Jobs Friday turned out to be ideal
for equity bulls as non-farm payrolls beat the consensus estimate by a healthy margin, with a 313,000 figure, while...
Not exact matches
For the
bull detox to truly take hold, credit spreads will have to widen significantly, which could in turn signal a «decisive crack» in
equities, he argues.
In reality, when investors are paying extremely high prices
for each dollar of earnings that
equities produce, market math dictates that future returns will be the reverse of what the
bulls are claiming — extremely low.
«An earnings - driven
bull market is inherently rational
for a fundamental
equity investor.»
A sharp sell - off in bond markets this week spilled over into global
equities with jitters that a near 30 - year run
bull run
for fixed income could be coming to an end.
We have not seen a 10 % correction
for 25 months - but in the 1980's, 1990's and 2000's we had three - year, seven - year and 41⁄2 - year
bull markets in
equities without such a correction.
Well, it will certainly lift the rate of return investors expect from stocks, but
bulls insists that with earnings growing 20 percent this year, the expected return may be sufficiently high, so that there will not be any shift out of
equities, that corporations are going to make enough money to more than compensate
for higher rates.
For several reasons, we view this as a «standard»
equity correction within an ongoing
bull market.
For bulls, the weakness in the Yen and gold could be an encouraging sign, as the main safe - haven assets are not confirming the selloff in
equities this week, but forex markets could look different in a day, as the FED will likely stir things up substantially.
With the Nasdaq crossing the 5,000 threshold
for the first time since the dot - com boom and the broader
equity bull market entering its seventh year, many investors are once again anxious that stocks are in a bubble.
Corporate spinoffs and spinouts are booming as M&A fever and the long
equity bull market fuel an appetite
for deals.
The difficult feature of the interim, at least
for hedged
equity strategies, is that as the «troops» diverge from the «generals,» portfolios that aren't comprised of the largest and most speculative stocks of the preceding
bull market often underperform the indices during top formations.
The current
bull market
for U.S.
equities is approaching its ninth year and if sustained until August, will be the longest running
bull market in the history of the S&P 500.
If you want to ensure you get the big returns from stocks that investment writers highlight when urging you to invest in
equities, you need to buy during bear markets to make up
for the lousy returns from those years when you buy at what proves to be the top of a
bull market.
, San - Lin Chung, Chi - Hsiou Hung and Chung - Ying Yeh examine the predictive power of investor sentiment
for different kinds of stocks during
bull (low - volatility, expansion) and bear (high - volatility, recession)
equity market regimes.
Consequently, in the unlikely event that the current
bull market in US
equities continues
for one more year and gold - mining stocks trend upward during that year, the gold - mining sector will then be vulnerable to the downward pull of a general
equity decline.
That said, we're not advocating that investors abandon the benchmark - replicating approach.With
bull market and economic expansion more mature, blending active management exposures — whether through actively - managed exchange traded funds (ETFs), multi-asset managers, traditional active
equity managers or other sources — with benchmark - replicating vehicles will become increasingly important
for meeting return objectives and controlling risk.
One China
bull presenting an excellent case
for the country was Jing Ulrich, JP Morgan's managing director and chairman of China
equities and commodities group.
Before The Bell - At the midway point of October, a month that historically, at times, has proven to be very difficult
for those long
equities, the
bulls are more than holding their own.
12:10 PM EST - The U.S.
equity indexes opened to the upside this morning as the
bulls try to push prices up
for a fifth - straight day and make further inroads into record territory.
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In 2017, the
bull market
for equities across the U.S. market and around the globe has continued with few interruptions.
A normal SW Monsoon is
bull trigger
for the economy and the
equity markets.
Alasdair Macleod believes we are heading into global
equity and bond bear market and into a
bull market
for commodities and precious metals.
No doubt there is a clear
bull case
for why buybacks could prove the savior, rather than the Achilles» heel of U.S.
equity markets this year.
