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Omicron variant and unfriendly Fed are ‘double whammy’ to stock market: strategist

The stock market has been hit with a double whammy of unsavory news, explains Charles Schwab Chief Investment Officer Liz Ann Sonders. “I think at this stage in the economic cycle and the market cycle, the move from very loose policy to tighter policy has been a factor in the volatility [we are seeing]. You add that to an environment where we started to see a tremendous amount of speculative froth and then add to that Omicron [concerns], you get the double whammy catalysts that sometimes can… Source link

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How to tell if a stock market dip is turning into a crash

Bull markets, like the human investors that compose them, are mortal—and sometimes they die in a spectacular and bloody fashion. Trouble is, you never know for sure when a few days of big losses represent a mere dip (or to some, a buying opportunity) and what is the start of bigger decline. But there are at least four signs that appear when equities are approaching the abyss. Crashes hit with the scary impact of a Category 4 hurricane, ripping apart portfolios that people depend on to fund… Source link

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Apple stock reaches new highs amid broader market selloff

Apple (AAPL) shares closed at all-time highs on Tuesday, at $165.30. The stock was up more than 3%, as investors flocked to the iPhone maker amid a broader market selloff.  “It seems to be like a flight to safety trade,” Matt Maley managing director equity strategist Miller Tabak told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday.  Some analysts have also noted the company’s impressive cash flows would help it weather any future downturn. The stock’s upward movement came on the same day Fed Chair Jerome Powell Source link

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The real Omicron fear factor that’s moving the market: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, November 30, 2021 Investors are less spooked by the virus than officials’ reaction to it Out of nowhere last week, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 appeared out of nowhere to sow fear, confusion — and lots of red ink on Wall Street.  As the World Health Organization’s director general so eloquently phrased it, the mutation’s big… Source link

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Americas Managed and Professional Security Services Market Report 2021-2025

DUBLIN, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “Managed and Professional Security Services Market in the Americas, Forecast 2025” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Research and Markets Logo The market demand will shift from legacy managed security services, such as managed firewalls, to the new generation of solutions like MDR/XDR and SOC-as-a-service. The analyst predicts that the transition will happen faster in North America than elsewhere in the world. The demand for… Source link

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Omicron stock market rout doesn’t mean stocks are a screaming buy: strategist

Don’t back up the truck just yet on stocks even in the wake of Friday’s brutal Omicron variant fueled sell-off, warns one long-time strategist. “I just don’t think we hit the level on the S&P 500 where I am willing to say this is a screaming buying opportunity right now,” said iCapital Network chief investment strategist Anastasia Amoroso on Yahoo Finance Live. “We don’t see that from the oversold technical levels and also we have another potentially negative catalyst here which is the… Source link

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Omicron variant may mean stock market rally is on hold: Goldman Sachs

The bull market of 2021 may be on temporary hold as investors assess the economic risk from the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, warns Goldman Sachs. “We think a broad risk recovery may be impeded in the near term by the need to digest the prospect of a more hawkish Fed and a less consistent cyclical tailwind. Ironically, the Omicron scare itself may now create the best possibilities for relief in the coming weeks, either because incoming news is better than feared or because it prompts… Source link

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The Omicron variant and the stock market: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, November 29, 2021 I am not a doctor. I will venture to say that most of you reading this aren’t doctors, either.  So all we could collectively do after Friday’s market beatdown is assess incoming information on the Omicron variant to the best of our ability and go from there.  Here’s the current state of play in this fast-changing… Source link

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Market strategists split on ‘buying opportunity’ after post-Thanksgiving selloff

The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s (^DJI) worst daily plunge of the year sparked a split among market strategists on wether Friday was a good buying opportunity.  The index closed down more than 900 points, while the broader S&P 500 (^GSPC) average declined 2.27%. Energy, financials and industrial stocks led the markets lower amid concerns of a new COVID variant first detected in southern Africa.  “To the extent this is not as big as Delta was ultimately, then I think maybe it’s a little bit… Source link

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