Now that the Federal Reserve is taking a rate-cutting stance, income-seeking investors should look beyond bonds. As yields on fixed income securities decline, dividend-paying stocks, especially those with reliable payouts and high yields, look attractive. With that in mind, I turned to bar diagram stock screener to look for the most attractive opportunities. The goal…
Wall Street’s AI-powered rally just received another vote of confidence. UBS (UBS) raised its forecast for the S&P 500 (^GSPC) to 7,500 by the end of 2026 in a note on Monday, citing strong corporate earnings and gains in a resilient technology sector. According to the bank’s just-released global economy and markets outlook, UBS forecasts…
Lately many are worried about the stock market. People wait for earnings season looking for good news. They hope big tech companies can provide it. Large technology and Internet companies in the United States have been making profits like they were two years ago. That’s when the pandemic caused a surge in sales of digital…
Despite the stock market’s strong performance this week, there are growing fears about the earnings outlook for American companies. A significant number of companies offering guidance for the next quarter and beyond have offered estimates that are below analyst expectations. This has led to a forward guidance indicator, which compares corporate forecasts to the Wall…
The Nasdaq 100 stock index recovered from potential trouble in just three weeks, thanks to a powerful $2 trillion rally by Big Tech companies. Investors decided to stick with what has worked all year: pour more money into the biggest tech stocks. This rally has given the Nasdaq a sudden 180-degree turn, going from a…
The bar for earnings season has been lowered, but that doesn’t mean it’s any easier to clear. Analysts expect U.S. companies to post weaker profit growth in the third quarter — about half the pace of the spring surge — as margin magic gives way to cost math. Big tech companies are still doing the…
Bank of America recently turned bullish on large-cap growth ETFs in its latest outlook for 2025. It changed the ratings of more than a dozen funds, including starting coverage of 14 growth ETFs and updating the ratings of five others. In total, a total of 8 ETFs earned the highest rating. The upgrade comes at…
The market is brutal. He doesn’t care about reputations, at least in the short term. The latest example of this was seen in Nvidia (NVDA) stock. Despite its current status as the world’s most valuable company and a hegemonic 90% market share in the GPU market, or its status as perhaps the most critical company…
