Bearish Grantham says political cycle can help stocks – for nowUS presidents tend to stimulate the economy so the labour market is looking healthy in the six-month run-up to election timeTue Jan 31 2023 - 04:30
Global stock market breadth is improvingOverall market action looking healthier despite recent setbacks for global stocksTue Jan 24 2023 - 05:00
Investors turn their back on the USDespite last year’s rise in the dollar, the US also underperformed in 2022Tue Jan 24 2023 - 04:40
Can European stocks keep gaining?Analyst suggests rally is more a case of short sellers covering losing bets than fund managers upping allocationsTue Jan 24 2023 - 04:20
Fund managers are still wary about stocksInvestors especially reluctant to buy US stocks while angst regarding Europe continues to recedeTue Jan 24 2023 - 04:00
Tesla and other EV stocks a car crash for investor returnsSeventeen of the 18 electric vehicle stocks to go public since mid-2020 are in the red by a median 87%Tue Jan 17 2023 - 05:00
Are low expectations for US earnings low enough? Profit margins remain near all-time highs and are well above pre-pandemic levelsTue Jan 17 2023 - 05:00
Tech giants are masking healthy signs in US indices65% of S&P 500 stocks are above their 200-day average but this growth is happening under the radarTue Jan 17 2023 - 04:45
Is the bear market ending?European stocks, buoyed by easing energy prices, better-than-expected economic data and China’s reopening, have been especially strongTue Jan 17 2023 - 04:30
Tesla’s share price collapse was overdueCarmaker is no longer overvalued but its shares are still not cheap, even after 70% pullback in market capTue Jan 10 2023 - 05:40
Don’t expect average returns in 2023US stocks have delivered ‘average’ returns in the 8%-10% range in only one year since 1928Tue Jan 10 2023 - 05:15
Tech stocks key to market fortunes Just six stocks – Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Tesla and Meta – were responsible for one-third of the MSCI world index’s 19.5% fall last yearTue Jan 10 2023 - 05:00
2022 was an annus horribilis for investorsResearch shows bad years tend to be followed by strong gains but there’s little current sign of an end to the bear marketTue Jan 10 2023 - 04:30
Musk’s culture war is hurting Tesla’s brandInvestor urges carmaker’s chief to stop ‘attacking his woke left customer base’ following sharp drop in company’s stock valueTue Dec 20 2022 - 05:30
Don’t fight the FedThe Federal Reserve expects interest rates to exceed 5% at the end of 2023, 75 basis points higher than market expectationsTue Dec 20 2022 - 05:15
Fund managers still cautious about stocks despite a drop in risk aversionCash levels have fallen but they remain much higher than usualTue Dec 20 2022 - 04:55
Next decade looks better for investorsUS stocks are expected to return 4.7% to 6.7% annually over the next decade, and bond outlook is much improved thanks to rising ratesTue Dec 20 2022 - 04:30
Investors still focused on past performance Savers are more cost-conscious but nine in 10 still consider common performance measures when selecting a fundTue Dec 13 2022 - 05:15
Markets fret over US recessionThe Federal Reserve’s recession probability model estimates recession odds of just 38% in the next yearTue Dec 13 2022 - 05:00
A crystal ball on earnings is of little useStock prices are sensitive to ‘sentiment and vibes’, which are beyond the reach of any rational forecastTue Dec 13 2022 - 04:45
Wall Street predicts a rough ride for stocks in 2023Variability in forecasts between banks and even between best/worst scenarios within banks is wider than usual, underlining uncertaintyTue Dec 13 2022 - 04:30
Stockwatch: ECB puts the boot into bitcoinCentral bankers say bitcoin is on ‘the road to irrelevance’, but it is still capable of bouncing backTue Dec 06 2022 - 05:30
Value stocks priced for more outperformance The most expensive US growth stocks still look pricey relative to the rest of the marketTue Dec 06 2022 - 05:00
Stocktake: Have investors become complacent about a US recession? Recent rally may be close to its end point as investors are ‘overbought and overconfident’Tue Dec 06 2022 - 04:30
Stocktake: Goldman warns of ‘lingering’ bear market in 2023Analyst is looking for more signs of investor capitulation before equity valuations bottom outTue Nov 29 2022 - 05:15
