News
Federal Reserve Expected to Hike Rates Next Week, Despite Shaky Banks
A slight dip in inflation and new Washington safeguards for lenders seem to have reassured investors, for now.
Tag: S&P 500
Market Moves
Slowly It Turns: The Market Rotates Back to Rally Mode
Cyclical stock sectors re-take the lead, but with deliberation, as earnings weaken.
Risk
IPOs Start 2023 in the Doldrums, Mirroring 2022’s Sad Showing
With an anxiety-prone stock market not showing a lot of lift after last year’s losses, companies are holding off on going public.
Pensions
Public Pension Funding Status Rose in 2022, NCPERS Says
The figure climbed to 77.8%, up 3 percentage points from the year before, a survey shows.
Research
Hidden Risks Still Bedevil Allocators’ Returns, Updated Study Warns
Institutional investors’ attempts at diversification often are self-defeating, says NTAM in a new version of its 2020 jeremiad.
Research
Recessions May Be Mild, but Market Reactions Aren’t
BlackRock forecasts a 1% economic contraction this year. The question: How will investors respond?
Newsmakers
How Bob Doll Makes His Rather Prescient 10 Annual Predictions
The Wall Street heavyweight’s forecasts for each coming year have done well over three decades, coupling conventional wisdom with unorthodox guesses.
Asset Allocation
Stocks and Bonds Should Come Back in 2023, Says Cambridge Associates
The consulting firm explains why, even with a recession, it will pay to overweight equities.
Newsmakers
Does Chinese Pandemic Unrest Mean Big Problems Ahead? Maybe Not, Says Bespoke
The economic and investing impact on China should be small, the firm expects. Hopefully with no Tiananmen Square rerun.
Market Moves
Is All the Bad News Priced Into the Stock Market? Nope
A possible trap: With equities on another tear, BCA Research warns that investors really don’t appreciate all that can go wrong.
Newsmakers
Post-Election Market Trajectory: Rocky at First, Then Steady
Strategists think the prospect of a gridlocked Congress will ultimately be good for stocks, with a couple of big exceptions.
Asset Allocation
Falling Markets Send Endowment Index 7.5% Lower in Q3
Oil assets, MPLs were the top performers, while Chinese equities and real estate burdened the hypothetical portfolio.
Asset Allocation
BofA’s Answer to a Bear Market: Outdex, Don’t Index
The shortcomings of the S&P 500 make this method preferable, says the bank.
Asset Allocation
Factors Grow in Popularity Among Investors, Study Says
Using methods other than market value should give superior performance amid slow economic growth and rapid inflation, respondents believe.
Asset Allocation
The 5 Companies that Make the Market Go Up or Down
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Tesla make up a core portion of both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100.