Stocks: What Does Weak Breadth Say About 2025 and Beyond?

In recent weeks, selling pressure behind the scenes created a rare run of consecutive trading days with declining issues outnumbering advancing issues (negative breadth). Given weak breadth, does history tell us the odds of a devastating bear market have increased over the next 6-24 months?

[kortyEdna]

Beginning 2025, I think we'll start to see more market diversification. I'm hoping to invest about $300, 000 from a recent home sale into the financial markets, but I'm still not sure how rates will effect the market just yet, which worries me a lot. Like how long will the bear rally last before the reset?.

[markkuskin]

Thanks Chris and Kathy for all of your clear guidance during 2024. Wishing you and all of the CCM members a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2025!

[chrisgordyn]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Chris and Kathy! Thank you for keeping markets in healthy perspective.

[ack]

Thank you Chris and Kathy for all your hard work! Happy New Year!

[stevenmix]

Price to Sales ratio today seems to be currently DOUBLE or TRIPLE what it was on basically all of those pre-bull dates. So trend bulls have to believe that we have reached a spectacular new permanent high plateau for the decade ahead. Because I don't really see sales skyrocketing any time soon from here. And I think mean reversion actually is a real thing, historically.

[beau]

Thank you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Kathy!

[V.G.-ypfr]

What bothers me is that: 1) In the fall of 2024, Warren Buffet raised the most cash ever in his career (>$320 bln); and 2) The Cyclically Adjusted Price-Earnings (CAPE) ratio is now 38.08. Since 1870, there have been only 6 instances where the S&P CAPE exceeded 30. In each of those cases, the market crashed at least 20% within 12 months after crossing 30. Most recently, the CAPE went over 30 in Oct. 2023

[TradeBrigade]

Cheers Chris! Merry Christmas to you and Kathy. All the best headed into the new year.

[ryannemdjen]

I've just begun learning about value investing, and I've found that many good stocks are undervalued despite their intrinsic value. If you had $200, 000 to create a strong investment portfolio, which stocks would you choose for better returns?

[hachre]

Thank you, happy holidays to you and your family, Cio and I wish you a great next year!!!

[peterpayne]

Thanks for another year of talking us all off the ledge, Chris and Kathy!

[V.G.-ypfr]

Yep, as I said earlier, it feels like December 2007

[Zion시온Kim]

Thank you always and wish you a Happy new year!

[jamesg]

Thank you, always appreciated. Happy holidays

[GaneshD]

Chris and Kathy - thank you both for the time and effort in producing these videos. Great work all year! Best of health and wealth in 2025! Regards from Toronto, Canada.

[stevestephens]

Thank you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

[beverlyhills]

Many thanks Mr & Mrs C for a year of excellent observations & commentary that levels the playing field for ordinary folks.

[bssb]

Happy Xmas and new year Chris and Kathy. Thanks for your weekly post 😊😊

[larryhall]

Thanks, Chris, your research has been a big help to me the last several years.

[kkp]

just keep buying the dip until it doesn't work anymore