Stocktake: Have stocks come too far, too fast?
Stocks have had quite the run but cool-off period is expected, says Bespoke Investment
Stocks have had quite the run but cool-off period is expected, says Bespoke Investment
Since July 2020, corporate profit margins are expected to fall
Compound interest makes good on 22-year wait for Pfizer investors
Delta variant fears cause heavy stock and commodity prices to fall
First half of 2021 was unusually strong for stocks, with new records in Europe
Since 2010, it has survived four separate declines of at least 80%
Weekly survey suggests equity exposure has fallen significantly of late
Almost 97% of S&P 500 stocks were trading above their 200-day average last week
Bitcoin more than doubled in 2021 and is up ninefold over the last year
In bull markets, corrections are swift and shallow
Stock prices don’t tell you anything about a company’s market capitalisation or valuation
Inflows into stock funds hit 20-year highs as equities soar on Covid-19 vaccine news
Pfizer’s announcement last week was great for 2020’s losers but not for 2020’s winners
US outperformance hasn’t been driven by president, but don’t expect him to buy that line
This is still a bull market, so it’s wise to give stocks the benefit of the doubt
Most markets trading at forward price/ earnings ratios ‘not seen since late 1990s’
2020 shaping up to be the year of record volatility, says Bespoke Investment
US bull market isn’t quite as extraordinarily long as it might appear
Dove-like Fed, Musk meltdown and bulls have the edge
Stocktake: despite strong market rebound, stocks likely to retest recent lows
Stocktake: Investors are still jumping in as FOMO trumps worry of losing money
The cryptocurrency is volatile and its future value trajectory is anyone’s guess
Stocktake: Gains of over 50% predicted, with no sign of bull market party ending soon
Warren Buffett, Howard Marks and Nobel economist Robert Shiller have warned the craze will end badly
Stocktake: Tech stock fall is factor-led. Plus: Trump’s tax cuts; Weinstein’s ‘comeback’
Momentum may be about to accelerate as stocks enter seasonally strongest part of year
Barrons warn markets ‘could be at risk of another computer-driven meltdown’
Stocktake: Idea of Trump as a ‘stock market whisperer’ doesn’t bear scrutiny
Stocktake: Donald Trump, investors think you’re useless at best, dangerous at worst
Despite an ECB denial, speculation the global liquidity punch bowl is about to be removed is growing
StockTake: the most stress-free job, FOMO for AIB, and beware your psycho CEO
This rally is refusing to retreat, which must be torture for those on the sidelines
Stocktake: A cool look at overbought markets and cracks in the global rally
StockTake: Trumponomics sparked a big bounce, but concerns have curtailed rally
British investors would have made more money if they had invested almost anywhere else
Stocktake: Investor optimism, emerging markets, political fears and a quiet holiday period
Stocktake: Trump’s election victory has decisively altered market expectations in US
Consternation regarding Trump’s victory is understandable, but one point bears repeating: don’t let your politics colour your investment outlook
Stocktake: Rodrigo Duterte not helping markets while active fund managers have bad year
Overconfidence in CEOs not always bad and it’s too early to know if pound has bottomed
Investors are living through the second-longest bull market in US history but the scars left by the global financial crisis are unlikely to heal any time soon
Wrong-footed investors carp as S&P 500 hit fresh all-time highs
Recent bearishness resembles levels seen near the bottom of past corrections
Trading grinds to halt in New York atsecond largest US stock exchange
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