That's unfortunate for
stock bulls, considering central bank accommodation has for years supplied a seemingly endless supply of fresh capital.
Michael Hartnett has made it no secret: He thinks the almost nine - year
stock bull market is on its last legs.
The two - day plunge was not the beginning of the end of
the stock bull market, says Raymond James» Jeffrey Saut.
Or the bank
stock bulls who noted that the institutions were among the cheapest on the market, and who believed interest rates were about to rise in mid-2015.
It was a very discouraging Wednesday for
stock bulls, as although the market the reasons to rally, all the attempts...
And: ``... [the] entire not - widely - followed gold -
stock bull was based on the massive fundamental boost to gold - mining profits that gold's own secular bull created.
Mid-March this year will mark the 5 - year birthday of this current US
stocks bull market.
Everyone now loves the US stock market bull and utterly detests the ugly image of the gold stocks in the fun house mirror as the public has finally decided to run with the aging US
stock bull and the final holdouts are throwing in the towel in the precious metals.
The Crash of 1987 came on the heels of a spectacular
stock bull market that started in 1982 that was fueled by a supercharged business environment that included hostile takeovers, leveraged buyouts and merger mania.
And as has been the case since
the stock bull market began in 2009, price «corrections» can happen at any time.
As a final indicator of
the stock bull market's status, we return to John Templeton's bull market «clock» depicted in Figure 4 (below) that we've discussed on prior occasion.
Some worry interest rate / bond yield increases will kill
the stock bull market, but that possibility remains some ways off in our estimation.
Jason Hamlin is the founder of Gold
Stock Bull and publishes a highly - rated investment newsletter focused on strategies for profiting in the bull markets in gold, silver, energy, agriculture and emerging technologies.
Although
the stock bulls may salivate over the prospect that increased saving will mean more equity purchases, we believe that most of the money will go to debt repayment — the flip side of a saving spree.
My colleague Rob Charette uncovered some statistical evidence based upon the 35
stock bull markets since 1900.
Bond Bear,
Stock Bull Fortune magazine explained why Greenspan's comments that bond yields are going to rise and stocks are a bargain based on current equity risk premiums makes little sense.
Interest rate gamesmanship fostered the 10/02-10 / 07
stock bull; it front - loaded the stock rally for the 3/09 -5 / 15 bull market.
Further, the cash ballast portfolio actually kept ahead of the 100 % stock portfolio for nearly 13 years, with the cash ballast portfolio eventually falling behind in
the stock bull period from 2012 to 2015.
The timing and amount of growth in the Fed's balance sheet accounted for 93 % of stock price appreciation in the current
stock bull.
In the late»90s,
stock bulls would point out that there was no 30 - year period where stocks did not beat bonds in the 20 century.
Not exact matches
«It's going to be critical for earnings growth to kick in in order to sustain the
bull market from here and to be able to push
stocks higher,» says Sarah Riopelle, vice-president and senior portfolio manager at RBC Global Asset Management.
It's why Wilson stressed that although we're seeing a cyclical top for US
stocks, we're still in the middle of a secular
bull market.
After a nine - year
bull run in
stock markets, many analysts consider British and European companies to be close to peak values, ramping up the risk of over-priced purchases.
Bulls are now worried they are losing control of the narrative that drove
stocks higher all last year.
Buybacks have been a safety net of sorts for the
stock market through the almost nine - year
bull market.
Yet while Hartnett's bearish side has driven much of his recent commentary, he still sees a way for the
stock market's ongoing rally to become the «greatest
bull market of all time.»
Earnings growth has been the foremost driver of
stock price appreciation throughout the nine - year
bull market — but what happens if it slows down?
January's preliminary figure is down from $ 702.7 billion at the end of September, but up from $ 632.4 billion at the end of March, when the start of a
bull market began sending
stock prices higher.
Others argue that this may just be a natural correction for biotech
stocks after a remarkable five - year
bull run, which has been the greatest in the industry's history.
Jim Cramer pointed out the contradictory action in oil prices and airline
stocks, two related sectors benefiting from the
bull market.
Benjamin Graham states in The Intelligent Investor: «An elementary requirement for the intelligent investor is an ability to resist the blandishments of salesmen offering new common
stock issues during
bull markets.
The findings correlate with an uneven year for business in 2015, due to
stock market volatility in the third quarter, which ended a long
bull run in the wake of weakening global economies and a devaluing of China's currency.
The new 740 - horsepower V12
bull from Sant» Agata Bolognese is every bit as demonic as its immediate predecessor, the Murciélago — and quite a bit more than anything else that comes from standard
stock production.
Nine years into the U.S.
bull market in
stocks, we are still optimistic for the year ahead.
After a five - year bear market in most metal commodities, miners finally had a
bull run in 2016, with some
stocks» prices more than doubling off their lows.
Wild action leading up to the
stock market crash is important to remember as people handicap the chance that such a jolt could hit the current
bull run.
The «Fearless Girl» statue will be moving closer to the New York
Stock Exchange after spending a year staring down Arturo Di Modica's «Charging
Bull.»
With an aging
bull market in the U.S. nearing the end of its seventh year at press time, it's difficult to find safety in cheap
stocks; even formerly stodgy dividend payers now trade at dangerously expensive valuations.
Debating airline
stocks amid controversy surrounding United Airlines with Jamie Baker of JPMorgan, with the
bull position, and David Dietze of Point View Wealth Management, with the bear position.
The rates, held near zero for the entire
bull market, have been widely credited with pushing
stock prices up.
The
stock market's unrelenting march higher has changed how investors see this
bull market, according to Credit Suisse.
Furthermore, Boris Schlossberg, managing director at BK Asset Management, said Tuesday on «Trading Nation» that while neither
stock is a buy right now, «the bullish case for both is if you're truly a big believer in a massive
bull move this year in the market, and that the tax cut is going to increase spending on travel.»
Companies that have aggressive accounting where management is pulling the wool over investors» eyes and artificially propping up their
stock price can lead to solid returns, even in a
bull market.
The current market is reminiscent of the 1990s
bull, he added, as
stocks are benefiting from an extended economic expansion and low inflation.
The threat of nuclear war with North Korea didn't kill the
stock market's
bull run.
In general, so - called value
stocks — often defined as those trading at earnings multiples below the market average or their own historical norms — have tricked a lot of investors in the most recent phase of the current
bull market, which has worn on nearly seven and a half years.
«If we enter a
bull market, these
stocks will go from five times earnings to about 10 times earnings, and they haven't done anything yet,» he says.
The latest leg of the
bull market in
stocks could have a familiar impetus — a Federal Reserve unlikely to rock the boat, particularly while many of its members are still learning the vagaries of central banking.
Those observations came the same day as
stocks set still new records as the ninth anniversary of the current
bull market approaches in two months.
Although value
stocks typically hold up better in times of volatility, this
bull market has been exceptionally smooth — up until the last year, that is — and favored high - growth momentum
stocks, which tend to have more expensive valuations.