Stock Market Analysis & Comment

By the very nature of having a large market cap, big companies have greater access to cash inflows and borrowing capital. In contrast, small market cap stocks, valued up to $2 billion, are more...

The S&P 500 has experienced a strong upward trend with positive weekly performances. Meta Platforms demonstrate significant growth potential amid a favorable analyst consensus. Concerns arise...

The bull market turns two this month. Investors are riding high after back-to-back strong years for the S&P 500 and a rebound in the fixed-income space. What’s not to like right now? US large...

As rebounds go, the current revival in the fortunes of stocks in emerging markets surely ranks as one of the more impressive feats in recent history. The caveat: The turnaround is primarily due to...

Lost decades in the markets are not at all uncommon. Current valuation extremes suggest we may be on the cusp of another one. Certainly, it appears equity investors today want to have their cake...

Remember the "higher for longer" mantra about the outlook for the federal funds rate (FFR) during the spring? It turned into "lower and sooner" this summer in response to the economy's soft...

Some of our best friends are permabears. They are smart economists and strategists who tend to be bearish. We look to them for a thorough analysis of what could go wrong for the economy and the stock...

Inflation data, Fed FOMC meeting minutes, start of Q3 earnings season will be in focus this week. AMD is a buy as it holds its annual 'Advancing AI 2024' event. Delta Air Lines is a sell with...

Tesla shares corrected on disappointing Q3 deliveries. Eyes are now on next week's robotaxi event, expected to be a game-changer for the EV maker. After the event, the focus will be on the Q3...

October has opened with stocks signaling a correction amid rising geopolitical tensions. Watch key support levels in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 as futures remain mixed ahead of a crucial jobs...

Stocks finished little changed yesterday. The trading range was quite wide, but for now, the S&P 500 remains near the zero gamma level for the most part. Today’s jobs report is expected to break...

After falling to their lowest level last year (in Wall Street Horizon's eight years of data), the total number of announced global corporate buybacks has been improving throughout 2024. Higher...

Betting against momentum and large-cap growth continues to be a losing proposition, at least in relative terms, for positioning US equity portfolios in 2024, based on a set of factor ETFs. These risk...

S&P 500 futures are trading near recent highs amid geopolitical tensions. The market is retreating from overbought levels as traders await key job reports. Central bank easing optimism faces...