Weekly Market Pulse: Questions

2026-03-23 03:15:00 ET

There’s a lot going on right now, and I’ve got way more questions than answers. Here are a few that seem important:

Is this stock market correction the beginning of a bear market? Obviously, no one knows, but Friday’s close did mark a milestone. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite both closed below their respective 200-day moving averages. The 200-day MA is merely a trend that smooths out the short-term ups and downs of the market. There are numerous studies showing that a trend-following system that owns the index above the average and sells it below performs better than just buy and hold, especially on a risk-adjusted basis. On the other hand, as a sell signal, it produces a fair number of false positives....

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