Originally published December 10, 2013 at 7:17 AM | Page modified December 11, 2013 at 6:27 AM
NEW YORK — Stocks fell modestly Tuesday as investors took a breather from a market that notched yet another record high the day before.The market has hit several all-time highs in recent months, but with the holiday season and end of the […]
By David Larrabee, CFAAs the bull market for U.S. stocks approaches its fifth anniversary, we are starting to see signs typically associated with the latter stages of a multi-year advance in equities. Bearish sentiment, widely seen as a contrarian indicator, has dropped to levels not seen in a generation, retail investors are returning to stocks, and the IPO market has […]
Deutsche BankThe stock market has been rallying throughout 2013, and at current levels just a few points shy of all-time highs today, the S&P 500 index is now up more than 28% in the year to date.
Since an eventual tapering of the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing became cemented as a major market theme in May, however, short bets against the […]
Stock Market Christmas Rally Starts Monday! – ETF Trading Strategies
Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013Dec 08, 2013 – 05:45 PM GMTBy: Chris_Vermeulen
Tis the Season for the most powerful seasonality trade of the year!Seasonal ETF Trading StrategiesWith the stock market up big in 2013 and most participants are speculating on a pullback in the next week or two, […]
Power to forgive: Mandela’s death and the Babri demolition anniversary
In India by the time we woke up to news of Nelson Mandela’s death it was already 6 December. For us that day marks a different anniversary. […]
Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesFA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.KOESTERICH: Stock Valuation And Investor Sentiment Don’t Justify Bubble Fears Just Yet (BlackRock Blog) To understand if U.S. stocks are in bubble territory, BlackRock’s Russ Koesterich thinks investors should look at valuation and sentiment. In terms of valuation, he writes […]
In most of the obvious ways, the stock market is closing out a very big year: The broad indexes are up more than 20% to reach new all-time highs, and the value of U.S. stocks has scarcely ever been greater relative to the size of the economy.Yet in a few subtle but telling respects, the stock market is shrinking.There are […]
Uranium Stocks for Long-Term Investing Success
Commodities / UraniumDec 04, 2013 – 12:52 PM GMTBy: InvestmentContrarian
Sasha Cekerevac writes: Many times people ask me how I come up with my investment strategy.Obviously, there is no one answer, but a common trick I use when developing any investment strategy is to look for areas where market sentiment still remains […]
You have only one month left to pad your 2013 returns.So I have to ask…Are you trading the right stocks?As the market enters the home stretch, the sentiment picture is little changed. Investors are beginning to come around to the idea that equities might not be such a terrible investment idea. But most remain skeptical– and that’s good news for […]
Deutsche BankStocks have soared a staggering 26% this year, far outpacing earnings growth.
And when stock returns outpace earnings growth, then the price-earnings (PE) multiple is expanding.”Year to date, 75% of the S&P return has come from its PE expanding to 16.5x from 13.7x trailing EPS at 2012 end,” wrote Deutsche Bank’s David Bianco in a recent note to clients.Forecasting what […]
