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Stocktake: Markets may still be ‘too comfortable’

Stocktake: Markets may still be ‘too comfortable’

Model suggests markets are not fully pricing in the increasingly unstable fundamental backdrop

Tue Jul 19 2022 - 05:00
Reckless Musk should pay a heavy price

Reckless Musk should pay a heavy price

Takeover agreements are meant to be binding, not something to be casually abandoned

Tue Jul 19 2022 - 04:30
Stocktake: Investors brace for big rate hike

Stocktake: Investors brace for big rate hike

Inflation data is so bad that the opportunity for a ‘soft-ish landing has passed’, Goldman Sachs says

Tue Jul 19 2022 - 04:00
Analyst downgrades are coming

Analyst downgrades are coming

Analysts ‘sitting there like deer in the headlights’ with an unusually high number of buy ratings

Tue Jul 12 2022 - 05:15
Stocks may suffer a ‘final leg lower’

Stocks may suffer a ‘final leg lower’

There is a large disconnect between how investors are feeling and how they are acting

Tue Jul 12 2022 - 04:30
Investors haven’t been ‘spoiled’ over the last decade

Investors haven’t been ‘spoiled’ over the last decade

Over 20 years, annualised returns have been almost two percentage points below average

Tue Jul 12 2022 - 04:25
Investors have endured a brutal six months

Investors have endured a brutal six months

For the first time since 1974, bonds and stocks have fallen two quarters in a row at the same time

Tue Jul 12 2022 - 04:00
Stockwatch: Stocks will bottom before the economy does

Stockwatch: Stocks will bottom before the economy does

Investing in a declining market can be painful but deciding to wait for brighter days isn’t a viable strategy

Tue Jul 05 2022 - 16:30
Stockwatch: Feel the fear and do it anyway

Stockwatch: Feel the fear and do it anyway

Market researcher says there are gains to be made when Vix ’fear index’ edges toward extreme levels

Tue Jul 05 2022 - 05:00
Stockwatch: Value is now trouncing growth

Stockwatch: Value is now trouncing growth

Trend will continue as growth-stock values have ‘yet to fully burst’, broker says

Tue Jul 05 2022 - 04:45
Stocktake: Recession outlook is key for stocks

Stocktake: Recession outlook is key for stocks

Credit-driven recessions are much more painful than inflation-driven recessions and there are grounds for hope

Tue Jul 05 2022 - 04:00
Ordinary investors remain miserable, US poll finds

Ordinary investors remain miserable, US poll finds

Miserable sentiment is associated with above-average six- and 12-month returns

Tue Jun 28 2022 - 05:00
Outlook improves for long-term investors

Outlook improves for long-term investors

US measures still above long-term norms but European stocks currently priced to deliver positive returns

Tue Jun 28 2022 - 04:45
Stocks are getting cheap, but earnings look shaky

Stocks are getting cheap, but earnings look shaky

Earnings downgrades are ‘matter of when, not if’, analysts say

Tue Jun 28 2022 - 04:30
Time to dip a toe in stock market water?

Time to dip a toe in stock market water?

Bearish commentator says he now sees signs of a market bottom

Tue Jun 28 2022 - 04:00
Stocktake: Earnings estimates fail to account for changed circumstances

Stocktake: Earnings estimates fail to account for changed circumstances

Higher interest rates and lower liquidity haven’t yet hit company earnings to any great degree, but they will

Tue Jun 21 2022 - 05:15
Stocktake: Fund manager sentiment is ‘dire’

Stocktake: Fund manager sentiment is ‘dire’

Bank of America notes most indicators are at levels suggesting investor capitulation

Tue Jun 21 2022 - 05:00
Stocktake: Bloodied markets are braced for more big rate hikes

Stocktake: Bloodied markets are braced for more big rate hikes

Investors must grapple with a hawkish Fed during a bear market for the first time since the early 1980s

Tue Jun 21 2022 - 05:00
Index changes reflect Facebook’s fall

Index changes reflect Facebook’s fall

Meta accounts for 2.45% of the Russell 1000 Growth index

Tue Jun 14 2022 - 10:11
Index changes reflect Facebook’s fall

Index changes reflect Facebook’s fall

Meta accounts for 2.45% of the Russell 1000 Growth index

Tue Jun 14 2022 - 06:45
Mercurial Musk keeps changing his mind

Mercurial Musk keeps changing his mind

Tesla shareholders frustrated by contradictory stance on staffing issues

Tue Jun 14 2022 - 06:30
Stocktake: ‘We’re closer to the end of the decline than the beginning’

Stocktake: ‘We’re closer to the end of the decline than the beginning’

‘We’re closer to the end of the market decline than the beginning’

Tue Jun 14 2022 - 06:15
Stocktake: An extended bear market? Here’s hoping

Stocktake: An extended bear market? Here’s hoping

For most ordinary investors, however, lower stock prices are equivalent to cheaper hamburgers.

