The last week of April was a big news week. ...
Negative oil process have dominated headlines recently. ...
This earnings season will be unlike any other, as travel restrictions and lockdowns related to COVID-19 have impacted results dramatically. ...
The economy has halted for the past several weeks, and with it the longest economic expansion ever has ended, meaning we are now in a recession. ...
Stock market volatility has remained high as investors continues to closely track COVID-19 containment efforts while getting a glimpse into how damaging travel restrictions, stay-at-home orders, and social distancing have been on the US economy. ...
Here is an update on the Road To Recovery Playbook. ...
Latest thoughts on the bottoming process and take a deeper dive into our updated economic and market forecasts. ...
To guide long-term investors toward what to focus on in order to hone in on that timing and those potential buying opportunities, LPL Research has compiled a Road to Recovery Playbook. ...
As the coronavirus continues to scare global markets, it would be easy to forget that the current bull market started 11 years ago today. ...
Stocks just suffered their worst week since the global financial crisis on coronavirus outbreak fears. ...
Productivity is a key ingredient in keeping this aging economic cycle afloat, and a nice bounce in 2019's fourth quarter productivity may be a step in the right direction. ...
Stocks in developed markets outside the United States have underperformed those in the United States almost without interruption for the last decade. ...
After a three-and-a-half month, largely uninterrupted rally in stocks, the period of calm ended last week as the coronavirus outbreak led to a bout of volatility. ...
U.S. stocks have staged an impressive rally over the past few months. ...
Earnings growth was largely absent in 2019, but we expect it to pick up in 2020. With stock valuations elevated, we think earnings hold the key to pushing stocks higher this year. ...
The United States' airstrike January 3, 2020, near Baghdad, Iraq, that killed a top Iranian military general was a major escalation in Mideast tensions. Iran's retaliatory strike January 8 sent a message, but additional responses can't be ruled out. ...
As we begin 2020, we've had a chance to reflect on what was an unprecedented decade for financial markets. The 2010s taught long-term investors two important lessons: to ignore short-term market noise and to be prepared for volatility. It was a curious time,...
2019 was a difficult year to forecast after 2018 ended with the worst December since the Great Depression. While our positive stock market outlook proved too conservative, we are pleased to report we got more right than wrong for 2019. ...
Clarity from the phase-one trade deal with China and United Kingdom election results could help shift stock market performance drivers more toward investing fundamentals in 2020. ...
2019 was a baffling year for bonds. ...