A year ago, Templeton Global
Equity Group's Norm Boersma, Cindy Sweeting and Heather Arnold penned an article
for Beyond
Bulls & Bears discussing the signs of a revival in value stocks.
Dougie Kass is looking
for a raft of
equity offerings from bankland after the results of the tests, and if so, the new dilution could, in fact, put a lid on the bank move... or the
bulls could say «Look!
High - yielding «bond proxy» stocks earned their stripes as
equity safe havens
for much of the
bull - market period, as bond yields were slow to revert back to pre-crisis levels.
He is calling
for another correction in the
bull market that's been unfolding in the broader
equity markets
for nearly a decade, telling CNBC that he's «much more cautious» these days.
The robust outlook
for the global economy accompanied with low interest rates leads us to think that the global
bull market in
equities will continue in 2018.
A
bull run
for global
equity markets, including the local sharemarket, swelled the coffers of the asset manager as investors piled into shares and the value of its funds under management grew.
A secular
bull market in fixed income assets delivered bond investors
equity - like returns with little volatility
for the better part of three decades.
They address some of the self - justificatory blather («it's the most hated
bull market in history,» to which they reply that sales of leveraged
bull market funds and
equity exposure by market - timing newsletters were at records
for 2014 and much of 2015 which some might think of as showin» some lovin»), then make two arguments:
High - yielding «bond proxy» stocks earned their stripes as
equity safe havens
for much of the
bull - market period, as bond yields were slow to revert back to pre-crisis levels.
Specially, when the mutual fund investments are enjoying higher than normal returns pushed by a
bull market 9
for equity) and falling interest rates and thus higher returns (
for debt funds).
Emerging market
equities have been enjoying a
bull run since early 2016, but medium to long - term drivers remain in place — and the universe continues to offer even more value
for those prepared to be selective.
A year ago, Templeton Global
Equity Group's Norm Boersma, Cindy Sweeting and Heather Arnold penned an article
for Beyond
Bulls & Bears discussing the signs of a revival in value stocks.
Beyond
Bulls & Bears: Russia is one of the countries you cover
for Templeton Global
Equity Group.
In short,
for understanding some of my claims in my blog, the key points to know are that during a
bull market I try to use 50 % of the underlying
equity's value as my cost to determine my gain percentage from a trade.
Dow only has 30 stocks, SP500 is more popular benchmark
for equity index, QQQ is still in
bull market which keeps making new highs.
The long slide in oil prices, the rising US dollar and the continuation of the
equity bull market made 2014 the best year
for the strategy since 2008, with returns of 10.7 per cent in such hedge funds, according to HFR, the data provider.
For investors seeking long - term investment returns in the U.S.
equity market over the complete investment cycle (
bull and bear markets combined), with added emphasis on reducing exposure to general market fluctuations in conditions viewed by the Advisor as unfavorable to stocks.
Given the improving landscape
for international
equities and eight - year
bull market
for U.S. stocks, it may be time to consider markets outside the U.S..
Given recent price and economic momentum, we are reasonably confident the bear market in EM assets — five years long
for EM
equities and currencies, and three years long
for EM local currency bonds — came to an end in January 2016, and the early stages of a
bull market look to be well underway.
With the Nasdaq crossing the 5,000 threshold
for the first time since the dot - com boom and the broader
equity bull market entering its seventh year, many investors are once again anxious that stocks are in a bubble.
And yet... 92» happened to mark the very beginning of the longest economic expansion and greatest
equity bull market in US history — one that would last
for 3,452 days...
Same
for implied volatility... the VIX spikes during
equity and credit market panics, but lolls around at low levels during the
bull phase.
I'm a
bull for US
equities in the next 10 - years.
This means the
bull market
for bonds is likely over with the exception of a few short term «flights to quality» during
equity market selloffs.
Participating in only three quarters of gains can be frustrating
for some investors; one way to limit the risk of lagging in
bull markets is to combine Low Volatility with different
equity factors.