The Real Investment Show Podcast

10-8-26 S&P 500 Breakout Fails: What's Next? | Before the Bell

The S&P 500's breakout to all-time highs is losing momentum. With stocks retreating into their recent trading range, is this a failed breakout or a healthy pullback befor

10-7-26 Q&A Wednesday: Can the Rally Keep Going?

Markets are pushing to record highs, but investors have plenty to question. Can the rally keep going as Treasury yields remain elevated, the labor market cools, AI enthus

10-7-26 Can the S&P 500 Breakout Hold? | Before the Bell

The S&P 500 is on the cusp of breaking out to new all-time highs after the NASDAQ has already pushed into record territory. With futures pointing higher and momentum turn

10-6-26 Sequence of Returns Risk: The Math That Breaks Retirement

You can earn a solid average return in retirement and still run out of money. The reason may be sequence of returns risk — the danger of suffering significant market loss

10-6-26 S&P 500 Breakout: Can New Highs Hold? | Before the Bell

The S&P 500 is on the cusp of breaking out to new all-time highs after the NASDAQ has already pushed into record territory. With futures pointing higher and momentum turn

10-5-26 Q4 Market Outlook: Will Strong Markets Finish Strong?

Can a strong year for stocks carry its momentum through the fourth quarter? History provides an interesting backdrop for the Q4 market outlook. Lance Roberts examines the

10-5-26 Market Breadth Sends a Warning | Before the Bell

The S&P 500 remains resilient, but market breadth is telling a very different story. The percentage of stocks on bullish buy signals and those trading above their 50- and

10-2-26 Funeral Planning - Make the Decisions Before Your Family Has To

Funeral planning may not be anyone's favorite financial-planning conversation, but making decisions now can save your family money, confusion, and difficult choices later

10-1-26 From TINA to TIGA: Diversification Pays Again

For years, investors lived by TINA: "There Is No Alternative" to stocks. With interest rates near zero and bond yields offering little income, equities dominated the inve

10-1-26 Bond Yields May Be Setting Up a Trade | Before the Bell

Treasury yields have spiked, with the 10-Year Treasury around 5.29%, but the technical picture suggests rates may be getting stretched. Historically, extreme deviations f

9-30-26 Q&A Wednesday: What's Holding Up the Market?

The major indexes remain near record territory, but beneath the surface, the picture is considerably more complicated. Technology continues to provide important support w

9-30-26 Market Breadth Sends a Warning | Before the Bell

Markets remain stuck in consolidation, but beneath the major indexes, the picture looks considerably weaker. Only about 40% of stocks are trading above their 50-day movin

9-29-26 Stop Trying to Beat the Market

Can even the wealthiest investors consistently beat the market? Recent data comparing the Forbes 400 with the S&P 500 raises an important question about investment perfor

9-29-26 What the S&P 500 Is Hiding | Before the Bell

The S&P 500 may look calm, but beneath the surface, the market is telling a very different story. Small-caps, mid-caps, utilities, real estate, and parts of Technology ha

9-28-26 Can the S&P 500 Really Reach 9,000?

Can the S&P 500 really reach 9,000? Jefferies has set a 9,000 target for the index by the end of 2027, but getting there may require nearly everything to go right. Lance

9-28-26 Is a Major Market Rotation Coming? | Before the Bell

Markets are sitting near all-time highs, but underneath the surface, the picture looks very different. Technology and Energy have been leading while interest-rate-sensiti

9-24 26 Will the Next Trade Be Bonds?

With interest rates, inflation, oil prices, Treasury yields, and stock market valuations all competing for investors' attention, what should you be watching now? As the S

9-24-26 Why Your Portfolio May Be Lagging the S&P 500 | Before the Bell

The S&P 500 remains trapped in a consolidation range, but the headline index may be hiding significant weakness beneath the surface. Small-cap, mid-cap, micro-cap, and eq

9-23-26 Q&A Wednesday: Rates, Risks, & Record Highs

With interest rates, inflation, oil prices, Treasury yields, and stock market valuations all competing for investors' attention, what should you be watching now? As the S

9-23-26 Is Money Rotating From Growth to Value? | Before the Bell

Is the market beginning to rotate from mega-cap growth stocks into value? Our Factor Rotation model has shifted away from large-cap growth and toward value as the gap bet