Steve Reitmeister is the CEO of StockNews.com, bringing 40 years of experience to help individual investors find outperformance. For the better part of the past two decades he was the Editor-in-Chief of Zacks.com where millions of investors enjoyed his timely market insights. His commentary has also been featured on other leading investment websites including Yahoo Finance, SeekingAlpha, CNNMoney and MarketWatch. Steve has an MBA from DePaul University and B.A. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin (Go Badgers!).
Steve is also the Editor of the Reitmeister Total Return portfolio service. This is where he puts those 40 years of experience to work for you in selecting the best trades for the current market environment. See the Reitmeister Total Return portfolio.
The S&P 500 (SPY) has been sloshing around in the trading range between 4,000 and 4,200 for the past month. However, bulls have gotten 3 straight strikes against them that may point to a looming breakout to the downside. Let’s review the growing evidence that bears are likely to come up to bat in the weeks ahead and what that means for our trading plans. Read on below for more... Feb 19, 2023| 6:40am
The best thing about bear markets is that they often crush even the healthiest growth stocks. This provides value seekers a tremendous opportunity to dig through the rubble to find quality stocks trading at ridiculous discounts. Such is the case with ICL Group (ICL). Read on below for the full story... Feb 19, 2023| 6:18am
The Fed is on a war path against inflation. The longer they stay hawkish, the more likely a recession forms…the more likely stocks (SPY) tumbling lower. In February there have been 2 clear strikes against the bulls. And Thursday potentially brings strike 3. What is it? What does it mean? And how should you trade this market? Read on below for the answers… Feb 15, 2023| 6:27am
What does the most recent earnings season tell us what is in store for the stock market (SPY)? Steve Reitmeister, CEO of StockNews.com, dives into the latest earnings season results and points out the key points that some could find bullish...but most will find bearish. That is why he remains cautious on the future market outlook. Discover all that and more in this up to date stock market commentary below.. Feb 12, 2023| 6:38am
No matter how impressive the recent rally appears, please do not assume this bear market is over. History provides many lessons on how bear markets work and thus why the S&P 500 (SPY) could easily fall another 20% or more from current levels. 40 year investment veteran Steve Reitmeister shares his market outlook, trading plan and top 7 picks in his “Updated: Bear Market Game Plan”. Read on below for more... Feb 11, 2023| 6:45am
Investor confidence in stock market (SPY) direction is very low. That is because of the big divergence in market outlooks from leading market prognosticators. Some make a great case for a new bull market emerging. Others make an equally logical pitch for the bear market to return with new lows on the way. That is why 40 year investment pro Steve Reitmeister shares his view in his brand new market commentary below... Feb 8, 2023| 6:49am
The stock market (SPY) is becoming more complicated by the day. Bulls make a good case given the recent rally. But so do the bears given the clear weakness in the economy pointing to recession. Who is right? And how best to trade the market in the weeks and months ahead? 40 year investment veteran Steve Reitmeister shares his balanced views in this fresh commentary below… Feb 5, 2023| 6:30am
The virtues of value investing were re-established in 2022 as growth stocks were mauled by the bear market taking on much more pain than the average S&P 500 (SPY) stock. Unfortunately, that shift in strategy exposes 3 fatal flaws that can also hamper investment results. This article will share a proven strategy that solves these 3 issues leading to vastly superior performance. Read on below for more… Feb 4, 2023| 7:00am
The stock market (SPY) is at a fork in the road coming into the 2/1 Fed announcement at 2pm ET. However, in this case there are 4 different directions stocks could head from here and thus 4 trading plans you should be aware of now. 40 year investment pro Steve Reitmeister spells it all out in his timely commentary below... Feb 1, 2023| 6:44am
PE of 9 along with 3.9% dividend yield is a pretty good start to any stock picking conversation. Yet there is a lot more to love about Honda Motor Company (HMC) making it one of our top value picks for 2023. Get the full story below… Jan 29, 2023| 7:01am