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In its U.S. Equity Derivates Strategy report on ETFs, published Thursday, Barclays names the top ETFs with the best tail hedges against global equities (URTH).
Investors piled into cash this year as the Fed continued its unprecedented tightening cycle, while U.S. debt also saw record inflows.
The dominance of the Magnificent 7 megacaps extends beyond Wall Street.
The BofA Securities quant gauge of stock-related news sentiment continued to improve in August in all regions and most global sectors.
Global equities can expect to see up to a 10% correction in the second half of this year.
Money mangers are warming up to stocks, but still lack faith in the rally that started last autumn, according to the the latest survey from BofA Securities.
One of the most bullish voices of 2022 is cautious about risk assets following recent gains. Read why.
Asked where they would deploy most of their investing capital in 2023, a vast majority of readers said stocks. See the results.
Long-only funds across the globe cut cash levels and boosted exposure to stocks in November, according to the BofA global quant strategy team. See the biggest Underweights and Overweights.
UBS Global Wealth Management sees 5% to 10% upside for global stock markets, with emerging markets, financials, energy stocks and small caps best placed to capitalize.
Global stock markets closed out a month of major gains for November, outperforming the U.S.
Societe Generale studied the impact on companies following an ESG high controversy event, finding that stocks typically underperformed by 12% over the following two years.
These large-cap developed-markets stocks generate at least 15% of their sales from China and could be vulnerable if worries around the coronavirus and Chinese economy escalate, says Citigroup.
Two months of protests in Hong Kong are starting to take a toll on some of the largest global companies, adding to a host of geopolitical concerns as the U.S.-China trade war drags on. During the past few weeks, management teams at a range of multinational firms have taken to earnings calls to warn of dire consequences if the clashes escalate — including lost revenue and hits to business investment.
Worries about the global economy percolate even as equities around the world rise, but an economist at Ned Davis Research says the worst of it may be over.
The International Monetary Fund again reduced its global economic growth forecast for 2019 on Tuesday, citing risks like increasing trade tensions and tighter monetary policy by the Federal Reserve.
Volatility was extreme, as uncertainty gripped, not only U.S. markets, but markets world-wide. I believe it will continue to apply in 2019, and we'll see a world market slowdown,
Several major stock indices are at or nearing bear market territory, adding to mounting fears of slowing global growth.
A review of some of the market charts for this week.
With share buyback activity already beginning to slow, the Federal Reserve extracting liquidity from the financial markets, the risk to extremely elevated forward earnings estimates remains high.
The spike in volatility is consistent with the rise in the economic policy uncertainty index, and the global equity market correction - and is a possible contrarian signal.
The October reading of the investor confidence index from State Street dropped -3.4pts to 84.4 - the lowest reading since late 2012.
We are due a fall in U.S. bond yields, potentially in both the 2y and 10y but almost certainly in the latter. I reckon that this happens alongside, or right after, a final moonshot in the dollar.
Global equities are posting impressive gains to close out the quarter.
There seems to be a subtle shift in investor sentiment lately as the Trump trade war steps up, EM comes under stress, and Fed progressively tightens US (and global!) financial conditions.
Should investors pile into emerging market ETFs? Investors should avoid wading into the water blindly, as there are a lot of pitfalls to beware of. However, opportunity can arise if investors choose wisely.
Following the global equity market correction (which still seems to be underway for some countries/regions), there has been relatively little change to the overall picture.
Equity market fundamentals are looking pretty strong around the world. Key indicators like interest coverage ratios and profit margins have improved to cyclical highs.