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Stocktake: Record roller-coaster year for stock markets

Stocktake: Record roller-coaster year for stock markets

It has been a crazy, record-breaking year, with unprecedented twists and turns

Tue Sept 15 2020 - 05:10
Stocktake: Investors let politics determine investment strategy

Stocktake: Investors let politics determine investment strategy

Partisan Republican investors ‘relatively unfazed’ about coronavirus impact

Tue Sept 15 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Buffett’s simplest lesson: the power of compounding interest

Stocktake: Buffett’s simplest lesson: the power of compounding interest

Legendary Berkshire Hathaway chief began investing 80 years ago at the age of 10

Tue Sept 08 2020 - 05:50
Stocktake: Splits drive investors crazy for Tesla

Stocktake: Splits drive investors crazy for Tesla

Valuation expert ‘floored’ by the market reaction

Tue Sept 08 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Has correction time come for stock markets?

Stocktake: Has correction time come for stock markets?

Historical precedent suggests any reduction will be fleeting

Tue Sept 08 2020 - 05:10
Stocktake: Apple’s split throws spotlight on out-of-date Dow

Stocktake: Apple’s split throws spotlight on out-of-date Dow

UnitedHealth Group is now the Dow’s most important constituent – it has twice as much influence on the Dow’s movements as Apple

Tue Sept 08 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Active managers forced to cut back on tech giants

Stocktake: Active managers forced to cut back on tech giants

Managers forced to underweight big five tech stocks may underperform market as a result

Tue Sept 01 2020 - 05:30
Stocktake: August’s gains mask stock market weakness

Stocktake: August’s gains mask stock market weakness

The five biggest technology stocks now account for a quarter of S&P 500’s total market capitalisation

Tue Sept 01 2020 - 05:23
Stocktake: Tesla surges as craziness pays in the bubble

Stocktake: Tesla surges as craziness pays in the bubble

The carmaker, valued at ‘just’ $256 billion a few weeks ago, has topped $400 billion

Tue Sept 01 2020 - 05:15
Stocktake: Have big tech stocks found the ‘antidote to ageing’?

Stocktake: Have big tech stocks found the ‘antidote to ageing’?

Veteran companies Netflix, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple are all continuing to grow

Tue Sept 01 2020 - 05:14
Active managers forced to miss out on market gains

Active managers forced to miss out on market gains

Stocktake: By limiting exposure to the big five, this year’s stats may be worse than usual

Tue Sept 01 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: New highs are bullish, not bearish

Stocktake: New highs are bullish, not bearish

Don’t make error of imagining high prices presage poor returns

Tue Aug 25 2020 - 05:50
Stocktake: Is Apple really worth $2tn?

Stocktake: Is Apple really worth $2tn?

Have markets gone from being too pessimistic to being too optimistic?

Tue Aug 25 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Fund managers are not ‘dangerously bullish’

Stocktake: Fund managers are not ‘dangerously bullish’

The data suggests accusations of irrational exuberance are wide of the mark

Tue Aug 25 2020 - 05:10
Stocktake: Reasons not to be cheerful about stocks

Stocktake: Reasons not to be cheerful about stocks

One strategist says he has never seen market so highly valued in a time of such uncertainty

Tue Aug 25 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Market surge still driven by handful of tech giants

Stocktake: Market surge still driven by handful of tech giants

Half the stocks in the S&P 1500 remain at least 20 per cent below their own highs

Tue Aug 18 2020 - 05:45
Stocktake: Tesla stock split investor reaction is ‘1999ish’

Stocktake: Tesla stock split investor reaction is ‘1999ish’

Shares jumped 13 per cent after this week’s announcement of a five-for-one stock split

Tue Aug 18 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Gold may disappoint long-term investors

Stocktake: Gold may disappoint long-term investors

Paper says that since the 1970s, high gold prices have occurred when there is marked concern about high future inflation

Tue Aug 18 2020 - 05:10
Stocktake: New records for historic bull market

Stocktake: New records for historic bull market

History suggests momentum will carry stocks higher in the coming months

Tue Aug 18 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: A record-breaking cheating season

Stocktake: A record-breaking cheating season

Most US firms have reported earnings and a record 82% have beaten estimates

Tue Aug 11 2020 - 05:50
Stocktake: Tech stocks have taken over the market

Stocktake: Tech stocks have taken over the market

The big five are now so dominant it is creating lopsided daily readings

Tue Aug 11 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: ESG industry must learn from Boohoo

Stocktake: ESG industry must learn from Boohoo

Multiple funds failed to notice poor working conditions at UK suppliers to online retailer

Tue Aug 11 2020 - 05:10
Stocktake: Tech stocks more often losers than winners

Stocktake: Tech stocks more often losers than winners

New research suggests the tech sector is often a graveyard for investors’ dreams

Tue Aug 11 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Is the shoeshine indicator flashing red for stocks?

Stocktake: Is the shoeshine indicator flashing red for stocks?

