The eight - plus -
year equity bull market rally has reached its final leg, according to Morgan Stanley's 2018 equity outlook cited by Business Insider.
Not exact matches
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.
«That is a reason, [though] not the only reason, to believe that the in - place
equity bull market should last a long time... at least another two
years, if not longer.»
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.
The current
equity bull market just entered its tenth
year and is on pace to be the longest in history.
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.
History suggests that higher rates may actually be a good thing, and should the 10 -
year Treasury yield break above the psychologically important 3 % level, the
equity bull market may garner further support.
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.
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.
Equity valuations are high after a 6
year extraordinary
bull market.
Before late January injected a surge of volatility into
equities, driven by investor fears over a handful of factors including rising rates, tightening monetary policy, more regulation on big tech and rising global trade tensions, investors were smooth sailing on the nine -
year bull market.
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.
«In our view, investors should consider maintaining full
equity exposure because the final
years of
bull markets historically have been strong.
However, given the good run of the
equity indices over the last five
years and the advanced stage of the
bull market, Charles Schwab's revenues and earnings will take a hit as soon as
equity indices are tanking.
• Similarly, a simulated three -
year bull market (positive
equity returns) is projected to have a larger positive effect on projected account balances and replacement rates the closer to retirement it occurs.
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.
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 bonds being in a
bull market over the past 35
years, does the use of aggregate bonds with Global
Equities Momentum (GEM) overstate future expected performance?
Hi weenie Exactly my thoughts when I stated «with us now more than 5
years into an
equities bull market...» Cheers RIT
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.
So if your portfolio included foreign
equities during last
year's
bull market, your stocks went up and these currencies appreciated relative to the Canadian dollar.
The sector itself also presented a major headwind, with most private
equity / alternative asset managers in a slump for the past 2 - 4
years, with investors (wrongly) anticipating an abrupt end to a relentless but fearful
bull market.
And in my experience over many number of
years, these five items are almost always present at the end of a US
bull market and the start of a US
equity bear
market.
Entering the ninth
year of an extended
bull market, many portfolios are likely overweight
equities.
With three
years of a continually - improving economy behind us and an
equities bull market, investors are assuming more of a risk - on attitude with respect to investment.