(Bloomberg) — Hedge funds distrust it, a clutch of strategists say it’s doomed, and the Federal Reserve probably wishes it would stop. But a fearsome stock market rally that has been giving prognosticators fits is refusing to go away. A final-hour surge Friday salvaged a third straight up week for the S&P 500 — barely […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists have identified what they say is a near bulletproof indicator to strengthen their argument that stock markets are poised to rally. The buy signal is triggered when the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) rises by more than 50% of its 1-month moving average, which it last did Jan. 25, […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Investors may be underestimating the need for “aggressive” monetary tightening from the Federal Reserve and other central banks to combat inflation, resulting in “significant risks” for markets, according to Bridgewater Associates. Following hawkish comments from the Fed Chair Jerome Powell last week, investors have brought forward expectations of tightening, pricing in five quarter-point […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks were mixed and U.S. equity futures slipped Monday after a Federal Reserve official flagged the possibility of sharper interest-rate increases and Chinese data signaled slower economic growth. Shares rose in Japan and fluctuated in Australia, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 contracts edged lower. China and South Korea are shut for […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — It’s crunch time for the buy-the-dip crowd. The S&P 500 is threatening to close below its 100-day average — having already slipped below that measure intraday Tuesday for the first time in more than three months. Drops through moving averages can be seen as concerning because they may signal a change in momentum […]
Read More(Bloomberg) –Unfazed by the stock market’s bumpy start to the year, strategists from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to UBS Global Wealth Management reiterated their bullish calls on bets that equities can weather higher interest rates and rising bond yields. “The selloff in some long duration high quality names might be overdone soon,” Goldman strategists led […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Calm has finally come to a stock market that for weeks had been swinging violently. Bulls who hung tough are ending the year on firm footing after a frenzied off-loading of risk by professional speculators. December’s big sellers were hedge funds, which, chastened by wrong-way bets on high-flying software firms, spent the month […]
Read MoreFormer Barron’s Roundtable member Felix Zulauf. ScanderbegSauer Owing to the conventions of the Gregorian calendar, this usually festive time is taken up with prognostications for the year ahead. New beginnings bring hopes for better times, which surely beats dwelling on the disappointments of the year past, I suppose. Hope isn’t a strategy, however, according to […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The twin issues that have recently rocked stocks — the omicron coronavirus variant and a hawkish Federal Reserve — did nothing this week to deter dip buyers, who powered American equities to their best rally in 10 months. As the latest Covid-19 strain sparked fresh restrictions around the world and surging consumer prices […]
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