(Bloomberg) — As the first half of 2022 shapes up to be one of the worst on record for financial markets, retail investors have been boosting their bets on a further downturn in US equities. Metrics to gauge retail activity in the options markets, including small-lots trading and put buying, suggest that not only are […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts cut Robinhood Markets Inc. to sell, less than a year after the bank led its popular initial public offering. It joined JPMorgan Chase & Co., the other lead IPO bookrunner, in turning bearish on the free-trading app that rose to prominence during the peak of the pandemic as […]
Read MoreWithin the scope of long-term investing, there are two primary methods most investors use: investing for growth, or looking for value. I write a lot in this space about value-oriented investing, because more than two decades of study and hard experience have taught me that it is the investing method that suits me best. It […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Buying after a plunge, a trade rewarded virtually every time stocks pulled back in 2021, is facing a big challenge. Down hard for a second day Monday, the S&P 500 has now posted back-to-back, 1%-plus swoons twice in the past month, something it has mostly avoided doing before. It’s a worrying departure from […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned of the risk of a “spontaneous deflating of financial markets” that have been pumped up by retail buying and exuberant investors. There is “a lot of euphoria,” Summers said at an American Council for Capital Formation webinar on Tuesday — pointing, among other things, to cryptocurrencies, […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — PayPal Holdings Inc.’s pursuit of Pinterest Inc. would be a giant leap away from its longtime image as a mere online checkout button. For months, PayPal has been touting its ambitions to become the next global “super app,” akin to China’s Alipay and WeChat, India’s Paytm or Singapore’s Grab — digital ecosystems that […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Retail investors keep on buying the dip, even as stock market fundamentals deteriorate, according to Morgan Stanley strategists. The optimism of mom-and-pop traders is causing many institutional investors who share Morgan Stanley’s cautious view to “cover and chase,” strategists led by Mike Wilson wrote in a note. That’s keeping the S&P 500 index […]
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