Stocktake: Can a global index be undiversified? US stocks now comprise about 70% of the index, double the percentage in 1995Tue Nov 29 2022 - 05:00
Markets turn calm after hectic yearTypically stocks do well in calm periods and not so well in volatile periodsTue Nov 29 2022 - 04:45
More stocks are participating in market rallyLong-term market breadth is expanding rapidly, suggesting the bears are losing control of the market narrativeTue Nov 29 2022 - 04:30
Investing in political influence pays off Over the last 20 years, high lobbying yield stocks outperformed the market by 2.3% per year with ‘remarkable consistency’Tue Nov 22 2022 - 05:30
High inflation may persist for years Fed’s expectations regarding the speed of inflation reverting to 2% remain ‘dangerously optimistic’Tue Nov 22 2022 - 05:00
Strategists: buy weakness, not strengthMarket bulls have been burned on so many occasions this year that it’s not surprising strategists are a little cautiousTue Nov 22 2022 - 04:45
Stocktake: Fund managers still ‘uber-bearish’, says BofAInvestors are especially wary of technology stocks, with allocations hitting their lowest level since 2006Tue Nov 22 2022 - 04:30
Stocktake: Forecast annual stock return for the next 10 to 15 years leaps to 7.9%US stocks are now priced to deliver long-term annualised returns of 7.9% up from 4.1% a year agoTue Nov 15 2022 - 05:15
Stocktake: Investors hoping for a ‘Santa pause’ rally Debate rages over whether Federal Reserve will or should adopt a more dovish stanceTue Nov 15 2022 - 05:00
Musk is testing investors’ patience Analysts annoyed that endless Twitter controversies are potentially damaging Tesla’s global brandTue Nov 15 2022 - 04:30
Stocktake: Dramatic surge could be more than another a bear-market rallyInvestors will hope history repeats itself in the coming months after a very troubled year for stock marketsTue Nov 15 2022 - 04:00
Stocktake: US midterm elections spark fears about conflict over the debt ceilingWhy it might be better for investors if Republicans were to win both control of houses of Congress instead of just oneTue Nov 08 2022 - 05:15
Just another bear market rally?October’s advance was furious but the rally stopped short of the index’s 200-day moving averageTue Nov 08 2022 - 05:00
Pandemic savings may be cushioning investors Excess savings behind continuing equity fund inflows as households retain healthy financial cushion, say analystsTue Nov 08 2022 - 04:45
Weary investors fear hawkish US Federal ReserveChairman Jerome Powell appears to share view that tough medicine necessary to properly see off inflationTue Nov 08 2022 - 04:30
Will US midterm elections boost stocks?Markets usually like gridlock, as it reduces the odds of big policy changesTue Nov 01 2022 - 05:15
Stocktake: Investors spooked by China’s authoritarian turnXi Jinping has pushed aside premier and central bank boss who favoured market reforms and stacked politburo with loyalistsTue Nov 01 2022 - 05:00
Zuckerbeg spending ‘like a drunken sailor’ on metaverseShares have lost almost three-quarters of their value and are now back at 2016 levels as investor disquiet growsTue Nov 01 2022 - 04:30
Stocktake: A terrible week for the tech giantsAnalysts argue that there is further pain on the way for tech stocks which account for a large share of S&P500Tue Nov 01 2022 - 04:30
Stocktake: Hiring black CEOs can boost share pricesRacial bias means a black CEO candidate must be exceptional to even be considered for the roleTue Oct 25 2022 - 05:20
Stocktake: Fund manager survey ‘screams capitulation’Global growth expectations near all-time lows but the tide is unlikely to turn until the Federal Reserve stops hiking interest ratesTue Oct 25 2022 - 05:00
Stocktake: US stocks aren’t cheap, even after a 25% fallThis year’s brutal bear market has only brought valuations down to levels matching their 2007 peak before the global financial crisisTue Oct 25 2022 - 04:50
Stocktake: UK assets were hit by a ‘moron’ premium after mini-budgetUK stocks have become increasingly cheap relative to their US counterparts, but are they now a bargain or have they further to fall?Tue Oct 25 2022 - 04:30
Inflation likely to hurt profit marginsCompany managers are used to rising revenues being associated with rising margins but inflationary periods are differentTue Oct 18 2022 - 05:30
