Opening Statement from the February 2018 Intelligent Investor 

Opening Statement from the February 2018 Intelligent Investor 

Originally published on February 8, 2018 (pre-market release)

Preliminary Analysis of the Recent Market Correction

The recent stock market selloff began on Friday, February 2 with the Dow closing down by 650 points. This correction was not at all surprising and was certainly needed as discussed in previous forecasts. The selloff appears to have been influenced by the increased speculation that a more rapid pace of rate hikes is now more likely versus previous expectations as a result of the BLS Employment Situation data released on Friday, February 2. Combined with the upward move in government bond yields, investors apparently saw this as a good opportunity to take some money off the table.

In recent forecasting presentations we emphasized that because we believed...