Stocktake: Most markets remain below pre-Covid levels Stock markets are comfortably ahead of pre-Covid levels in just four countriesTue Aug 02 2022 - 05:45
Stocktake: With inflation soaring, is housing a better bet than equities? Stocks don’t do nearly as well when inflation is rising or above 3 per centTue Aug 02 2022 - 05:15
No all-clear for stocks just yetStocks hitting new 52-week lows have outnumbered fresh 52-week highs for 34 consecutive weeksTue Aug 02 2022 - 05:00
Stocktake: Is bad news good for stock markets?Markets have shrugged off weak economic data for weeks now and some bullish analysts are suggesting the worst might be overTue Aug 02 2022 - 05:00
Stockwatch: Truss victory could pose a risk to marketsIdea the UK government might encroach on the bank’s independence or follow Japan’s lead would alarm investorsTue Jul 26 2022 - 05:30
Stockwatch: Markets finally enjoy some relief Indices move above 50-day averages and protracted spells in the doldrums – but it doesn’t mean the trouble is overTue Jul 26 2022 - 05:00
Stocktake: Fearful investors are still buying stocks There’s a disconnect between investor sentiment and behaviour at a time when market could still have a long way to fallTue Jul 26 2022 - 04:30
Stocktake: Fund managers are so bearish, it’s bullishCash levels are higher even than in the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers collapseTue Jul 26 2022 - 04:00
Stocktake: Don’t spend your dividends – reinvest themA £100 investment in 1945 is worth £6,370 in real terms after reinvesting dividends, compared to just £252 if you didn’tTue Jul 19 2022 - 05:40
Stocktake: Markets may still be ‘too comfortable’Model suggests markets are not fully pricing in the increasingly unstable fundamental backdropTue Jul 19 2022 - 05:00
Reckless Musk should pay a heavy priceTakeover agreements are meant to be binding, not something to be casually abandonedTue Jul 19 2022 - 04:30
Stocktake: Investors brace for big rate hikeInflation data is so bad that the opportunity for a ‘soft-ish landing has passed’, Goldman Sachs saysTue Jul 19 2022 - 04:00
Analyst downgrades are comingAnalysts ‘sitting there like deer in the headlights’ with an unusually high number of buy ratingsTue Jul 12 2022 - 05:15
Stocks may suffer a ‘final leg lower’There is a large disconnect between how investors are feeling and how they are actingTue Jul 12 2022 - 04:30
Investors haven’t been ‘spoiled’ over the last decadeOver 20 years, annualised returns have been almost two percentage points below averageTue Jul 12 2022 - 04:25
Investors have endured a brutal six months For the first time since 1974, bonds and stocks have fallen two quarters in a row at the same timeTue Jul 12 2022 - 04:00
Stockwatch: Stocks will bottom before the economy doesInvesting in a declining market can be painful but deciding to wait for brighter days isn’t a viable strategyTue Jul 05 2022 - 16:30
Stockwatch: Feel the fear and do it anywayMarket researcher says there are gains to be made when Vix ’fear index’ edges toward extreme levelsTue Jul 05 2022 - 05:00
Stockwatch: Value is now trouncing growth Trend will continue as growth-stock values have ‘yet to fully burst’, broker saysTue Jul 05 2022 - 04:45
Stocktake: Recession outlook is key for stocksCredit-driven recessions are much more painful than inflation-driven recessions and there are grounds for hopeTue Jul 05 2022 - 04:00
Ordinary investors remain miserable, US poll finds Miserable sentiment is associated with above-average six- and 12-month returnsTue Jun 28 2022 - 05:00
Outlook improves for long-term investorsUS measures still above long-term norms but European stocks currently priced to deliver positive returnsTue Jun 28 2022 - 04:45
Stocks are getting cheap, but earnings look shaky Earnings downgrades are ‘matter of when, not if’, analysts sayTue Jun 28 2022 - 04:30
Time to dip a toe in stock market water? Bearish commentator says he now sees signs of a market bottomTue Jun 28 2022 - 04:00
Stocktake: Earnings estimates fail to account for changed circumstancesHigher interest rates and lower liquidity haven’t yet hit company earnings to any great degree, but they willTue Jun 21 2022 - 05:15
Stocktake: Bloodied markets are braced for more big rate hikes Investors must grapple with a hawkish Fed during a bear market for the first time since the early 1980sTue Jun 21 2022 - 05:00
Stocktake: Fund manager sentiment is ‘dire’Bank of America notes most indicators are at levels suggesting investor capitulationTue Jun 21 2022 - 05:00
Index changes reflect Facebook’s fallMeta accounts for 2.45% of the Russell 1000 Growth indexTue Jun 14 2022 - 10:11
Index changes reflect Facebook’s fallMeta accounts for 2.45% of the Russell 1000 Growth indexTue Jun 14 2022 - 06:45
Mercurial Musk keeps changing his mind Tesla shareholders frustrated by contradictory stance on staffing issuesTue Jun 14 2022 - 06:30
Stocktake: ‘We’re closer to the end of the decline than the beginning’‘We’re closer to the end of the market decline than the beginning’Tue Jun 14 2022 - 06:15
Stocktake: An extended bear market? Here’s hopingFor most ordinary investors, however, lower stock prices are equivalent to cheaper hamburgers.Tue Jun 14 2022 - 06:00
Investors worry about bear market rallyHeed the old cliché: good investing is not about timing the market, it’s about time in the marketTue Jun 07 2022 - 06:38
Stocktake: Jamie Dimon’s warning was misrepresentedBank chief warns of hurricane heading for US economy but it might yet be alrightTue Jun 07 2022 - 05:00
Stocktake: Many stocks never come back Markets will always recover, but losses for some stocks are permanentTue Jun 07 2022 - 04:15
Stocktake: Traders keeping an eye on the VixA Vix at or above 40 is generally ‘a decent level to begin looking for a bottom’Tue Jun 07 2022 - 02:45
Racial bias in analyst forecastsCompanies headed by non-white chief executives more likely to exceed their price targets, study findsTue May 31 2022 - 06:00
Stocktake: Is Tesla an ESG stock?investors are right to be sceptical about what they’re getting when they buy into an ESG indexTue May 31 2022 - 05:30
Snap: great company, poor stock Social media platform has delivered on revenues but market expectations were too highTue May 31 2022 - 05:10
More woes may loom for growth trapsHigh-flying companies that fall short of heady revenue expectations are vulnerableTue May 31 2022 - 04:00
Stocktake: For investors, beauty isn’t just skin deepWhy we’re biased toward more attractive fund managers and chief executivesTue May 24 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: US recession outlook is key for stocksThere’s a big difference between recessionary and non-recessionary bear marketsTue May 24 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Fund manager sentiment turns grimEven if stocks rally now, it’s unlikely to last as all the indicators have turned negativeTue May 24 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Are US stocks cheap?Inflation brings an added layer of uncertainty to the recent market plungeTue May 24 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: We all knew the bubbles would burstIt was plain that many valuations were crazy but investors couldn’t restrain themselvesTue May 17 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Stock market losses piling up for investorsTech stocks have borne the brunt of the selling, losing some $3trnTue May 17 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: How long do bear markets last?Long-term investors have no choice but to be patientTue May 17 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Traders looking for signs of capitulationHas the market hit bottom yet? It’s possible, but things could still become a lot worseTue May 17 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Dalio says tech bubble stocks still not safeBubbles take a long time to unwind and ‘typically go to the opposite extreme’Tue May 10 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Cathie Wood misses point on passive investingFund manager complains passive funds curbed vast earnings for investorsTue May 10 2022 - 00:00