Day traders are not reflective of overall sentiment

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 05:50
Stocktake: Nervous investors don’t trust this rally

Stocktake: Nervous investors don’t trust this rally

Almost half surveyed in latest AAII poll were bearish

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Forget the FANMAGs, beware the Bubble 500

Stocktake: Forget the FANMAGs, beware the Bubble 500

Report warns about paying exorbitant revenues for exciting growth stocks

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 05:10
Stocktake: Kodak is the day traders’ new plaything

Stocktake: Kodak is the day traders’ new plaything

Rally driven by news of government loan to help produce coronavirus treatment

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Corporate insiders are cashing in

Stocktake: Corporate insiders are cashing in

Executives are selling five times as much stock as they are buying

Tue Jul 28 2020 - 05:50
Stocktake: Stock markets turn positive for 2020

Stocktake: Stock markets turn positive for 2020

First year when stocks gain after being down at least 30 per cent at some point

Tue Jul 28 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: A narrow rally is a fragile rally

Stocktake: A narrow rally is a fragile rally

Investors will be hoping market breadth improves

Tue Jul 28 2020 - 05:10
Stocktake: Rising US valuations may hurt long-term returns

Stocktake: Rising US valuations may hurt long-term returns

Expensive markets can become more expensive in the short-term

Tue Jul 28 2020 - 05:00
Short selling is not for those seeking a stress-free life

Short selling is not for those seeking a stress-free life

Stocktake: Shorts had to pay high interest fees in order to bet against Wirecard

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Barclays study shows investors should sit tight

Stocktake: Barclays study shows investors should sit tight

UK stocks outperformed cash in 69% of two-year periods, historical survey shows

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 05:30
Stocktake: Cautious fund managers wary of S&P rally

Stocktake: Cautious fund managers wary of S&P rally

Investors ‘positioned for bad news’ on coronavirus and ecomony, survey shows

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Animal spirits driving Tesla’s stock price

Stocktake: Animal spirits driving Tesla’s stock price

Does it make sense that Tesla’s valuation almost doubled in two weeks?

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 04:50
Stocktake: Volatility persists as markets remain nervous

Stocktake: Volatility persists as markets remain nervous

If history is a guide then volatility should abate and stocks should gain over rest of year

Tue Jul 14 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: A golden cross for stocks

Stocktake: A golden cross for stocks

Technical indicator has a strong record of intermediate-term returns tending to be better than normal

Tue Jul 14 2020 - 05:30
Stocktake: Irrational exuberance in China?

Stocktake: Irrational exuberance in China?

Morgan Stanley reckons Chinese stocks can go much higher

Tue Jul 14 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Tech giants should fear antitrust investigation

Stocktake: Tech giants should fear antitrust investigation

CEOs from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will testify in front of the US Congress at the end of July

Tue Jul 14 2020 - 04:50
Stocktake: Top-performing funds become tomorrow’s flops

Stocktake: Top-performing funds become tomorrow’s flops

Having a ‘mere peek at track records’ isn’t going to help you beat the markets

Tue Jul 07 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: History augurs well for stocks in coming months

Stocktake: History augurs well for stocks in coming months

‘It is important to be aware that extreme strength usually begets more strength’

Tue Jul 07 2020 - 05:30
Stocktake: Dumb money does the smart thing in Covid crash

Stocktake: Dumb money does the smart thing in Covid crash

Of those who did trade, the vast majority opted to buy rather than sell stocks

Tue Jul 07 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Markets should not bet on a Covid vaccine in 2020

Stocktake: Markets should not bet on a Covid vaccine in 2020

Only 26 per cent of super-forecasters expect a vaccine before April 2021

Tue Jul 07 2020 - 04:50
Stocktake: Playing poker with the day traders

Stocktake: Playing poker with the day traders

Traders could have made a large return recently by betting on bankrupt stocks

Tue Jun 30 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: This is not a ‘real McCoy’ bubble

Stocktake: This is not a ‘real McCoy’ bubble

Day traders are doing ‘crazy stuff’ but most retail investors are cautious

Tue Jun 30 2020 - 05:30
Big stocks’ strength hides narrow market rally

Big stocks’ strength hides narrow market rally

Market capitalisation of mega-cap tech stocks as much as bottom 359 stocks in S&P 500

Tue Jun 30 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Wirecard collapse proves we need short sellers

Stocktake: Wirecard collapse proves we need short sellers

‘If ignoring the evidence and prosecuting whistle-blowers is a good job, what is a bad job?’

Tue Jun 30 2020 - 04:50
Stocktake: Day trading like it’s 1999 will end in tears

Stocktake: Day trading like it’s 1999 will end in tears

Novice retail traders ‘doing stupid things’, says hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman

Tue Jun 23 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Pandemic has not been a ‘billionaire bonanza’

Stocktake: Pandemic has not been a ‘billionaire bonanza’

Strong case for reducing inequality, but cherry-picking numbers is disingenuous

Tue Jun 23 2020 - 05:30
Stocktake: Are global equity valuations getting lofty?

Stocktake: Are global equity valuations getting lofty?

Most markets trading at forward price/ earnings ratios ‘not seen since late 1990s’

Tue Jun 23 2020 - 05:00
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