LPL: Time To Take Off The Blindfold?
The S&P 500 Index is off to its best start in years, but this is on the heels of the worst year for stocks since 2008. The trifecta of crashing oil prices, confusion from the Federal Reserve (Fed), and trade issues with China all pushed equities lower by 14% during the usually bullish fourth […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended January 11th
Baby steps December’s surge in market volatility has given way to incremental gains entering the new year. Stocks rose modestly in six of the first eight trading days of 2019, and Friday’s small decline snapped a five-day string of positive days in a row. Solid start The major stock indexes climbed 2%–3% during […]
Alliance Bernstein: Global Equities 2018 Review, 2019 Outlook
If you go back to the beginning of the year, we were in a period of synchronized global economic growth. That was going to support earnings growth. And here in the US, we were going to have an extra kicker from the tax cuts. So, I think we went into the year feeling reasonably sanguine […]
LPL: 2019 Outlook for Fixed Income
The environment for fixed income investors has been challenging over the last several years, and the struggle has intensified recently. As shown in the LPL Chart of the Day, long-term yields have fallen to 12-month lows, weighed down by plunging inflation expectations as fears of a global slowdown increase. However, we see a disconnect between […]
LPL: Putting an Extremely Volatile Market in Perspective
On Monday, the S&P 500 Index came about as close as possible to the technical definition of a bear market without officially registering one (defined as a 20% or larger decline based on closing prices). Enduring these sharp declines can be unnerving for any investor, making it difficult to avoid the urge to react and […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended December 28th
Historic days After falling sharply on Monday and taking a holiday break on Tuesday, the stock market took a huge turn. The major indexes soared around 5% on Wednesday, and the Dow’s 1,086-point surge was the biggest single-day point gain in the index’s 120-year history. Stocks rallied again on Thursday amid choppy trading, as […]