Market Moves
Daniel Loeb Doubles Down on Activism
Hedge fund provocateur to devote even more resources to shaking up companies.
Analysts: Earnings Will Improve in 2020
The Case for a Good 4th Quarter in the Market
What Recession? Forecasts See Only a Slowdown
What’s the Fed’s Next Step on Rates?
Steve Schwarzman Knocks Beijing, as Business Chiefs Grow Leery on Trade Tiff
The Blackstone head, on old China hand, argues that the challenge to Chinese conduct is justified.
60% of Americans Think a Recession Likely Will Hit in 2020
ABC/Washington Post poll results are similar to survey findings at the start of the Great Recession.
Ray Dalio’s Flagship Fund Takes a Rare Tumble
Pure Alpha, which clocked a 14% advance in 2018, has lost 6% thus far this year.
‘Big Short’ Seer Spies New Bubble: Index Funds
Result: Small-cap and value stocks end up neglected, Michael Burry says.
S&P 500 Dividend Yield Surmounts the 30-Year Treasury
The last time that happened was during the financial crisis, Bespoke says.
Larry Summers Dumps on Jackson Hole Avoidance of Negative Interest Rates
Former Treasury secretary thinks less-than-zero rates do little good and much harm.
Pay No Attention to the Inverted Yield Curve, Some Economists Say
Shiller, Yardeni, Yellen, and El-Erian trash this feared recession signal as off-base nowadays.
So the Federal Reserve Doesn’t Care About the Stock Market? Baloney
Fed Chairman Powell’s words belie the official mandate, State Street’s Arone finds.
Blame the Computers for Last Week’s Market Wipeout
So says JP Morgan’s trading honcho, Marko Kolanovic, who thinks more than half the moves were due to algos.
