Very Overbought Stock Market Ripe For A Pullback | Lance Roberts

May 2, 2026

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Lance Roberts, portfolio manager at Real Investment Advice, joins Adam Taggart for a weekly market recap on Thoughtful Money. They analyze recent stock gains amid geopolitical tensions, overbought conditions signaling a potential pullback, resilient economic drivers like data center spending, oil market dynamics, GLP-1 drug benefits, and long-term risks from advancing robotics and AI.

Market Technicals and Risk Management

Stocks delivered their best April since 2020, rebounding from a prior 10% drawdown on seasonal tailwinds like tax refunds, earnings, and buybacks. However, May through July averages weak returns (0.2-1% annualized), contributing to the "sell in May and go away" adage—which historically outperforms by skipping summer if executed precisely from November to April.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:00) **Overbought Market Signals Pullback Risk** - Lance warns of momentum and RSI overbought, large deviations from moving averages predict correction to 20/50-day MA.
2 (01:32) **April Rally Recap and May Seasonality** - Stocks' best month since 2020 despite geopolitics; May historically weak (0.2-0.3% avg return).
3 (03:53) **Risk Management Over Rigid Seasonality** - No automatic May de-risking; monitor technicals like car on freeway for taillights.
4 (06:46) **Narratives vs. Price Action Priority** - Adages like "Sell in May" valid statistically but fail in active trading due to short holding periods.
5 (15:15) **S&P Technicals Breakdown** - Post-V-bottom rally healthy but overbought; declining volume on recent advance.
6 (27:44) **Strong Q1 Earnings Outlook** - 85% beat rate, record growth; Mag 7, Eli Lilly drive upside despite outlook risks.
7 (29:22) **Portfolio Allocation Updates** - Reduced to 50% equity mid-April, now at 60/40 target via rotations (tech to value).

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Show Notes

After the best month for stocks in six years, the market is in 'very overbought' territory in the near term and ripe for a pullback warns portfolio manager Lance Roberts.We talk about the odds for that, plus the violent recovery in the Mag 7, the boom in oil & gas earnings, the promise & dangers of AI to the economy & society, as well as Lance's firm's latest trades.For everything that mattered to markets this week, watch this video.

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