Stock Market Forecast for the Next 5 Years The 5 year forecast period is an important one for those investors tiring of the roller coaster rides on the Dow, S&P, NASDAQ and Russell indexes. Stock market analysts and economists speak of relief of inflation happening, and forecast a smoother ride ahead, perhaps a return to…
Why a US Recession Won’t be in the Cards for 2024 The equity markets took a dive Wednesday on expectations of bad news. Yes, not on bad news, but the expectation of bad news. At least someone’s expectation. So much for the technical analysis everyone’s publishing right now. There seems to be a little conspiracy…
Forecast for the 2024 Stock Market Investors are optimistic in 2023 and see the economic potential of a Fed rate easing. What goes down must come back up. Is the second half going to be the amazing buying opportunity you’ve been hoping for? And is the 2024 stock market going to create new incredible stories…
Stock Market Forecast for the Next 6 Months Goldman Sach’s chief economist Jan Hatzius said in a release today that “The recent data have reinforced our confidence that bringing inflation down to an acceptable level will not require a recession.” GS has revised its outlook for a recession down to 20%. Yes, as I mentioned,…
Fast Stock Quotes Looking for quick stock quotes online? There are plenty of websites that offer live stock price quotes including Google Finance, Barchart, Yahoo Finance, and TradingView. It’s often wiser not to do research on your favorite trading platform because you’re likelier to make rash buy or sell decisions. Which is why Google Finance, Barchart,…
Recovery in 2024, 2025 Looks Promising — Mike Wilson Morgan Stanley’s Chief Investment Officer is bullish on 2024 and 2025, but is bearish on 2023 earnings. He’s warning investors that this mini bull market may not be trusted, and that a last half 2023 correction, at least in sentiment is due. He lays out his…
Market Outlook for Next Week Today, Sunday May 28th, Kevin McCarthy announced that, in principle the White House and the Republicans have reached a deal regarding raising the US debt ceiling. Tonight’s futures should rocket, on top of the moment built last week. A 600 point to 800 point rise during the week is likely….
Friday’s Stock Market Action The debt talks continue with President resisting negotiation as he leaves the US. Given these negotiations are critically important for the nation, travelling is sending some very bad signals about a successful negotiation Nevertheless, futures are all up this morning with the NASDAQ leading the way with a .31% gain and…
Google Finance vs Yahoo Finance Two of the most handy, searched for, and quick stock market references are Yahoo Finance and Google Finance. For investors looking for today’s stock market stories, news, and latest stock quotes, these two are the two primary sites they access. There are other sources which provide extensive data such as…
Stock Market News The emerging storyline is about the US national debt and trillion dollar interest payments which it may default on. It’s a huge threat to everyone and what makes it threatening is that the Democrats appear unwilling to curtail out of control spending, as their incoming tax revenues fall. The lower taxes is…
S&P 500 Forecast As perhaps the best performance indicator of large-cap US equities., the S&P is regarded as the “real stock market” by many investors. Compared to the Dow, the S&P is estimated to be 170 times larger in value. The S&P 500 is a collection of large cap stocks, the best of the market…
NASDAQ Forecast The good performance of the NASDAQ listed stocks show investors believe in the tech sector, and that it has the only path to profitability against Dow, Russell and S&P stocks. The NASDAQ’s 17.8% price growth year to date is surprising, but can it be sustained? Tech can find a way to profitability…
Markets Staging a Rally? Is last week’s market rally a real trend in investor sentiment? What caused the rise this month and the jump this week? Was it a technical correction, short covering, rising GDP report, or news regarding inflation rate in October so far (privileged data, not publicly available)? This chart shows how strong…
When will we see another Bull Run for the Stock Markets? Now getting past the elections, we didn’t get the results we hoped for, but the win for GOP in taking the house should help to prevent the Dems from damaging the economy too heavily. There is some hope they won’t be able to raise…
FaceBook META Stock Price Forecast Facebook announced its 3rd quarter earnings results and posted a drop of 4% YoY to $27.7 billion. They reported a net income of 22 billion which is only half of what it earned in Q3 of 2021. It was only the 2nd quarterly decline in the company’s history. Investors didn’t like…
Best Dow Jones Stocks The Dow Jones index is enjoying quite a couple of days now in October. The index has risen 1400 points in the last two days. It might be just another bear market bounce, part of the volatility of a stock market that doesn’t know where it’s going. And these events are…
Will the Fed Pivot before a Market Crash? There’s been frequent mention of a Fed pivot in the last two months. Both sides on the topic have fashioned evidence showing how their view is the correct one. For instance, there is the view that Powell and the Fed will not pull back on raising interest…
The Dow Jones and its 4 Indices Retail and institutional investors both are scrambling in the face of another market collapse to find investible securities in this last quarter of 2022. It’s in these darkest hours of the markets that everyone rethinks where the real opportunities are. We often don’t record our change of perspective,…
The Best Stocks to Buy The Dow Jones, NASDAQ, S&P and Russell 2000 are rising of late, and the outlook for 2024 is promising. Lingering inflation, debt ceiling, and international trade issues will plague the markets. However, 2024 with lower interest rates, should be a great year, which means moving money from the money markets…
Dow Forecast DJIA 2024 The Dow has been sluggish this hear, falling well behind the NASDAQ and S&P in growth. Yet of late, optimism about 2024’s economy is brightening investor’s outlook. Last Friday’s big jump shows investors are a little less gloomy, and the a weak showing in the manufacturer’s index shows lots of potential…