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It's 20% or 10-15%

March 3, 2017

[Photo: Bull and Bear at Frankfurt Stock Exchange]

 

Buy on the rumor, Sell on the news. - - Stock Market Adage based on the belief that stock prices move in anticipation of rumors and rebound when profit-taking occurs after the actual news is released.

 

[CNBC]    The stock market has run up in price based in part on the expectation (rumor) that Donald Trump and the Republican congress will be able to push through a 20% corporate tax rate – down from its current level of 35%. For the record, Trump has promised to reduce the rate to 15%.

 

However, pundits say there could be trouble if those cuts don't get done. Trouble in the form of a 10-15% correction.

Chief investment officers (CIOs) throughout Wall Street are preparing clients for such a scenario. Not to mention the belief that a correction becomes more probable as the stock market continues its unexpected upward spiral. And the market declines over the past 2 days have not deterred the many forecasters who predict the bull market will continue indefinitely.