A Just-OK Stock Market for New Fed Head Powell’s First 6 Months
The Dow is up 4.6% since he took over, putting him in the middle for debut chairs.
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Does Value Stocks’ July Rebound Mean the Expansion Is About Over?
Historically, value outperformance happens when an economic boom has played out.
CDPQ Assets Hit $308.3 Billion in First Half of 2018
Equities are among the highest performers for the Canadian pension fund’s mid-year returns.
Morgan Stanley Warns a 2nd Market Correction Is Coming
Weakness in once market-leading tech threatens to reprise the winter 10% slide, the firm says.
Abby Joseph Cohen Is Worried About the Bond Market
Goldman strategist notes rise of short-term rates and projects a 3.6% 10-year Treasury.
Hedge Fund Titan Daniel Loeb Worries About Fed Hikes
Activist investor thinks aggressive short-term rate increases 'heightens' recession risk.
Inverted Yield Curve Warning:
Is It Different This Time?
Maybe Fed bond-buying, foreign safety seeking, and low rates have changed its accuracy as a recession signal.
A Future Burst of Wage Hikes Will Lift Inflation, Economist Predicts
While pay raises are torpid now, expect a surprise at year-end due to tight labor markets, David Levy says.
Trade War Could Trim Economic Growth, Study Says
It also risks pushing the US and the world into a recession, BofA Merrill warns.
Economic Growth: These Are the Good Old Days
The US and the world’s economies should be fine in 2018, then start to slow, IHS Markit predicts.