Tag Archives: Stocks

(Bloomberg) — Stocks in Asia fell Tuesday and Treasuries sold off across the curve as investors remain cautious about whether central banks can raise interest rates to rein in inflation without derailing growth. Oil gained after the European Union backed a push to ban some Russian oil. Most Read from Bloomberg Equities in Japan, Korea and Australia inched down while Hong Kong futures fell. US contracts opened higher in the first day of trading after the Memorial Day weekend. Yields on… Source link

After 7 weeks of straight losses, the markets went into the long weekend on positive note: their best single week since 2020. The S&P 500 added more than 6% wiping away its losses from the month of May. The sudden drop in value, combined with the even more sudden bullish shift, even if it is temporary, has brought out the discount shoppers of the equity world. ‘Buy the dip’ is a real thing, and frequently successful path toward long-term portfolio gains, and the current environment is… Source link

JPMorgan says the market bottom is near as corporate buybacks skyrocket — here are 3 high-upside stocks to play that bullish sentiment Stocks have fallen quite a bit in 2022. If you are wondering where the market bottom is, JPMorgan has some good news. The bank sees companies continuing to buy back their shares, which could help stocks establish a bottom. “In the latest sell-off, JPM estimates 3-4x higher buyback executions than trend, which implies the corporate put remains active,”… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Investors should be ready for China’s stocks to outperform as potential positive catalysts loom, according to Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi SA. Most Read from Bloomberg The firm is turning more bullish on the country’s equities market after trimming exposure during the first quarter’s harsh selloff, according to Vincent Mortier, Amundi’s chief investment officer. Key developments to watch include the potential rollout of a homegrown mRNA Covid-19 vaccine and… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Crypto had another bad week — and it may only get weirder. Most Read from Bloomberg Bitcoin led a decline in digital assets across the whole crypto spectrum, with the world’s largest token set for an eighth straight weekly loss in its longest such slump since August 2011. Bitcoin fell 2.4% on Friday to about $28,700 as of 5 p.m. in New York, buffeted by both the macro headwinds of Federal Reserve monetary tightening and the crypto-specific fallout from this month’s implosion… Source link

U.S. stocks rose on Friday, setting the major indexes on track to end a weeks-long losing streak after a string of more upbeat corporate results at least temporarily offset fears of a steep economic slide. The S&P 500 gained. The blue-chip index headed for a 4% weekly advance as of Thursday’s close, which if maintained, would mark its largest since mid-March. The S&P 500 had fallen for the seven consecutive weeks prior in its longest losing streak since 2000. The Dow Jones Industrial Average… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Citigroup Inc. strategists cut their recommendation on US stocks to neutral on the risk of a recession, joining an increasing number of banks in warning of a growth slowdown. Most Read from Bloomberg The market is showing “elements of a deflating bubble” with high uncertainty and the lack of reassurance from the Federal Reserve, strategists including Dirk Willer wrote in a May 27 note. “Given that it will likely take time for the Fed to react to equity and growth weakness,… Source link

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 Thursday, May 26, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Jared Blikre, a reporter focused on the markets on Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @SPYJared. It’s no secret that stocks and the 401(k)s that hold them have been battered and bruised this year, as every fledgling rally eventually whipsaws investors further into the red. Last week, the S&P 500 ( Source link

Regular investors have a lot of questions about the stock market’s recent plunge. They want to know whether they should take advantage of the recent pullback (the S&P 500 is down 20% year to date), wait for a better opportunity or sell out entirely. It’s a natural question to ask. So MoneyWise chatted with fund manager and regular CNBC contributor Michael Farr to pick his investment brain about what to do in the current market. His advice is simple: don’t try to time it. “Market timing… Source link

When investing legend George Soros makes a move, the market takes notice. And he has definitely made some eye-opening moves of late. According to the latest 13F filing from Soros Fund Management, the billionaire financier’s family office sold 3,680 shares of Amazon (AMZN) in Q1 of 2022, reducing his stake in the e-commerce giant by 5%. At the same time, the fund slashed its positions in food service company Aramark (ARMK) by 33%. But Soros also made several purchases during the quarter —… Source link