Michael Hartnett has made it no secret: He thinks the almost nine -
year stock bull market is on its last legs.
Not exact matches
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.
Earnings growth has been the foremost driver of
stock price appreciation throughout the nine -
year bull market — but what happens if it slows down?
That's unfortunate for
stock bulls, considering central bank accommodation has for
years supplied a seemingly endless supply of fresh capital.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.»
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.
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.
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Bull / Bear ratio has climbed to its highest level in two and a half
years — which ironically may be a bad sign for
stocks.
We're more than nine
years into a
bull market, and it's no secret that
stocks are expensive.
«The current
bull market is not going to end simply because «
stocks have gone up too much»... The buyside is fairly cautious, seeing downside stemming from: (i) deflationary pressures of the 40 %
year - over-
year oil decline, deceleration in China, Eurozone weakness, and the fall in 5 -
year inflation breakevens; and (ii) Fed monetary tightening... Capital
stock is again showing signs of pent - up demand, and as a consequence, companies and households will have to invest.
The
stock market is facing two big uncertainties this
year, longtime
bull Jeremy Siegel told CNBC on Thursday.
For example, the largest U.S. pension, California Public Employees» Retirement System, is considering more than doubling its bond allocation to reduce risk and volatility as the
bull market in
stocks approaches nine
years.
Lu Yahu, a 40 -
year - old
stock investor, said he would use any rebound as a chance to sell off his remaining
stocks, as he's convinced the
bull run is dead.
The recession is only a distant memory now as the 6 -
year - and - counting
bull market has pushed
stock markets in the United States and Europe to all - time highs.
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.
The last instance was at the start of a dramatic
bull market for
stocks — 1982 — when 16
years of brutal consolidation were finally shaken off and the 1966 top was left in the dust.
Almost nine
years old, both the
stock market rally and the US economic growth cycle ought to be mature, but the
bull market may have the dynamism to carry prices higher still.
World growth will remain low on average but negative in the UK and Europe; price inflation will remain sufficiently subdued for a while longer so as to impose no constraint on monetary expansion; central banks will sustain a regime of negative real interest rates and rapid monetary expansion; the risk of a eurozone collapse is off the table for now; finally,
stock markets should continue to perform better than expected, even though the four -
year old cyclical
bull market is long by historical standards.
This way, if a bear market occurs, you have a
year of cash becoming available at the maturity date so that you do not have to sell
stocks, and in a
bull market you can buy new bonds as the ones you own mature, and you thereby benefit from the higher interest rates that high quality bonds give versus cash or CDs.
But considering some of the market's wild ups and downs of late and that this
bull market is in its ninth
year, it's only prudent to make sure your savings are invested in a way you'd be comfortable with should
stocks go into a major slump.
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.
Despite the historic
bull market in
stocks, I've done much better in real estate in the last 5
years due to leverage.
Even measured against this
bull market's impressive results, technology
stocks have been excellent investments, outpacing the 19.4 percent annualized return of Standard and Poor's 500 -
stock index by four percentage points per
year, on average, since...
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stock market is in a 9
year bull market which makes many investors skeptical of the continued likelihood of market out performance.
In a
year where equity investors have been rattled by a resurgence in volatility, Kristian Heugh remains a steadfast
bull on Asian
stocks and a...
The S&P 500 is still up 3.3 % through the first five weeks of the
year, which even the most brazen
bulls should be cool with, considering that
stocks were up 20 % in 2017 and the last time they had a down
year, the iPad had yet to be invented.
Jonathan Krinsky, MKM Partners» technician, starts the
year off with a «
bull market checklist» looking at trend, momentum, breadth and sentiment for the overall US
stock market (Russell 3000, S&P 500) and determines that there are no current warning signs of a decline — although sentiment could be coming close.
One risk that your readers have, given the disappointments they have suffered over the past five
years, is that they may mistake normal
bull market consolidation as having been a false start of a
bull market and mistakenly get themselves shaken out of owning a
stock.
Over the past two
years, the behavior of the
stock market can be described less as an ongoing
bull market than as the extended topping phase of what is now the third financial bubble since 2000.
Historically,
bull market advances have averaged 3.75
years, during which time
stocks rise at an average rate of 28 % annualized.
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.
I believe we're in the «legitimate uptrend» portion of a
bull market in
stocks — the time when the big gains are made... All the ingredients are in place for an incredible
year in
stocks...
Last
year was a colourful stretch in the
bull market — but it wasn't very rewarding for Canadian
stocks
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.
Mid-March this
year will mark the 5 -
year birthday of this current US
stocks bull market.
We are now 6
years into this
bull market in U.S.
stocks.
Considering that the
stock market has already been rallying for five
years since the lows of 2009, it is very possible the
bull market has already run its course (every
stock market runs in cycles).
Investment Analyst Gary Tanashian has identified a 5 -
year cyclical
bull market in US
stocks.
Even after a raging seven -
year bull market in U.S.
stocks, investors are skittish.
The underfunding comes despite a nine -
year bull run for the
stock market.
Considering that US
stocks have been in a 5 -
year bull market, it would be unreasonable to expect such bullish momentum to change overnight.
Even after a seven -
year bull market in U.S.
stocks, investors are still skittish.