Good news is bad news for stocksContinued economic strength means inflation is not coming down quickly enoughTue Feb 28 2023 - 04:30
Tax treatment of exchange-traded funds has to changeHigher tax rate can encourage investors either to take bigger risks, or leave cash earning nothing on depositTue Feb 21 2023 - 05:01
Investors shrug off lacklustre earnings Forward earnings growth has turned negative which has happened four times since 2000, with stocks seeing significant downside each timeTue Feb 21 2023 - 04:45
Pain trade is still up for stocksCash allocations may have fallen, but they remain well above historical averagesTue Feb 21 2023 - 04:30
Momentum bodes well for stocksThe S&P 500 index has registered 10 consecutive days above its one-year moving averageTue Feb 21 2023 - 04:01
High levels of trading could augur well for stocks Stocktake: Analyst points to intraday gains on 12 days out of 13, which is rare and a feature of a bull marketTue Feb 14 2023 - 04:00
Market behaviour looks increasingly bullish At its recent peak, the S&P 500 was 20.1 per cent above its October low and rally has lasted four months nowTue Feb 14 2023 - 04:00
Stocktake: Have investors overreacted to Microsoft’s ChatGPT threat to Google? Alphabet shares lost $100bn in value last week after Google’s chatbot Bard made an error in a promotional videoTue Feb 14 2023 - 04:00
Tech stocks enjoy big rebound despite poor earningsStocktake: Signs of hope after a rough 2022 but stocks are unlikely to sustain strong performance in a high interest-rate environmentTue Feb 14 2023 - 04:00
Adani fails to reassure investors amid damaging allegations and $100bn loss of value Stocktake: Troubled group responds to allegations with much waffle and desperate appeals to Indian nationalist sentimentTue Feb 07 2023 - 05:08
Is the dash for trash cause for investor concern? Stocktake: Almost anything that was slaughtered in 2022 has soared in 2023 but many are calling it a junk rallyTue Feb 07 2023 - 05:00
Investors cheer up as they suspect rate-hiking cycle could soon be overStocktake: Fed chairman has offered no real reassurance, but his tone has become a little less hawkish and scoldingTue Feb 07 2023 - 04:00
Short selling is a tough way to make money Stocktake: Leading money manager Bill Ackman won’t risk shorting Adani Group even though he is impressed by damning reportTue Feb 07 2023 - 04:00
Does January’s strength bode well for stocks?Historically stocks have been much more likely to keep rising when stocks advanced in January, compared to when they fellTue Jan 31 2023 - 05:15
Stock market rally may have room to runHedge funds covering their short bets has been a major driver of the rallyTue Jan 31 2023 - 05:00
Market rally: is this time different?Companies selling things people want are outperforming those selling things people need which is a good signTue Jan 31 2023 - 04:45
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
