– As stocks rise, doubts and inhibitions fade, and we begin wanting and expecting higher returns – By Howard Gold, MarketWatch When stocks fell 2% over Monday and Tuesday, pundits were quick to give their “explanations.” Aha, Amazon Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase were banding together to upend the health care market. Aha, the 10-year Treasury note’s yield had crept...
By Keris Lahiff, CNBC The nearly 400-point tumble in the Dow is something we haven't seen in a while. Rather than panic, investors would be wise to roll with the punches, says Scott Wren, senior global equity strategist at Wells Fargo. These days, big swings are bound to become more common. "You've got to get used to this – maybe...
By Keris Lahiff, CNBC The nearly 400-point tumble in the Dow is something we haven't seen in a while. Rather than panic, investors would be wise to roll with the punches, says Scott Wren, senior global equity strategist at Wells Fargo. These days, big swings are bound to become more common. "You've got to get used to this – maybe...
Over the course of the past few weeks we've followed the demise of the U.S. dollar, largely predicting it would pull back even when most others were expecting it to recover as U.S. interest rates were rising. Our thesis was, in simplest terms, the greenback erroneously rallied in 2014 and 2015 — when interest rates weren't really rising — and...
Over the course of the past few weeks we've followed the demise of the U.S. dollar, largely predicting it would pull back even when most others were expecting it to recover as U.S. interest rates were rising. Our thesis was, in simplest terms, the greenback erroneously rallied in 2014 and 2015 — when interest rates weren't really rising — and...
By Phillip Streible, CNBC The greenback is getting walloped. The dollar index is on pace for its worst January since 1987, down 3 percent and going through several wild price swings. With the dollar index trading below the 90 mark, near levels last seen in 2014, we've had several conflicting political messages and economic data that have really launched a...
By Phillip Streible, CNBC The greenback is getting walloped. The dollar index is on pace for its worst January since 1987, down 3 percent and going through several wild price swings. With the dollar index trading below the 90 mark, near levels last seen in 2014, we've had several conflicting political messages and economic data that have really launched a...
In this past weekend's edition of the Weekly Market Outlook, we made a point of saying this red-hot market would only be even toying with the idea of a breakdown if and when the VIX managed to push above a major resistance line. Though we knew it would happen eventually, we didn't know when it might happen. It happened today....
In this past weekend's edition of the Weekly Market Outlook, we made a point of saying this red-hot market would only be even toying with the idea of a breakdown if and when the VIX managed to push above a major resistance line. Though we knew it would happen eventually, we didn't know when it might happen. It happened today....
– After the S&P 500's move above 2,850 this month, the stock market's next target is the 2,993 region – By Avi Gilburt, MarketWatch There is no question that our expectation years ago was that the S&P 500 was likely destined to strike 3,000 and beyond in the coming years. However, I certainly didn't expect it to strike that region...
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