Tue Jun 14 2022 - 06:00
Investors worry about bear market rally

Investors worry about bear market rally

Heed the old cliché: good investing is not about timing the market, it’s about time in the market

Tue Jun 07 2022 - 06:38
Stocktake: Jamie Dimon’s warning was misrepresented

Stocktake: Jamie Dimon’s warning was misrepresented

Bank chief warns of hurricane heading for US economy but it might yet be alright

Tue Jun 07 2022 - 05:00
Stocktake: Many stocks never come back

Stocktake: Many stocks never come back

Markets will always recover, but losses for some stocks are permanent

Tue Jun 07 2022 - 04:15
Stocktake: Traders keeping an eye on the Vix

Stocktake: Traders keeping an eye on the Vix

A Vix at or above 40 is generally ‘a decent level to begin looking for a bottom’

Tue Jun 07 2022 - 02:45
Racial bias in analyst forecasts

Racial bias in analyst forecasts

Companies headed by non-white chief executives more likely to exceed their price targets, study finds

Tue May 31 2022 - 06:00
Stocktake: Is Tesla an ESG stock?

Stocktake: Is Tesla an ESG stock?

investors are right to be sceptical about what they’re getting when they buy into an ESG index

Tue May 31 2022 - 05:30
Snap: great company, poor stock

Snap: great company, poor stock

Social media platform has delivered on revenues but market expectations were too high

Tue May 31 2022 - 05:10
More woes may loom for growth traps

More woes may loom for growth traps

High-flying companies that fall short of heady revenue expectations are vulnerable

Tue May 31 2022 - 04:00
Stocktake: Are US stocks cheap?

Stocktake: Are US stocks cheap?

Inflation brings an added layer of uncertainty to the recent market plunge

Tue May 24 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: US recession outlook is key for stocks

Stocktake: US recession outlook is key for stocks

There’s a big difference between recessionary and non-recessionary bear markets

Tue May 24 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Fund manager sentiment turns grim

Stocktake: Fund manager sentiment turns grim

Even if stocks rally now, it’s unlikely to last as all the indicators have turned negative

Tue May 24 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: For investors, beauty isn’t just skin deep

Stocktake: For investors, beauty isn’t just skin deep

Why we’re biased toward more attractive fund managers and chief executives

Tue May 24 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Traders looking for signs of capitulation

Stocktake: Traders looking for signs of capitulation

Has the market hit bottom yet? It’s possible, but things could still become a lot worse

Tue May 17 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Stock market losses piling up for investors

Stocktake: Stock market losses piling up for investors

Tech stocks have borne the brunt of the selling, losing some $3trn

Tue May 17 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: How long do bear markets last?

Stocktake: How long do bear markets last?

Long-term investors have no choice but to be patient

Tue May 17 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: We all knew the bubbles would burst

Stocktake: We all knew the bubbles would burst

It was plain that many valuations were crazy but investors couldn’t restrain themselves

Tue May 17 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Cathie Wood misses point on passive investing

Stocktake: Cathie Wood misses point on passive investing

Fund manager complains passive funds curbed vast earnings for investors

Tue May 10 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Investors grapple with uncertainty over rising rates

Stocktake: Investors grapple with uncertainty over rising rates

Market volatility not likely to dissipate soon

Tue May 10 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Should investors sell in May and go away?

Stocktake: Should investors sell in May and go away?

The strategy may be ‘random nonsense’, says investor, but it might be worth considering

Tue May 10 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Dalio says tech bubble stocks still not safe

Stocktake: Dalio says tech bubble stocks still not safe

Bubbles take a long time to unwind and ‘typically go to the opposite extreme’

Tue May 10 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Fund managers go from hero to zero

Stocktake: Fund managers go from hero to zero

Past performance is emphatically no guide to future returns, the research shows

Tue May 03 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Investors wary on Musk’s Twitter deal

Stocktake: Investors wary on Musk’s Twitter deal

Slow-growing Twitter couldn’t find a rival to contest Tesla boss’s low-ball bid

Tue May 03 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Losing faith in the Tina trade

Stocktake: Losing faith in the Tina trade

Barclays cautions equity allocations remain at near-record levels

Tue May 03 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: 2022’s market volatility is normal

Stocktake: 2022’s market volatility is normal

History shows there’s nothing exceptional or necessarily worrying about recent turmoil

Tue May 03 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Value rally has room to run, fund giant claims

Stocktake: Value rally has room to run, fund giant claims

Recent growth-stock slide ‘barely puts a dent in differential’ between value and growth

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 05:00
Stocktake: Growth investors abandon Netflix

Stocktake: Growth investors abandon Netflix

Netflix bulls will also note it has bounced back before

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Air comes out of Cathie Wood’s Ark bubble

Stocktake: Air comes out of Cathie Wood’s Ark bubble

Giant ETF that loaded up on firms such as Tesla and Zoom is battered as values tumble

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 00:00
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