HSBC: Market Earnings Forecasts Are Too Pessimistic Ahead of Q2 Season With second-quarter earnings season about to begin, HSBC says the market is underestimating corporate performance — setting the stage for positive surprises. Despite recent shifts in U.S. trade policy, HSBC strategists, led by chief multi-asset strategist Max Kettner, believe...
JPMorgan: Foreign Investors Will Return as Retail Buyers Fuel U.S. Stock Rally Retail investors have played a major role in powering this year’s market gains — and JPMorgan believes they’re about to take the lead again. In a new report, strategist Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou and his team forecast a massive $500...
Goldman Sachs Forecasts 11% Stock Market Gain Despite Trade Risks Even as the White House once again delays tariff decisions, Goldman Sachs remains confident in the market’s upside potential. In their latest outlook, strategists led by David Kostin now project the S&P 500 will rise 11% over the next 12...
Stocks May Face Headwinds as Valuations Stretch and Trade Tensions Reignite U.S. equities entered the Independence Day break at record highs—but the road up has been anything but smooth. Julian Emanuel, strategist at Evercore ISI, likens the market’s 2025 ride to a rollercoaster: thrilling, volatile, and now teetering at a...
Markets Slip as Trump Threatens New Tariffs Ahead of Deadline U.S. equity futures declined and the dollar weakened after President Trump signaled a potential escalation in trade tensions, saying his administration may begin sending letters to trading partners outlining new unilateral tariffs as early as Friday. “We’re probably going to...
Truist’s Lerner: Sharp V-Shaped Recoveries Often Signal More Market Gains It’s “Jobs Thursday” instead of the usual Friday, with the nonfarm payrolls report moved up due to the July 4 holiday. The New York Stock Exchange will also close early, giving investors just half a session to react. But so...
