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, December 30, 2021 What COVID-19 ‘on our terms’ means for the market, and everyone else Another day, another shattered record of COVID-19 infections in the United States — and yet another set of new milestones in the Dow (^DJI) and S&P 500 (^GSPC), as Santa Claus continues to bestow gifts on Wall Street. One of the aforementioned records… Source link
Read More »Santa hasn’t forgotten Wall Street but beware 2022’s ‘landmines’: 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 Thursday, December 23, 2021 The rally’s intact, but for how much longer is anyone’s guess The Santa Claus Rally hasn’t been derailed after all. The North Pole’s jolliest resident — battling his way through the Omicron surge, a hawkish Federal Reserve, weaker consumer spending and the apparent demise of President Biden’s signature domestic… Source link
Read More »Wall Street’s 2022 outlook for stocks
A version of this post was originally published on TKer.co. Wall Street’s top stock market strategists are telling clients where they see the stock market heading in the year ahead. Some high-level themes I’m seeing in their reports: Stocks are likely to rise, but gains will be limited because valuations are high. Earnings growth should be strong, fueled by consumer spending and capital expenditures. Risks include supply chains issues persisting, labor shortages continuing, and monetary… Source link
Read More »Wall Street tumbles as new COVID variant fans lockdown fears
U.S. stock futures slumped Friday, with global markets rattled by a new coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, which fanned concerns that new growth-crushing lockdowns could be imposed. Trading volumes were low due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., which could be could contributing to the volatility. However, major benchmarks indicated a rough opening on Wall Street’s abbreviated post-Thanksgiving session. Dow futures contracts (YM=F) plunged 800 points, or 2.5%, while… Source link
Read More »Wall Street is starting to get antsier about inflation — and Fed rates: 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 9, 2021 Investors are more worried about inflation than the Fed seems to be Amid the market’s debate over whether inflation will prove transitory or permanent, closely tracked indicators, such as bond yields, are sending us mixed signals about the future. That in part is because the real economy is also fighting through… Source link
Read More »Stock futures drift higher as Wall Street eyes better-than-expected jobs report
Stock futures rose Friday morning as traders eyed the Labor Department’s October jobs report, which showed a better-than-expected pick-up in payroll growth and another improvement in the unemployment rate. Contracts on the S&P 500 advanced. A day earlier, the blue-chip index rallied to a record high, logging a sixth straight record close as technology stocks advanced. The Nasdaq also jumped amid the broad move higher in tech shares, while the Dow closed lower for the first time in six… Source link
Read More »Stocks will rally, ‘markets climb a wall of worry’: Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd
Economic challenges abound, and equities will rally. It’s a seemingly paradoxical view, but one espoused by one of the biggest players in the market. Scott Minerd thinks stocks have bottomed, and will rally from here. Minerd is chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners, helping oversee the firm’s $255 billion in assets. He told Yahoo Finance Live that stocks can rise at least 10% from current levels going into next year. “There’s an old saying that markets climb a wall of worry…. Source link
Read More »Google’s latest virtual tour lets you walk the Great Wall of China – TechCrunch
Google’s Arts & Culture team is today launching a new online experience that lets users virtually walk the Great Wall of China. The “Walk the Great Wall of China” experience includes an exclusive 360-degree virtual tour of one of the wall’s best-preserved sections, including 370 images of the Great Wall in total and 35 stories that go into architectural details about the landmark. “As the largest man-made structure in the world, the Great Wall of China is… Source link
Read More »Wall St. sinks amid China’s Evergrande contagion fears, US debt politics
Stocks plunged on Monday, with major indices tumbling by over 1% at the opening bell, as investors nervously eyed the potential ripple effects of the default of a major Chinese real estate company, as well as ongoing debates over the debt limit in Washington. After defying gravity for most of the summer, September is shaping up to be a tough month for markets, with major benchmarks in retreat for three consecutive weeks. At Wall Street’s opening bell, the Dow sank by more than 500 points,… Source link
Read More »Down Sharply as Investors Climb the ‘Wall of Worry’
The major U.S. stock index futures are trading sharply lower early Monday following last week’s dismal performance. The sell-off looks like investor liquidation with a slew of reasons likely fueling the move. Investors are definitely climbing the wall of worry ahead of the two-day Fed meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, there are other factors weighing on the trade including China, supply chain issues, debt ceiling negotiations and the infrastructure/tax bill to name a few. Investors… Source link
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