(Bloomberg) — Even after a correction in tech stocks and surging yields on U.S. government bonds, investors still don’t understand the risks they’re taking in equity and debt markets, according to Mark Spitznagel, manager of the best-known fund protecting against so-called black swan events. “There’s a profound lack of appreciation for how dangerous the market […]
Read MoreThe explosive growth in passive trading, a fear of missing out, and a blind faith in “celebrity CEOs” have contributed to froth in high growth tech names, according to Harvard lecturer and renowned writer Vikram Mansharamani. Now, the author who made a name spotting market bubbles in his book “Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest exchange-traded fund posted its worst monthly outflow in its near three-decade history with investors selling the Monday stock rebound en masse. The $407 billion SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, known by its ticker SPY, in January saw its biggest redemption since launching in 1993, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — In another week of severe equity turbulence, the S&P 500 saw three of the biggest intraday reversals of the decade, Microsoft Corp. swung 15% in 15 hours, and stock volatility doubled. In the end, for one last twist, the index rallied Friday, erasing losses for the week to post one of its smallest […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — How much further is the Federal Reserve willing to let stocks slide? That’s the burning question of the moment for financial markets, and Greg Jensen, co-chief investment officer at Bridgewater Associates, has an answer: as much as 20% more. That’d put the S&P 500 below 3,500, or close to where it was before […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Jeremy Grantham got the market’s attention with his “super bubble” call on U.S. stocks. Now he wants to get an even more alarming and urgent message out, one his critics may find harder to accept. The “Goldilocks” period of the past 25 years is ending, and the world needs to prepare for a […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — When stocks plunged in 2018, Jerome Powell was there, buoying sentiment. Two years later as shares careened into the fastest bear market ever, he stepped up again, flooding the system with support. After the Nasdaq 100’s worst week since March 2020, investors are wondering what it would take for the Federal Reserve chairman […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Jeremy Grantham, the famed investor who for decades has been calling market bubbles, said the historic collapse in stocks he predicted a year ago is underway and even intervention by the Federal Reserve can’t prevent an eventual plunge of almost 50%. In a note posted Thursday, Grantham, the co-founder of Boston asset manager GMO, […]
Read MoreThe selling the stock market has seen thus far in January is only a small sampling of what is to come, warns Morgan Stanley’s chief markets strategist Mike Wilson. “While the average stock has seen quite a bit of downside, the major averages still have a good 10% down from here,” said Wilson on Yahoo […]
Read MoreStocks are in a risk-off mood six trading days into the New Year for a multitude of reasons, prompting one veteran strategist to issue a blunt warning to over-enthused investors. “We have never seen equities priced quite this high. The adjusted price to earnings ratio is pushing up against 40 times. The last time we […]
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 – […]
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