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Is it really as bad as it seems?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... enough to get seasoned professionals a little wound up. "In periods of market volatility like this, especially after a long rally, it is normal for investors to narrow their time horizons," Doyle said. "Capital preservation becomes the primary consideration. ...

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... Gilead's statement, the day of trade ended relatively flat. The Dow Jones closed up just 0.17%, after falling from a strong rally in the morning. Similarly, the S&P 500 closed down 0.05%, and the Nasdaq Composite ended the day of trade flat. Since their ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... seem to be indicative of the end of a bear market. "Since the markets globally bottomed on March 23, there has been a sharp rally, and some companies are not far from all-time highs reached in what was a bullish market environment only two months ago," ...

COVID-19 is not the only factor: deVere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... factors, not just COVID-19, according to deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green. The warning follows last week's sharp rally in global markets, with the MSCI experiencing its biggest rise in more than a decade Green said a better insight into the effects ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... if not compellingly cheap given the damage that is coming in earnings. Today, at almost 19x forward earnings, the equity rally combined with further earnings deterioration have already returned index valuations to nosebleed levels only surpassed in the ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... havens were reasonably flat," he said. "Despite the up-and-down state of the market, many investors seem reluctant to buy the rally with defensives continuing to recover losses much faster than their cyclical peers and some fear that while the fiscal ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
Wall Street's rally seems to have run out of steam, with the major indexes ending the day of trade in a sea of red. Early in trade the Dow Jones surged 900-points before closing down 0.12%. Similarly, the S&P 500 lost 0.16% and the Nasdaq Composite ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... because they are now underweight equities, due to global share price falls. "If that's true, then we should see this rally fade into the end of the week."

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
In rough times it can seem beneficial to look back at past experiences and think 'If I got through that, I can get through this', but if you ask the fund managers and traders of the world, the consensus is this time does not compare to 1987 ...

Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... a further 1.2% and the Nasdaq Composite falling 0.5%. In the past two days, the Dow has lifted 14%, its largest two-day rally since 1987. The surge comes as law makers signal the US Senate is close to passing a US$2 trillion stimulus bill, which will ...