Zacks Investment Management

The stock
market has not responded well to indications that the U.S.–China trade dispute
is falling off course. I’ve written many times that Fed policy, corporate
earnings, and the China trade deal would be three key drivers of market returns
in 2019,[…]

‘Inflation’ used to be a word that, when
discussed in economic circles, often dealt in worrisome implications – fear of
too much inflation or concern over not enough inflation (or at worst,
deflation). Rarely have we seen inflation running at subdued,[…]

The first quarter of the new year was an
encouraging one for equity investors. Stocks rallied strongly, and the media
buzz over trade wars and recessions slowly faded into the background. The
S&P 500 soared +13.6% in the first three months led by Technology stocks,[…]

The Heartbeat of the
Stock Market: Earnings

There are a myriad of factors
influencing market movements right now: trade issues with China, the Federal
Reserve’s new approach to monetary policy, Brexit uncertainties, new
appointments to the Fed, and so on down the line.[…]

In a Market Where
Everything Goes Up, I Believe Investors Should be Cautious

Investors may remember some bleak statistics from the end of
2018, when a Deutsche Bank analysis showed that 90% of investible asset classes
traded negative for the year.[…]

What Recession
Indicators are Telling Us

Investors were legitimately spooked in March, as a few of
the most influential recession indicators were flashing SLOWDOWN.

1) The Yield Curve:

With the exception of a single instance, an inverted yield
curve has preceded each U.S.[…]

Reviewing a timeline of the Federal Reserve’s statements and
actions – and comparing them to equity market action – makes it pretty clear to
me that the Fed is the single most important factor for stocks in 2019.

Long-time readers know that for Zacks Investment Management,[…]

The broad outlook for U.S. corporate earnings is getting
weaker, seemingly by the day.

For Q1
2019, total S&P 500 earnings are expected to decline -3.6% from the same
period last year, though on +4.8% higher revenues. Growth is expected to be
negative for 9 of the 16 Zacks sectors,[…]

The 10-Year Old Bull
Market

It’s hard to
believe that 10 years have passed since the end of the “Great Recession.” But
it was on March 9, 2009, that the 2008 bear market finally ended. For the
steely-nerved investors who were invested in equities at the time,[…]

The S&P 500 spent a single day in bear
market territory on Christmas Eve, but since then the index has rewarded
investors who didn’t panic. As I write this column, the S&P 500 has
steadily rallied over +18% ¹ off the bottom,[…]