedrock of a functioning society. They keep the heat running, the gas flowing, and the lights on in America. These companies offer services that folks will always need. So they tend to be extremely safe investments in times of uncertainty. In other words, utilities act as a "risk hedge." Investors buy up utilities when the future looks rough... and sell them when the coast is clear so they can reinvest the money elsewhere. We can gauge investors' risk tolerance by their utility investments... To do this, I looked at the price of utilities relative to the price of the S&P 500. I used the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU), which is an exchange-traded fund that holds a broad basket of utility companies. And I divided XLU's price by the price of the broader index. The resulting ratio tells us when utility stocks are more popular than other sectors. When the ratio is high, it means that investors are buying utilities and bailing on other parts of the market... And when the ratio is low, it means that folks are selling utility stocks in search of riskier rewards elsewhere. Today, the ratio of XLU to the S&P 500 is at a decade-plus low. Take a look... You can see the ratio's spike in 2022 as investor fear took over. But now, XLU has crashed to its lowest price in years relative to the broader market... And the ratio is still plunging. In other words, investors aren't seeking the safety of utilities today. They expect smooth sailing ahead. So they're putting cash to work in other areas of the market. It's normal to be skeptical when stocks are at all-time highs, especially when they're coming off a bad downturn. But based on the relative weakness in these "safe havens," momentum is still on the side of the stock market. This is a clear message we don't want to argue with. Once this ratio turns, that's when we'll get cautious. Until then, don't fight the trend... We want to own stocks today. Good investing, Sean Michael Cummings Further Reading "History shows that yields could fall much further from here," Brett Eversole writes. Specifically, the 10-year Treasury yield could drop to 3% this year. That would be great news for stocks – and it means the market rally will likely continue... [Read more here](. U.S. stocks had an incredible year in 2023, returning a double-digit gain in the final two months alone. According to history, stocks tend to keep winning after good years. And 2023's strong finish is yet another indicator of more upside ahead... [Learn more here](. Market Notes HIGHS AND LOWS NEW HIGHS OF NOTE LAST WEEK General Dynamics (GD)... "offense" contractor JPMorgan Chase (JPM)... financial giant S&P Global (SPGI)... financial analytics W.R. Berkley (WRB)... insurance Alphabet (GOOGL)... tech "World Dominator" Microsoft (MSFT)... tech giant Meta Platforms (META)... social media giant Amazon (AMZN)... online-retail king Nvidia (NVDA)... chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)... semiconductors Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)... semiconductors CrowdStrike (CRWD)... cloud security Dell Technologies (DELL)... laptops and PCs Intuit (INTU)... tax-prep software Netflix (NFLX)... video streaming Spotify Technology (SPOT)... audio streaming Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO)... video games DoorDash (DASH)... food-delivery service W.W. Grainger (GWW)... industrial supplies General Electric (GE)... manufacturing Phillips 66 (PSX)... oil and gas NEW LOWS OF NOTE LAST WEEK Humana (HUM)... health insurance Agilon Health (AGL)... physician services BlackBerry (BB)... outdated technology Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM)... food processing --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tell us what you think of this content]( [We value our subscribers' feedback. To help us improve your experience, we'd like to ask you a couple brief questions.]( [Click here to rate this e-mail]( You have received this e-mail as part of your subscription to DailyWealth. If you no longer want to receive e-mails from DailyWealth [click here](. Published by Stansberry Research. You're receiving this e-mail at {EMAIL}. Stansberry Research welcomes comments or suggestions at feedback@stansberryresearch.com. This address is for feedback only. 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