(Bloomberg) — Equity investors hoping for a reprieve in the new year after a brutal 2022 are likely to be disappointed, according to Michael Kantrowitz at Piper Sandler & Co. The strategist, ranked No. 3 in the last year’s Institutional Investor survey, predicts that the S&P 500 will fall 16% to 3,225. The price target […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The worst year for equity bulls since 2008 will also be remembered as one when the predominant investment strategies veered from one another by the most in two decades. Divergent fortunes befell the most famous U.S. stock benchmarks, with the S&P 500’s annual loss of almost 20% more than twice that of the […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Under the surface of one of the quietest weeks on Wall Street all year, some money managers are renewing speculative bets, hoping against hope that a more friendly — or at least less-hostile — Fed, is back in their corner. Sure, they’re getting ready to close out the worst year since the financial […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Another rousing recovery in equities and guess what: everyone wants to argue whether the bottom is in. That bulls have been wrong two times already in 2022 is doing little to tamp down the volume of the debate. Not that the optimists don’t have some new arguments. This week’s stock rally, including a […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Another week of gloom on the inflation and central bank fronts turned into a positive one for the equity faithful. Shares surged the most in four months as evidence built that active fund managers are getting worried about missing a winter rally. It’s an old investment saw that cuts surprisingly well: the idea […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — With a dovish Federal Reserve pivot seemingly off the table after last week’s employment report, risks for speculators are running high before Thursday’s release of the consumer price index. Anything above the prior reading of 8.3% would be big trouble for the stock market, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s trading desk. “This […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — As ever, a fast market rebound has unleashed a deluge of views on whether the move will last. Chart analysts, cognizant that no rally has survived this year’s downdraft, are generally optimistic this one has room left to run. Monday’s 2.6% surge in the S&P 500 was broad-based: 486 of its members gained. […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Sentiment has turned so bad for global equities that an indicator developed by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. has sent a buy signal. “Another bear market rally is very possible,” strategists including Mark Diver and Sarah McCarthy wrote in a note. “Investor sentiment has now reached such negative levels” that the odds of […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — US stocks haven’t seen the worst of this year’s declines yet against the backdrop of scorching inflation and a hawkish Federal Reserve, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists. The “inflation shock ain’t over” and an earnings recession will likely drive stocks to news lows, strategist Michael Hartnett said in a note. Although […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Stocks and US equity futures advanced Friday as investors assessed whether monetary tightening to tackle inflation in the US and Europe is getting closer to being priced in. A gauge of dollar strength dropped the most in a month. Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index jumped more than 1.5% as miners rallied on optimism over […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — US stocks haven’t fallen enough to account for the elevated inflation pressures that will drive the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates high for a sustained period of time, says billionaire investor Thomas Peterffy. The founder and chairman of Interactive Brokers Group Inc. told Bloomberg Television Wednesday that the S&P 500 won’t hit […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Global stocks are on pace for their worst run since the European debt crisis a decade ago and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategists are among those warning that more selling is possible. The MSCI All Country World Index is falling for a ninth day Wednesday, the longest losing stretch since 2011 — a […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The S&P 500 Index still hasn’t bottomed yet despite its 7% plunge over the last three weeks, according to a group of strategists at Bank of America Corp. led by Savita Subramanian. The bank’s so-called bull-market signposts suggest the broad US equities benchmark hasn’t reached full capitulation, with just 40% of BofA’s signals […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Among the many superlatives attaching to markets in July, one that could come back to haunt the Federal Open Market Committee is Wednesday and Thursday’s, when the stocks posted their biggest post-meeting rally on record. Believing they heard a dovish tilt from Jerome Powell, traders pushed the S&P 500 up nearly 4% over […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Investors should stay wary of US stocks and bonds as inflation remains a threat and recession looms, according to Rebecca Patterson, chief investment strategist at Bridgewater Associates. The stock market, which finished its best month since November 2020, has mistakenly given the benefit of the doubt to the Federal Reserve’s ability to engineer […]
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