90% chance stocks see a year-end rally: Tom Lee by Alex Rosenberg Perennially bullish strategist Tom Lee believes the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) is set to rally 6 to 8 percent before the year is out. The co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors says there's a 90 percent chance the market's run will accelerate before New Year's Eve. That specific number is based...
The trend is your friend: A guide to trading trends by Nathan Peterson Learn how to fully take advantage of this strategy that may help you swap profit potential for the opportunity to reduce risk. Whether you are a short-term trader or a long-term investor, you have probably heard one of the following trend-related expressions: "The trend is your friend,"...
Citigroup Predicts Record Mexico Rate Boost as Trump Sinks Peso by Eric Martin Sell-off has dragged the currency to record lows this month Citigroup sees rate rising 0.75 percentage point next Thursday As far as Citigroup Inc. is concerned, Mexico has little choice but to carry out an unprecedented interest-rate increase to arrest a plunge in the peso triggered by Donald...
Pension Funds' Liquid Gold by Lisa Abramowicz It's no secret that exchange-traded funds are popular among institutional traders. But ETFs are increasingly becoming the market when it comes to $1.4 trillion of U.S. high-yield bonds. The biggest high-yield bond ETF currently is iShares High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG). Consider this: Kevin McGrath, who manages money for the New Jersey Division of...
What to do when the traditional 'safe have' trade is breaking down by Simon Maeirhofer Stock-market diversification is said to work because assets have different boom/bust cycles. As long as the booming of some assets offsets the busting of others, a diversified portfolio is deemed to be low(er) risk. This strategy works … until it doesn't. Right now, the traditional...
Stocks are primed to drop 25 percent before the year is out: 'Northman Trader' by Alex Rosenberg Stocks could be set for a big slide to finish off the year, according to Sven Henrich, better known as the "Northman Trader." According to Henrich's work, the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) is trading in a "rising wedge pattern" — in which the market's narrowing...
It looks like 2013 all over again – which means you should buy these 5 ETFs: Technical analyst by Annie Pei Recent market trends have one technical analyst suggesting that it could be time to look at some of the most high-risk sectors. With the market slipping recently due to worries that the Federal Reserve will raise rates as soon...
Millennial tastes are crushing these stocks by Rebecca Ungarino Luxury retail isn't what it used to be. Coach (COH) fell over 2 percent Wednesday as Morgan Stanley downgraded the luxury name to underweight from equal weight, on worries the brand cannot effectively execute a "turnaround." And Coach isn't the only name in the space that has some analysts concerned. One key difficulty for...
Dollar Rally Fades as Odds of Fed Move This Year Drop Below 50% Fed’s Brainard urged ‘prudence,’ while U.S. data disappointed Odds of Fed move this year has risen to 65% after Jackson Hole by Kevin Buckland & Netty Idayu Ismail The Dollar (UUP) rally is coming undone in a week that saw dovish Federal Reserve comments combine with disappointing...
Goldman Downgrades S&P 500, Stoxx 600 To Sell, Cites 'Elevated Valuations And The Risk Of Shocks" by Tyler Durden The gloves finally come off. After tactfully warning clients for months that staying invested in US stocks and bonds is an unacceptable risk, overnight Goldman's Peter Oppenheimer finally changed Goldman's official "tactical" bias, and as of this moment recommends selling not...
