Mike Wilson sees the S&P 500 hitting 6,500 by year-end, but the path to new all-time highs will be choppy. Morgan Stanley’s chief investment officer told Bloomberg TV on Thursday that he expects tariff volatility to ramp up in the third quarter, potentially sparking pullbacks of 5% to 10%. Investors shouldn’t be worried, though. Wilson thinks any…
A rush of investor cash is headed for the stock market in the second half, most of it coming from retail investors. That’s according to JPMorgan, which predicted this week that investors are poised to inject $500 billion into stocks through the rest of 2025, and most of that will come from retail traders. “Led…
A collapse in volatility suggests that the painful stock market sell-off is over and that a fresh rally could be brewing. That’s according to Jason Goepfert, senior research analyst at SentimenTrader, who told BI on Wednesday that the sharp decline in the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, flashed a “bear killer” signal. The bullish signal…
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 both flashed the dreaded “death cross” formation on Monday. The technical sell signal occurs when an index’s 200-day moving average rises above its 50-day moving average. It can signal a reversal in a prior trend — in this case, the two-year bull market in stocks. The development comes on…
The S&P 500 briefly entered a bear market on Monday, falling 21% from its mid-February peak. The uncertainty surrounding President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which were higher than Wall Street expected, plunged the market into chaos over the past week. An increase in market volatility has strategists at Goldman Sachs dusting off their bear market playbook…
Barclays slashed its S&P 500 target to the lowest among the major banks, predicting that the index will end the year at 5,900. Before Wednesday, the firm held a 6,600 target but cut its outlook amid deteriorating economic data and tariff disruptions, which have paralyzed markets so far this year. RBC and Goldman Sachs have…
Investors who think a recession is in the cards this year should brace for a double-digit correction to rattle the stock market, according to Bank of America. Strategists at the bank said they see the S&P 500 potentially dropping to as low as 5,000 in the event unemployment rises and the economy tips into a downturn….
Americans aren’t feeling great about the economy, and it’s translating to a weaker outlook for spending. That isn’t good news for the stock market, and Wall Street is eyeing the risk of weaker corporate earnings as consumers pull back. Consumer Confidence clocked in at 92.9 in March, its lowest level since 2021, according to the…
Jim O’Neill, Former Economist, Goldman Sachs, says for the rest of this decade, it is quite likely that US equity markets are going to underperform much of the rest of the world. A more positive way to put it is, the rest of the world which was very cheap, particularly Europe and to some degree…
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 are hovering near their 200-day moving averages, a key technical support level. The 200-day moving average is an important indicator of potential trend reversals in stocks. Traders believe an immediate bounceback is needed for stocks to avoid further declines. The stock market has entered the danger zone as the…