Another difficult week for the large-cap indices like the S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (COMPQ), which both fell for a second consecutive week. The S&P 500 declined roughly -.8% while the Growth-heavy Nasdaq declined roughly -2% for the week. The strength that the markets have been experiencing from the Small-cap Russell 2000 (RUT)… continued!.…...
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If it’s been said once it has been said millions of times, “everyone would be a buyer if stocks were cheaper, but when stocks are cheaper they simply lose buying confidence.” With investing capital, investing capital mind you, it seems as though most investors will find an excuse NOT TO BUY in favor of “capital…...
by Tom Lee The major event over the weekend is the failed assassination attempt against former President Trump. This is a huge blessing that the assassin did not succeed. Data from betting markets, including RealClearPolitics.com show Trump’s chances of winning the White House surge to 65%, the highest level since the start of this election…...
Please take some time to read this weekend’s 3rd party Research from DataTrek, Merrill Lynch and Fundstrat. We will restart our usual monthly reporting regime in the coming week. DataTrek’s Nicolaus Colas The following chart shows the rolling 100-day price return correlations between the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 from 2009 to the present. Correlation…...
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Scott Rubner, Managing Director Goldman Sachs This is the last bullish US Equity email that I will be sending out for now, as the last standing bears have capitulated and everyone is in the pool. I am so bullish after 34 new ATH’s, that I am actually turning tactically bearish. The pain trade has shifted…...
Many investors have become quite frustrated by the stock markets’ performance relative to their own portfolio performance. 2024 is one of those years whereby most stocks are underperforming the indices themselves, and by a great deal. It’s a stock market year, not a stock picker’s year. In truth, it’s been that way for the last…...
Macro Strategy—European Equity Risks Increase, Caution Still Warranted: Last month’s European Union (EU) parliamentary elections have marked a turning point in relative performance between European and U.S. equity markets. European Equities had largely kept pace with the U.S. for much of 2024. But returns across the two regions have diverged in the wake of the…...
Macro Strategy—Soft Landing in Progress?: U.S. economic growth remains sturdy, and favorable recent inflation dynamics give the Federal Reserve (Fed) room to bring inflation closer to its 2% target without much damage to the labor market. In other words, the economy appears in the process of a soft landing. What’s more, the latest Global Wave…...
