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Stock Market Update – Bullish Signals – Construction Stocks To Watch [Video 5:24]

Market conditions are Bullish in a Bear Market as of 2023-02-01. This means traders and investors should consider trading with a Neutral or Bullish bias by buying stocks and setting tight stops. The rank of the Bear Market is -9.72 which indicates the current market conditions are Extreme, Risk of a reversal is high. The […]

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Summers Sees ‘Tumult’ in 2023 With Reckoning for Bond Market

(Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that the assumption embedded in the bond market that the era of low interest rates — anchored by disinflationary pressures — is coming back is likely to be wrong. Most Read from Bloomberg “I suspect tumult” for markets in 2023, Summers told Bloomberg Television’s “Wall Street Week” […]

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USB is down more than -23% in the past year. How big is its discount?

One of the core principles about technical analysis that was drilled into my head early in my investing career is that “the market is always right.” That idea is designed to disconnect a person’s bias about a company from the investing decision and instead learn to rely on the stock’s price action to drive a […]

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A Heroic End to Bonds’ Villainous Year Spurs Hope for Treasury Investors

(Bloomberg) — There are encouraging signs that next year will be a better one for bond investors following brutal losses in 2022. After being smashed for much of this year by runaway inflation and breakneck interest-rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, positive returns are making a comeback in Treasuries and the market is poised for […]

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Wrong-Way Bets on Inflation Exposed Ahead of Fed Rate Decision

(Bloomberg) — Professional speculators with billions in bearish trades on the line endured a rough ride after Tuesday’s report on US consumer prices brought the latest sign that the Federal Reserve is making progress in its battle against inflation. Hedge funds that had amassed the biggest short position against Treasuries since March 2020 were caught […]

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Bonds Rallying Back From Brutal Year Show Power of Higher Rates

(Bloomberg) — Wall Street is finding a reason to keep plowing into the bond market, even with a Federal Reserve that’s still far from declaring victory in its war against inflation. The selloff that hit investors with record-setting losses during the first 10 months of the year also brought a stark end to an era […]

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Wall Street in Best Rally Since 2020 as BOE Shocks Everything

(Bloomberg) — Another shock central bank move, another lockstep market reaction across Wall Street and beyond. This time it was the Bank of England’s dramatic intervention in government bonds that took global traders by storm, underscoring how every asset remains at the mercy of monetary officials in crisis-fighting mode. After British policy makers pledged a […]

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S&P 500 History Points to a Sharp Bounce After Fed Meeting

(Bloomberg) — For equity investors sunk in gloom, the interest rate rise expected from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday may actually yield some relief. US stock markets have been feeling the heat ahead of the Fed’s meeting, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 Indexes falling 6.2% and 7% respectively over the past six […]

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Stock Traders Face Off Against Hawkish Fed at Worst Time of Year

(Bloomberg) —After a week to forget on Wall Street, the road gets even tougher for battle-weary investors with another hawkish policy gathering by the world’s most important central bank happening in the midst of what’s historically the worst month for US stock returns. Hedged-to-the-teeth stock managers are raising all manner of red flags for would-be […]

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History Shows No Example of Hiking US Rates Too Fast, Summers Says

(Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers argued against the Federal Reserve holding back from aggressive monetary tightening, saying that greater economic damage would result from any hesitation. “History records many, many instances when policy adjustments to inflation were excessively delayed and there were very substantial costs to that,” Summers told Bloomberg Television’s “Wall Street […]

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Gundlach Urges Fed to Slow Rate Hikes as Summers Prefers 1% Jump

(Bloomberg) — Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital is worried the Fed will choke off economic growth by raising interest rates too fast. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is among those saying the central bank needs to hike even faster to restore its credibility. Gundlach, the chief investment officer of DoubleLine Capital, believes the Fed will […]

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Surge in Real Rates Hits Every Asset on Wall Street and Beyond

(Bloomberg) — A big pandemic-era distortion in the world of finance is well and truly over — and the new normal is helping fuel the worst cross-asset selloff in decades. After being trapped in negative territory during the lockdown days, inflation-adjusted Treasury yields are again breaking out, with five- and 10-year measures back near multiyear […]

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Markets Still Doubt Fed Rate Hike Plans, Franklin’s Desai Says

(Bloomberg) — Stocks are falling and bond yields are rising, but markets still don’t seem convinced the Federal Reserve will pursue plans to keep increasing interest rates until inflation is under control, said Sonal Desai, chief investment officer for fixed income at Franklin Templeton Cos. “The Fed lacks credibility,” Desai said on Bloomberg Television’s “Wall […]

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Is WY’s bear market a great buying opportunity or a bad risk?

In a rising interest rate environment, with housing demand and loan applications starting to show signs to decline, companies that are closely tied to the health of the housing market tend to be especially sensitive. That includes industries like Wood Products. Housing-related industries proved to be surprising areas of strength in the economy in 2020 […]

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Fed Minutes Could Bolster Bets for 75 Basis-Point Hike in July

(Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve will unveil details of what policy makers debated last month that may shed light on how they view the near-term path for interest rates amid surging inflation and signs of a slowing economy. Chair Jerome Powell has said the Fed could hike by either 50 basis points or 75 basis […]

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