(Bloomberg) — More tech tantrums. China’s Covid surge. And above all, no central banks riding to the rescue if things go wrong. Reeling from a record $18 trillion wipeout, global stocks must surmount all these hurdles and more if they are to escape a second straight year in the red. With a drop of more […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The world economy is showing signs of a rapid downshift as it contends with a series of shocks — some of them self-inflicted by policymakers — increasing the likelihood of another global recession and the danger of major financial disruptions. “We’re living through a period of elevated risk,” former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Wasim Rehman is a go-to person for investors desperate for an exit in the messy world of trading troubled, hard-to-sell assets — a sector that’s set to explode as sanctions against Russia and the ongoing equities meltdown create mountains of illiquid holdings. But Rehman — who has invested in more than 200 funds […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Suspicious minds on Wall Street can be forgiven for seeing all the hallmarks of an illiquid bear-market trap in the Tuesday stock rebound. In recent months trading conditions in equities and bonds have gotten worse as money managers struggle to buy and sell in size without moving prices, with echoes of the 2020 […]
Read MoreThe bear market for stocks isn’t over. In fact, it may have a ways to go. This bottom-fishing is more reminiscent of the “slope of hope” that bear markets typically descend than the “wall of worry” bull markets like to climb. That doesn’t mean the U.S. stock market couldn’t mount an impressive rally from current […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity futures retreated and stocks looked set for a choppy start Monday amid worries about high inflation and as investors await Chinese trade data that may show the economic toll of Covid lockdowns. Contracts fell for Japan and Australia, while Hong Kong is shut for a holiday. Shares and bonds are coming […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — It wasn’t that long ago that investors were being pilloried for rushing into stocks while a pandemic was gutting the economy. Now, with earnings estimates booming and little in forecasts to suggest a recession is hence, they can’t bail out fast enough. Limitless optimism has been replaced in two short years by a […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The S&P 500 Index looks set to climb to “new rally highs” in the second half of 2022, but before that it will likely limp through a soft second quarter, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. The index has rebounded from the bank’s favored medium-term range of support between 4,100 to 4,300, as […]
Read More(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 MoreMonday, 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) — 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 MoreMany folks will tell you the stock market looks expensive. And they’re not exactly wrong. The S&P 500’s forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio – the index divided by the estimated next-12 months’ earnings – is historically high at about 21.2, according to FactSet. This is significantly above its 5-year average of 18.5 and 10-year average of […]
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. […]
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