When double-digit market growth precedes the 9th month, good things tend to follow for investors, according to LPL and BofA.
Two reports seem to show a cooling economy, with the Fed backing off.
After a lean season, a bevy of excitement-generating deals is in the pipeline, headed by Instacart.
Those stocks, such as Altria and Verizon, carry the top yields, but their flagging prices negate the sweet payouts, according to Bespoke.
Technology leaders are off since mid-July, amid new investor wariness and concerns over their high valuations, the research firm contends.
Post-SVB, most thought all was well with the banking system, but the rating agency sees worrisome weaknesses.
Big tech mega caps skew the profits picture, and stripping them out makes the outlook flat.
The Magnificent Seven tech giants will continue to dominate the index, critics say.
An encouraging second quarter, with a star offering, is stoking dormant optimism.
Some strategists say pandemic spending and other factors have severed the historic sequence.
With tighter regulation on the way and the potential for firms to feign artificial intelligence influence, SocGen recommends a diverse approach.
Traders in the beaten-down commodity, an economic bellwether, are taking long positions in its futures.
Over the past three decades, reliance on a handful of big stocks (like we have now) does not end well, according to the CFRA strategist.
Artificial intelligence-fueled productivity should expand margins by 4 percentage points, the firm projects, but it won’t happen right away.