If a report from UBS proves to be true, U.S. investors are going to be surprised to learn that the big public companies in Europe are set to outpace the growth of…
Have stocks peaked? Again, calling absolute peaks or bottoms is almost impossible. What is not impossible is to see when markets or sectors become wildly overbought or too crowded.
Many investors now do not want to take any non-market risk in specific stocks or even in specific sectors. That leads them into the S&P 500 index funds. The question that many…
Jon C. Ogg Building on a turn toward more equity investments in the second quarter of this year, the top 50 hedge funds boosted their equity positions by nearly 3% in the third quarter.
Investors often wonder what to think when the stock market hits new all-time highs. Do they sell or do they chase the market higher?
It may come as a shock, but out of the 10 largest investment banks by assets, only one of them has outperformed the S&P 500 since bear market bottom on March 6,…
Billionaire investor George Soros reported Monday that his investment company has taken large positions in gold stocks, even as other big-time investors sell.
The global tactical equity idea generation team examined the relationship between the S&P 500 and the Goldman Sachs Research's Surprise Index, which compares economic data releases with consensus expectations.
In January and February the recession risks for the United States were picking up. Now it looks as though the biggest risks for the U.S. falling back into recession in 2016 have…
If you only listened to outside investor pundits or activist investors in the financial media, you might be tricked into thinking that Yahoo is on the brink of implosion.
Now that earnings season is well into its second half, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to look at some of the core earnings power of the S&P 500 based on actual earnings seen…
Jon C. Ogg Analyzing the stock market in 2016 and 2015 is becoming harder and harder. The end game, regardless of how you view the market in general, is that this just isn’t your granddaddy’s…
The bull market seems to be at a crossroads at the end of 2015. 24/7 Wall St. has compiled many key Wall Street strategist views for 2016.
Any time there is a major sell-off in stock, bonds usually are the beneficiary. The problem this time around is that interest rates are already so low.
It turns out that hedge fund Bridgewater Associates and founder Ray Dalio have made some changes since the end of 2014.
