Earnings are strong. The US economy is holding steady. Fed rate cuts are coming. Nothing looks like it could go wrong in the stock market now. That, at least, is what investors seem to think, with major indexes breaking fresh records this week as traders took in tame inflation data and grew more confident in…
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AI could ultimately be a $16 trillion gift to the stock market. That’s according to strategists at Morgan Stanley, who see the productivity gains and cost-cutting spree stemming from artificial intelligence adding as $13 to $16 trillion in value for the S&P 500. At the high end of Morgan Stanley’s estimates, that implies the benchmark…
The market sees about an 85% chance that the Federal Reserve delivers a rate cut in September — but doing so could put the stock market on track to enter bubble territory in the coming months. That’s according to strategists at Société Générale, who said they saw the possibility that the S&P 500 becomes overheated…
The stock market is on a record-breaking rally, but investors are approaching some big hurdles they’ll have to clear through the rest of this year if they want the gains to keep coming. Strategists at HSBC Global said on Monday that they see a handful of key risks facing stock prices through the second half…
At a time when strategists across Wall Street are dialing back their recession probabilities, Peter Berezin of BCA Research is doubling down. President Donald Trump’s 90-day tariff pause was enough to ease the worries of some investors, but the chief global strategist at BCA has maintained his bearish outlook. While Berezin has lowered his recession…
The biggest bull in markets heading into 2025 has already gone back to the drawing board. But considering what’s happened to US stocks in the last two months, he’s as cheery as ever. John Stoltzfus, the chief investment strategist at Oppenheimer, entered the year with a Street-high S&P 500 target of 7,100, which implied the index was…
The outlook for the stock market is becoming increasingly uncertain, thanks largely to the potential impact of an escalating global trade war. Strategists at Goldman Sachs on Sunday night slashed their forecast for the S&P 500 for the second time this year, lowering targets for the benchmark index’s return to -5% in the coming three months and…
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…