Monday, January 10, 2022 We have learned a few important things early on in 2022. First, this may truly be the year of the NFT (non-fungible tokens) after rising out of nowhere in 2021. The market ferociously boosted the valuation of dying retailer GameStop late last week on speculation it would make a full-throated attempt […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — A “cathartic upchuck” in the stock market could send the S&P 500 down 10% in the first half of the year as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy and valuation multiples compress, according to Chris Harvey, the head of equity strategy at Wells Fargo & Co. Harvey joined Bloomberg’s “What Goes Up” podcast […]
Read MoreMarket veteran Jim Bianco tells Yahoo Finance the Federal Reserve could break the back of the red-hot rally in stocks as it attempts to cool inflation with interest rate hikes. “I think that is the number one risk right now in 2022,” the president of Bianco Research said inside of DoubeLine’s California headquarters where he […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Stocks could face a “slow, laborious” decline in 2022 as a result of a more hawkish Federal Reserve that may raise interest rates four times, according to Dennis Gartman. The University of Akron Endowment Chairman said in an interview with Bloomberg Radio Monday that stocks could trade 10% to 15% lower this year. […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Amid all the celebration of a rousing year-end in stocks, Doug Ramsey has a sobering observation about a situation below the market’s surface. Last week, when the S&P 500 closed at a 52-week high, 334 companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange hit a 52-week low, more than double the amount that […]
Read MoreWhen 2021 comes to its finale, it will be remembered as a solid year for stocks that represented more of a bull than a bear market. The benchmark S&P 500 had more than doubled (+24%) its average annual total return of 11% over the 40 years. But for cryptocurrencies, things were more than solid – […]
Read MoreBull markets, like the human investors that compose them, are mortal—and sometimes they die in a spectacular and bloody fashion. Trouble is, you never know for sure when a few days of big losses represent a mere dip (or to some, a buying opportunity) and what is the start of bigger decline. But there are […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman is girding for rate hikes, and he says markets are ready for them. “You’ve got to prick this bubble a little bit,” Gorman said Thursday in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “Money is a bit too free and available right now.” Gorman pointed to wage increases, […]
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