Think about this for a moment. The stock market is comprised of thousands of companies doing business in the economy. Therefore, it only makes sense that the value of the stock market should be a reflection of the economy. As the economy ebbs and flows, so should the values of the companies that are operating within it. This idea can […]
Bank of America Merrill LynchSee AlsoEurope’s Contribution To Global Profits Has Gone Off A CliffUBS On Stocks: ‘Roll Tide, Roll…’BofA: When The Stock Market Peaks, Gold Will Be The ‘Tell’Is the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing stimulus program responsible for stock market gains?There are two schools of thought on this: Yes, and No.The Yes camp maintains that the easy money being […]
Editor’s Note: This is excerpted from a longer report written by Wieting, global chief investment strategist with Citi Private Bank, a unit of Citigroup. Shawn Snyder, a Citi Private Bank vice president, also contributed to this commentary.A host of uncertainties have confronted investors throughout 2014. So, is it really a coincidence that the S&P 500 hit its recent peak (2,011) […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Worried about a stock market bubble? Morgan Stanley sure isn’t.In a compelling 27-page report released on Tuesday, the investment bank said the S&P 500 could surge to 3,000 by 2020. That’s a pretty big leap considering the index only topped 2,000 last week.Their reasoning is that the economic recovery isn’t even close to being over.“We believe […]
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Aug. 28, 2014, 5:57 AM
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Societe GeneraleAlbert Edwards.
The stock market hit an all-time record high on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 closing at 2,000.10.
Societe Generale’s Albert Edwards warns that the forces that have been driving the market forward are not only unstable, but they’re also about to reverse.”The equity bubble has disguised the mountain of net debt piling up on […]
As Wall Street hit another new record Thursday, it is worth considering what could cause a serious setback in stock market prices around the world. Since I started writing this column in 2012, I have repeatedly argued that the rebound in stock market prices from their nadir in the 2008-09 global financial crisis was turning into a structural bull market […]
Get Forex buy/sell signals directly to your email and by SMS.To learn more click hereSellers took control of the December Comex Gold market after detecting a somewhat hawkish tone in the U.S. Federal Reserve’s July minutes. The news helped drive up U.S. interest rates, making the U.S. Dollar a more desirable investment. Since gold is dollar denominated, the rise in […]
SummaryWe take a closer look into the policy to unveil what is really going on.
We argue the Fed has not increased money supply that much even though the monetary base has expanded.
One must monitor how banking excess reserves change to forecast how Fed policy impacts future stock market prices.
The Federal Reserve’s QE3 is targeted to end in October. Many wonder […]
SummaryHere I’m gauging the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average with the Help of the Tocalino Index (applying demographics to a variation on Arthur Melvin Okun’s Misery Index).
The point that stands out recently is the noticeable gap between the rapid rise of the Dow Jones index and the lagging behavior of my own indicator from 2009 onward.
The market seems […]
Indexes opened up quite strongly Monday on hopes that geopolitical tensions would lessen, rallied mid morning but lots some steam as the day went by. There is still some work to do to get comfortable with the market right now – we’ve just seen a bounce that wiped away an extreme oversold condition. Investors were also happy with a statement […]
