Michael Hartnett, a strategist at the Bank of America, is warning investors that the current market rally may not last long and could be followed by a large decline. The S&P 500 has risen by over 15 percent year-to-date as of June 16. Recently, the index rose 20 percent above its low hit on Oct….
‘Big Rally’ Before ‘Big Collapse’: BofA Strategist Does Not See a Bull Market
Morgan Stanley Strategist Warns of ‘Vicious’ Bear Market Phase as Bank Turmoil Challenges Investors
Morgan Stanley’s top investment officer has warned that investors shouldn’t see the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank’s uninsured depositors as a reason to get bullish on stocks, predicting a “vicious” final stretch to the current bear market marked by sharp price declines and few opportunities to hedge portfolios against losses. The lightning-fast collapses of Silicon…
The Bear Market Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
Commentary On Feb. 21, the stock market got hit by a freight train. It surprised a lot of people because unlike the groundhog, they were starting to warm up and think the winter in stocks had ended. After all, the people who identify as technical analysts brought out their charts and showed why the market…
Forward Returns Will Disappoint Over the Next Decade
Commentary For many investors who started their investing journey following the financial crisis of 2008–09, forward returns will be disappointing compared to the last decade. But it won’t be solely due to high valuations. I recently discussed why the “Next Secular Bear Market” may have started, which touched on the issues of valuations and forward returns. To…
Investing: Learning to Live With the Bear
By Anne Kates Smith From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance What the bull giveth, the bear taketh away. Investors who thought the bear market might be over after summer’s strong gains got a reminder this fall that bear market rallies can be exhilarating but fleeting. Following a 24 percent drop from the record high in January through…
What Will Silver Be Worth in 10 Years?
Anyone interested in investing has probably considered trading precious metals at some point. Gold is the traditional choice for precious metal trading, but buyers and sellers have had a lot of success trading silver. Like gold, the price of silver has an excellent track record throughout history, and silver can serve the same function as…
Jamie Dimon Sees ‘Easy 20 Percent’ Drop in Stocks but Warns It Could Be Worse
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon commented that it was unlikely that the Federal Reserve would be able to slow the economy without causing a “tough” recession. Dimon spoke at a financial industry conference in Washington on Oct. 13 where he made his prediction. He said that Wall Street could suffer another “easy 20 percent” drop, plunging the…
Superbubble’s Final Act? Or Is This Time Different?
Commentary Is this the “Superbubble’s Final Act?” Such was a fascinating piece of commentary recently from Jeremy Grantham, famed investor and co-founder of GMO, who wrote: “Only a few market events in an investor’s career matter; among the most important of all are superbubbles. These superbubbles are events unlike any others: while there are only a…
The Fed Fears Something Worse Than a Bear Market
Commentary The strategy of buying the dip went on for months, with unrelenting hope that this was all surely temporary. The economy was opening. Congress was spending. The Fed surely would not crash the markets before the November election. All will be well. No reason to panic. Not even weekly warning by the Fed would…
Jeremy Grantham Warns ‘Super Bubble’ in Stock Market Has Yet to Burst
One of the co-founders of asset manager Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. (GMO) has made a dire warning to investors, predicting that the stock market is currently in the midst of an unsustainable bubble that may leave many investors caught with their pants down. In an interview with Bloomberg, Jeremy Grantham, GMO’s chief investment strategist…
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