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TCW buys Engine No. 1’s ETF business
Asset management firm TCW Group announced on Tuesday that it’s buying Engine No. 1’s exchange-traded-fund business for undisclosed terms.
As tech stocks skyrocket, here are the S&P 500’s best and worst sectors for profit margins
Company profit margins still remain 'solid' for the S&P 500, while estimates for the information-technology sector appear to be holding up relatively well, according to DataTrek Research.
The $1 trillion ‘wall of worry’ for commercial real estate that spirals through 2027
There are about $1 trillion of commercial real-estate loans coming due through the end of 2024, and closer to $2.5 trillion by the end of 2027.
Why this real-estate-related corner of the stock market may benefit from AI
Data centers stand to benefit from the rise of artificial intelligence, with generative AI opening up a potentially attractive opportunity within the stock market’s real-estate sector, according to Morgan Stanley’s Laurel...
Investors are the most bullish on stocks since before the 2022 bear market, says Vanguard
Investors are expecting U.S. stocks to return 5.5% in the next 12 months, their most bullish forecast since the 2022 bear market, according to a Vanguard survey.
‘Dollar smile’ theory says the currency will weaken further, but some believe the framework could use an update
A widely used framework that has proved successful at anticipating cycles of U.S. dollar strength and weakness suggests the world's reserve currency will likely weaken further.
This junk-bond-market measure signals appetite for risk as stocks jump this year
The amount of extra yield that investors demand for risky corporate bonds has fallen, in a sign beyond the stock-market rally that fears that a U.S. recession may be looming appear to have abated.
Bank ETFs bounce, with this fund heading for potentially best month since 2021
Exchange-traded funds that buy bank stocks jumped Tuesday as investors assessed Wall Street’s latest batch of second-quarter earnings results from giants including Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.
Why stocks could get a boost from a falling U.S. dollar
The S&P 500 may receive a lift from a softening U.S. dollar, according to market analysts.
The U.S. stock-market rally seems unstoppable, so why does bearishness still persist?
The U.S. stock-market rally that marked the first half of 2023 continues into the second half, leaving bullish investors clinging to the optimism that has helped the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 index advance by 42% for the...
U.S. stocks typically rally during earnings season. Here’s why this summer might be different.
Earnings season is typically a happy time for the U.S. stock market. But this summer might be different, analysts said.
U.S. Dollar Index chart breakdown warns that further losses loom
The ICE U.S. Dollar Index fell through important chart support Tuesday, sending a message that further losses may be looming.
S&P 500 could top the 4,500 mark, but not for long, says Oxford Economics
Don't get too giddy if the stock market eclipses the 4,500 mark, because a recession still looks likely, says John Canavan at Oxford Economics.
U.S. stocks rise as bulls get ‘wish’ on inflation report, yet soft landings for Fed are ‘pretty improbable’
Markets seem to be embracing the notion of a soft landing for the U.S. economy despite inflation remaining above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
Earnings season to give stock-market investors update on ‘heavily debated’ consumer health, says Goldman
With second-quarter earnings season kicking off, investors will get a view of consumer health in an economy still stuck with high inflation as the U.S. stock market climbs this year.
Labor is ‘too hot’ for Fed, Stifel’s Bannister says. These industries hold the ‘defensive’ stocks in case of a recession.
Stifel's Barry Bannister suggests a potential economic downturn in early 2024.
Guggenheim sees ‘great opportunities’ despite a potential recession. Here’s the playbook it recommends.
The chance of a U.S. recession occurring by the end of the year are “relatively high,” while inflation is likely to fall towards 3%, according to Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, which has over $190 billion in fi...
Too early to celebrate? Why inflation data means a pivotal week for the U.S. stock market lies ahead.
This week's June CPI report will give investors more clarity on potential for further interest-rate hikes after July. It may either give a green light to a continued stock-market rally or kill the baby bull market after a ...
Left behind by the 2023 stock-market rally? Use this type of ETF to play catch-up, says BofA.
Investors may be better off owning the equal-weighted version of the S&P 500 in the second half of 2023, after the popular stock-market gauge soared on narrow breadth during the first six months of the year, according to B...
Wall Street warmed to U.S. stocks in June, BofA data show, but many analysts remain bearish
Wall Street has proven once again that the higher U.S. stocks climb, the more bullish its analysts become.
