(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 MoreThe New York Stock Exchange lit up in Christmas colors. Bryan R. Smith / AFP via Getty Images Is it Santa or merely rational exuberance? With the possibility of a record spike in Covid-19 looming, the S&P 500 index nevertheless headed into the Christmas weekend with a record of its own. And even stocks that […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The S&P 500 Index is poised to end higher for the third year in a row, having added more than 20% so far in 2021. Another rally in 2022 would make for a four-year winning streak, which has happened only five times in nearly a century. Analysis shows a three-year streak — like […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Federal Reserve building. DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images The stock market is tumbling Friday, something it can’t seem to stop doing recently. It isn’t just the Federal Reserve’s latest policy signals causing volatility, though that’s at the heart of the issue. Since the beginning of November, the S&P 500 has been essentially flat. […]
Read MoreRay Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates Al Drago/Bloomberg I’m not the doomsday reporter at Barron’s, despite appearances. Last week, I shared a conversation with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt about artificial intelligence and the risk of a robo-nuclear attack. I didn’t know whether to duck and cover or initiate emergency pants-wetting protocols. Now, hedge fund […]
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 MoreAs investors awaits details of when and how the Federal Reserve plans to taper its massive monetary stimulus — and with inflation running as hot as ever — at least one investor thinks the market is likely to pull back from records as the central bank confronts price pressures that are throttling businesses and consumers. […]
Read MoreA stock market correction is a sudden drop in the value of stocks, usually by more than 10% from their most recent high (according to common indexes like the Dow Jones Industrial Average). When prices are overinflated due to intense demand among investors wanting in on profits, corrections help bring it back down. These rapid […]
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