Sometimes, central-bank rate cuts can alarm rather than reassure investors, as shown by recent actions from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and comments from former New York Fed President William Dudley. On Thursday, the PBOC surprised markets by cutting its medium-term lending facility (MLF) rate to 2.3% from 2.5%,...
Technology stocks just had their worst day in nearly two years, and hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman received more bad news. But first, let’s focus on an important analysis by Michael Mauboussin, head of consilient research at Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Counterpoint Global and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, and...
Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, has shown cost discipline in various areas, yet several factors could impede margin expansion in the third quarter. Despite surpassing earnings and revenue expectations on Tuesday afternoon, Alphabet’s stock still declined by the end of the extended session. Several points in the latest...
BofA strategists highlight that historically, a lower Treasury yield and an improving manufacturing PMI have driven the outperformance of the equal-weighted S&P 500 index. Recently, a surge in U.S. small-cap stocks has led investors to speculate whether this marks a shift away from this year’s Big Tech frontrunners. According to...
Not long ago, investors were confident in the continuation of the big-tech trade and expected former President Donald Trump to win the upcoming election. Now, the landscape has shifted. The market is rotating from tech-based momentum trades to the previously unpopular small caps. Investors who were banking on a “Trump-trade”...
Good morning! If you’re reading this, congratulations on successfully booting up your personal computer, a feat not everyone around the globe has managed today. More on that later. Correction: Thursday’s Need to Know newsletter incorrectly reported the Nasdaq Composite’s performance. The decline on Wednesday was the sharpest since mid-December 2022....
