Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Running to records U.S. stocks have taken a steady climb to new records. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both notched their highest closes ever on Friday. Both of those indexes and the Nasdaq Composite rose more…
Goldman Sachs has refreshed its lists of top global stock picks, adding some and removing others. The stocks are featured in the investment bank’s “Conviction List – Directors’ Cut,” which it says offers a “curated and active” list of buy-rated stocks. They are selected by a subcommittee in each region which “collaborate with each sector…
The first big week of the earnings season is here, with several major financial and consumer-facing stocks slated to report their latest results. Nearly 40 S & P 500 are scheduled to post their calendar third-quarter results, including Netflix and Procter & Gamble . Big banks Goldman Sachs and Bank of America are also on…
The good times are still rolling on Wall Street. An intensifying earnings season will put that momentum to the test. The S & P 500 ended Friday at a record high, buoyed by strong quarterly results from Club holding Wells Fargo and other major financial firms, which reinforced the idea of a healthy U.S. economy….
The upcoming earnings season could decide what’s next for stocks. The S & P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are at all-time highs after a strong jobs report last week and some cooler inflation data this week raised investor confidence in equities. Tech stocks outperformed this week, with the sector up more than 2%,…
Markets just keep rallying this year, with the S & P 500 up nearly 22% year-to-date and the Nasdaq jumping around 21%. In global stocks, the MSCI World index is around 16% higher. Many on Wall Street expect the trend to continue. Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley and others all see the S & P…
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, Oct. 9 1. The S & P 500 is little changed a day after a nearly 1% bounce-back rally. Tuesday’s gains for the market were driven, in part, by a pullback in oil prices, which had been climbing on Mideast tensions. Crude was modestly lower Wednesday morning. 2….
Goldman Sachs is the latest in a flurry of calls to upgrade China stocks after the Asian giant’s recent wave of stimulus measures. The Wall Street bank raised its call on China stocks to an overweight rating in an Oct. 5 note, adding that this market is set to soar further. Goldman predicts that Chinese…
(Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. upgraded its call on Chinese stocks to overweight, as it joined a camp of optimists that are touting the positive impact of Beijing’s stimulus blitz. Most Read from Bloomberg Gauges tracking the nation’s equities may rise another 15%-20% if authorities deliver on policy measures, strategists including Tim Moe wrote…
It’s officially a new trading month, and HSBC recommends investors broaden their exposure in the fourth quarter by seeking out stocks with more reasonable valuations. September was another winning month for stocks, as the S & P 500 saw its fifth consecutive month in the green. On the final trading day of the month, the…