S&P 500 Index Performance After The First Fed Rate Hike Historically, the S&P 500 has weathered the Fed’s first rate hike better than investors might expect. Following an initial 25 bp move, the index often…
Fear & Greed Index – Investor Sentiment The Fear & Greed Index is sitting at 35, putting the market firmly in fear territory but not at panic levels. That leaves room for U.S. stocks to…
NAAIM Exposure Index – Investor Sentiment After hitting a new +2-year high at 102.7 last week, the NAAIM Exposure Index fell sharply to 85.6. Even so, active managers remain heavily exposed to equities and firmly…
Survey – Where Do You Expect the S&P 500 Index to Be in the Next 12 Months? Half of BCA’s clients see the S&P 500 up 10% or more over the next year, backed by…
Bond Volatility – MOVE Index Stocks remain sensitive to every move in yields, but falling rate volatility could clear a path higher for the S&P 500, even with interest rates still elevated. Image: The Daily…
U.S.-Listed Spot-Gold ETF Weekly Flows Gold ETFs are back in favor, with money flowing in again as retail demand firms, central banks keep buying, and the macro backdrop turns more supportive. Image: Goldman Sachs FICC…
Largest Contributors to the YTD Change in NTM EPS for MSCI AC World Most of the Technology sector’s positive earnings revisions have come from its more cyclical areas, particularly semiconductors and related hardware. Image: Goldman…
U.S. Household Equity Ownership by Wealth Percentile Call it the American Dream or a widening divide. The top 1% now hold about half of U.S. market wealth. The bottom half? Just 1%. The gap has…
Bitcoin and Software Bitcoin has largely tracked software stocks in recent years. The reset earlier this year has turned into a rebound, and both have cleared near-term resistance to establish short-term uptrends.. Image: Topdown Charts
Cumulative Bull vs. Bear Markets (Points) Bear markets don’t just trim gains. They can erase most of the inflation-adjusted upside from an entire bull run. Which is why a late-cycle drop is never just noise.…
Percent of S&P 500 Stocks with Dividends > 10-Year Treasury Yield The income trade has reversed. In July 2016, 63.4% of S&P 500 stocks yielded more than the 10-year U.S. Treasury. Today, fewer than 4.5%…