Don't stop believing, Yardeni says about what will keep the bull market going By Annie Pei, CNBC The aging bull market that began after the financial crisis is not over the hill just yet, according to one of Wall Street's top strategists. The current leg, which began in the wake of Election Day and has been dubbed by investors as...
It was an ugly gain, with the week's net progress all confined to Wednesday's big post-Fed-announcement surge. But, a win is a win. The S&P 500's 0.2% gain was almost imperceptible, but it's better than the alternative. Last week's gain quelled a downtrend before it got started with the small loss from two weeks ago. Nevertheless, there's no denying stocks...
It was an ugly gain, with the week's net progress all confined to Wednesday's big post-Fed-announcement surge. But, a win is a win. The S&P 500's 0.2% gain was almost imperceptible, but it's better than the alternative. Last week's gain quelled a downtrend before it got started with the small loss from two weeks ago. Nevertheless, there's no denying stocks...
U.S. households are nearly fully invested in stocks By Anora Mahmudova, MarketWatch U.S. households—despite trepidation about lofty stock valuations as the current bull market enters its ninth year—are dialing up their equity investments, which research shows has been highly correlated with poor long-term returns, according to one well-known market analyst. Households now have more than $20 trillion of equity holdings,...
U.S. households are nearly fully invested in stocks By Anora Mahmudova, MarketWatch U.S. households—despite trepidation about lofty stock valuations as the current bull market enters its ninth year—are dialing up their equity investments, which research shows has been highly correlated with poor long-term returns, according to one well-known market analyst. Households now have more than $20 trillion of equity holdings,...
By Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch Gold rallied after the Federal Reserve announced an increase to its key short-term interest rate on Wednesday, but the metal’s price reaction isn’t quite the head scratcher that it seems to be. “It is a case of ‘sell the rumor (of a rate hike), buy the fact’,” said Ross Norman chief executive officer at Sharps...
By Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch Gold rallied after the Federal Reserve announced an increase to its key short-term interest rate on Wednesday, but the metal’s price reaction isn’t quite the head scratcher that it seems to be. “It is a case of ‘sell the rumor (of a rate hike), buy the fact’,” said Ross Norman chief executive officer at Sharps...
By Michelle Fox, CNBC While the Federal Reserve is gradually raising interest rates in the U.S., the actions by two other central banks are actually the most important thing to watch right now, bond guru Bill Gross told CNBC on Wednesday. And it is something that could possibly wreak havoc on the bond market, he said. That's because monetary policy...
By Michelle Fox, CNBC While the Federal Reserve is gradually raising interest rates in the U.S., the actions by two other central banks are actually the most important thing to watch right now, bond guru Bill Gross told CNBC on Wednesday. And it is something that could possibly wreak havoc on the bond market, he said. That's because monetary policy...
Not that the Federal Reserve hadn't already made up its mind about a rate-hike later today, but to the extent any last minute data is capable of altering that choice, this week's inflation and retail sales data won't give Fed Chairperson Janet Yellen any pause… and neither data set was particularly, unusually strong. Indeed, both data sets were tepid by...
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