Description: Look who’s back. After a long absence, active individual investors have returned. While breakneck and foolhardy trading activity in shares of GameStop Corp. GME, +19.20% has dominated the headlines, unanswered questions remain as to whether a broader resurgence in retail trading will last and what it will mean for the stock market as U.S. benchmark indexes march… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Market Analysis
‘Dumb Money’ Is on GameStop, and It’s Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game
Description: GameStop shares have soared 1,700 percent as millions of small investors, egged on by social media, employ a classic Wall Street tactic to put the squeeze — on Wall Street. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Jan 27, 2021 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/business/gamestop-wall-street-bets.html Questions for discussion: Why are shares of GameStop rising? How do hedge funds stand to lose?… Read more »
Here’s another sign that markets have gone nuts and everyone is chasing everything
Description: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to discern that financial markets are full of juice at the moment, with the S&P 500 SPX, -0.12% ending Thursday at its fourth record high of the young year and up 72% from the lows of March 2020. The last 12 weeks have seen the largest inflows to stocks ever, according… Read more »
Top Wall Street analysts back these stocks as earnings season kicks off
Description: Earnings season is here, and Wall Street analysts are calling for another decline amid the pandemic. However, some pros are more optimistic about the fourth quarter earnings season, with Ignacio Cantos, investment director at ATL Capital in Madrid, noting the “next catalyst will be the upcoming earnings season.” Source: CNBC.com Date: Jan 17, 2021 Link:… Read more »
There’s a Global Wall of Cash Primed to Snap Up U.S. Treasuries
Description: The Treasury market’s bears had better take notice: There’s a wall of global cash poised to swoop in and buy, likely limiting the upside in yields. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Jan 15, 2021 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-16/there-s-a-global-wall-of-cash-primed-to-snap-up-u-s-treasuries?srnd=premium-canada Questions for discussion: Explain the analysis presented and recommendations to bond players. Do you agree with this assessment?
Canadian M&A seen picking up after hitting 9-year low in 2020
Description: Arrival of vaccines expected to improve public confidence in an economic recovery and revive deal-making, say bankers Source: FinancialPost.com – video report Date: Jan 07, 2021 Link: https://financialpost.com/investing/canadian-ma-seen-picking-up-after-hitting-9-year-low-in-2020 Questions for discussion: Explain why M & A is expected to pick up? Do you agree with this analysis? What would you advise investors do at… Read more »
From ‘selling travel’ to ‘not owning Tesla’: Money managers’ best and worst decisions of 2020
Description: From ‘selling travel’ to ‘not owning Tesla’: Money managers’ best and worst decisions of 2020 Source: FinancialPost.com – video report Date: Dec 31, 2020 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/from-selling-travel-to-not-owning-tesla-money-managers-best-and-worst-decisions-of-2020-1.1540602?jwsource=cl Questions for discussion: Summarize the analysis presented by Barry Schwartz. Do you agree with his assessments and predictions?
How China’s economy bounced back one year after first Covid warning: CNBC After Hours
Description: How China’s economy bounced back one year after first Covid warning: CNBC After Hours Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Dec 30, 2020 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/12/30/how-chinas-economy-bounced-back-one-year-after-first-covid-warning-coronavirus-wuhan.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights in this report. Which industries were hit worst of all by Covid-19? How do you think 2021 will play out around the world?
Equity market bubble will ‘end in tears,’ Rosenberg warns
Description: Veteran Bay Street economist and strategist David Rosenberg is warning that a return to a more normalized interest rate environment could stop the record-breaking market rally in its tracks. Source: BNNBloomberg.com – video report Date: Dec 10, 2020 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/equity-market-bubble-will-end-in-tears-rosenberg-warns-1.1533399 Questions for discussion: Summarize the scenario presented by David Rosenberg. Assuming this is likely,… Read more »
Opinion: Why the 2020s could favor market-timers over buy-and-hold U.S. stock investors
Description: International stocks, gold and bonds may be a better bet for the next decade Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Dec 01, 2020 Link: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-2020s-could-favor-market-timers-over-buy-and-hold-us-stock-investors-2020-12-01?mod=home-page Questions for discussion: Summarize the analysis presented and recommendations to investors. Do you agree?
