What a week! Though stocks ultimately survived and managed to retain a small weekly gain, it was ugly, and tough. The bears wanted to dig in on Friday in response to the rekindled tariff wars, and the Fed was less than dovish with the language that accompanied Wednesday's rate hike. Given the headwind, it would be wise to be even...
By Amanda Diaz, CNBC It's been hard out there for a bitcoin trader. The cryptocurrency has plunged nearly 30 percent in the last month, and more than 50 percent this year. But Tom Lee of Fundstrat may have just uncovered the reason behind recent weakness — or at least part of it. In a recent note, Lee, the firm's head...
By Amanda Diaz, CNBC It's been hard out there for a bitcoin trader. The cryptocurrency has plunged nearly 30 percent in the last month, and more than 50 percent this year. But Tom Lee of Fundstrat may have just uncovered the reason behind recent weakness — or at least part of it. In a recent note, Lee, the firm's head...
By Rebecca Ungarino, CNBC All that glitters is apparently not gold. By one measure, gold is trailing stocks by its widest margin in 13 years, and some market watchers expect the trend to continue. The ratio of the S&P 500 to gold has touched its highest level since mid-2005, according to an analysis of the popular S&P 500-tracking ETF (SPY)...
By Rebecca Ungarino, CNBC All that glitters is apparently not gold. By one measure, gold is trailing stocks by its widest margin in 13 years, and some market watchers expect the trend to continue. The ratio of the S&P 500 to gold has touched its highest level since mid-2005, according to an analysis of the popular S&P 500-tracking ETF (SPY)...
It's not the first time, or even the fourth time, we've seen it within the past few months. What's that? A rally that gets off to a good start, but peters out before it gets going in earnest. In that each time we've seen it recently the rally fades though – at least to some degree – we can't ignore...
It's not the first time, or even the fourth time, we've seen it within the past few months. What's that? A rally that gets off to a good start, but peters out before it gets going in earnest. In that each time we've seen it recently the rally fades though – at least to some degree – we can't ignore...
By Keris Lahiff, CNBC Just as investors have grown accustomed to bigger market swings, one strategist says we should return to calmer trading in the back half of 2018. Jonathan Golub, U.S. equity strategist at Credit Suisse, expects a situation reminiscent of 2017, one of the smoothest periods of trading in Wall Street history. He anticipates this even as President...
By Keris Lahiff, CNBC Just as investors have grown accustomed to bigger market swings, one strategist says we should return to calmer trading in the back half of 2018. Jonathan Golub, U.S. equity strategist at Credit Suisse, expects a situation reminiscent of 2017, one of the smoothest periods of trading in Wall Street history. He anticipates this even as President...
– 'Decoupling' theme draws investors away from Europe, emerging markets: survey – By William Watts, MarketWatch Global equity investors showed renewed love for U.S. stocks in June. Bank of America Merrill Lynch said Tuesday that its June survey of global fund managers found equity investors are overweight U.S. stocks for the first time in 15 months (see chart below), with...
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