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2024-12-19

Investors so confident in stocks, they have record low cash allocation

The Wall Street bull statue is pictured in Manhattan, New York. Carlo Allegri | Reuters A closely watched survey of global fund managers registered its lowest cash allocation on record this month, underscoring a bullishness on stocks as the equity market nears the end of a strong year. The average cash allocation level of participants in Bank of America’s…

2024-12-18

Fears over inflation, tariffs cloud the economic outlook, CNBC survey found

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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., November 7, 2024. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters Respondents to the CNBC Fed Survey for December are sure the Federal Reserve will cut rates on Wednesday, but they are less sure whether…

2024-11-20

Goldman’s 2025 stock market forecast calls for the S&P 500 to gain 11%

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Goldman Sachs is out with its much anticipated 2025 equity outlook to clients and it calls for stocks to gain 11% from here (12% total return with dividends) as a growing economy and improving profit margins fuel sizable earnings growth. “Our view is predicated on continued US economic expansion, earnings growth of 11% in 2025 and 7% in 2026,…

2024-10-22

Goldman forecasts just a 3% S&P 500 annual return the next 10 years

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The S & P 500 will serve up a minuscule return over the next decade that falls far short of the booming gains from the last decade, forecasts Goldman Sachs’ equity strategy team, citing today’s high concentration in just a few stocks and a lofty starting valuation. The broad market index will produce an annualized nominal total return of…

2024-10-17

United Airlines (UAL) 3Q 2024 earnings

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A United Airlines Boeing 737-MAX 8 aircraft departs at San Diego International Airport en route to New York on Aug. 24, 2024. Kevin Carter | Getty Images United Airlines said Tuesday that it is starting a $1.5 billion share buyback as the carrier reported higher-than-expected earnings for the busy summer travel season and forecast higher airfares into 2025. United…

2024-10-09

Economic tailwinds boost Kamala Harris in election homestretch, economists say

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The surprisingly positive jobs report Friday has reinforced growing optimism about the U.S. economy, less than a month before the end of an extremely close presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, and while voters say the economy is a top priority. Nonfarm payrolls added 254,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate fell…

2024-10-07

Outlook for October 7-11, 2024

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The rocky start to October trading has left Wall Street wondering what can boost stocks in the near-term. The three major averages eked out modest gains after a wobbly week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite each added 0.1% on the week, while the S & P 500 rose 0.2%. Stocks struggled this week as rising tensions…

2024-09-23

What Warren Buffett’s recent moves say – and don’t say – about today’s market

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When the man who’s built the greatest fortune in history from investing alone – and whose preferred holding period is “forever” – becomes a resolute seller of two of the most widely held stocks in the world, the questions about what it means for the market and economy are inevitable. And so it is with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway…

2024-09-18

The Fed finally cuts rates. What the stock market historically does from here

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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in four years Wednesday. Let’s take a look at how stocks performed at the start of prior easing cycles. How it will perform from here depends largely on the economy, historical data shows. In total, across all cycles, the S & P 500’s performance in the aftermath of the…

2024-09-03

The peak interest rate era is over. Here’s what investors are watching

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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 23, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Central banks around the world are set to kick off or continue interest rate cuts this fall, bringing an end to an era of historically high borrowing costs. In September, the U.S. Federal Reserve is all but…

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Investors so confident in stocks, they have record low cash allocation

Goldman forecasts just a 3% S&P 500 annual return the next 10 years

United Airlines (UAL) 3Q 2024 earnings

Economic tailwinds boost Kamala Harris in election homestretch, economists say

Outlook for October 7-11, 2024

What Warren Buffett’s recent moves say – and don’t say – about today’s market

The Fed finally cuts rates. What the stock market historically does from here

The peak interest rate era is over. Here’s what investors are watching

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